Yum! apologizes for rat incident

NEW YORK Yum! Brands U.S. president Emil Brolick issued an apology today for "any inconvenience" that a rat infestation of a Taco Bell-KFC combo unit here may have caused.

Earlier in the day, local media reported that holes in the restaurant were being plugged to keep the rats from entering the facility from construction underway nearby. But the restaurant apparently remains closed.

Tapes of an estimated two dozen rats were widely shown in the news