Half-ton man on 1,200-calorie-a-day diet seeks gastric surgery

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Patrick Deuel is on a diet. He's down to about 700 pounds now. He hopes to lose 400 more. When he entered the hospital in Sioux Falls, he weighed more than half a ton - a disaster Deuel blames on bad genes and his early years in the restaurant business....More