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They haven't quit their day jobs; Lovy Page and Tory Agentstill share a squad car as police officers five days a week (andPage, 30, still finds time to compete as a professional heavyweightboxer). But last August, the childhood friends becameentrepreneurs, launching Donuts 4 U, a pastry shop in Dallas.

"[We] knew if there was an eatery here, especially one thateveryone could afford, it would do really well," says Agent,27. "Everyone's eaten a doughnut in their lifetime, justlike everyone's been to McDonald's. And everyone will eat adoughnut again."

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