The American Society of Business Publications (ASBPE) has named the top-performing magazines as the finalists for the 2011 Magazine of the Year Competition.

9WSYR.com reports, “The price of pizza may be going up because demand for the popular Italian dish is on the rise in Asia.”

The New York Times reports, “Nick Azzaro, above, says his pizzeria in Trenton, N.J., not Lombardi’s in Manhattan, is the oldest in the country. And it seems as if he’s making a fair claim.”

“Good news is expected this morning at Smithsonian National Zoological Park, also known as the National Zoo. Officials have called a press conference to announce plans for the “fate” of the popular Kids’ Farm and pizza playground. The wording here is important, considering the last official press release on these popular family destinations declared their closing all but done,” according to the Washington Post.

Reuters reports, “U.S. restaurants are starting to list calorie counts on menu items, but new research shows those labels may not be accurate enough, particularly when it comes to individual items. ‘The big story may be that there is such a huge spread in the numbers,’ said Lorien Urban, a nutrition researcher at Tufts University in Boston, who worked on the study of dozens of restaurants in three states. ‘Essentially what that is saying is, you really don’t know what you are getting.'”

NYPress.com reports, “A year and a half ago, Colin, an active member of the DIY punk scene, found himself sitting in his room with a friend, feeling unfulfilled. Trying to picture the perfect job, a title came to him: Pizza Consultant. A Pizza Consultant would naturally travel throughout the country advising Middle American pizzerias how to make their slices more like authentic New York pizza. But to truly become a qualified Pizza Consultant, there was nothing to do but eat at every single NYC pizzeria— and chronicle his adventures in a zine. Thus was born The Slice Harvester.”