A Nashville city employee who forwarded an e-mail pointing out that Muslims were responsible for several acts of terror over the past 30 years or so is facing disciplinary action for sending offensive information over city e-mail, reports the Tennessean. The e-mail was a sarcastic multiple-choice test listing 12 historic …
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LOS ANGELES – After a year of rolling out salads and other products aimed at revitalizing lunch-time sales, several fast-food chains are revamping their breakfast menus and marketing. For many U.S. consumers, McDonald’s Corp.’s (MCD) Egg McMuffin sandwich, first introduced in the 1970s, is synonymous with fast-food breakfast, and that …
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LOS ANGELES – A comedy club owner who is a witness in the Michael Jackson (search) molestation case held a news conference Wednesday to accuse the singer’s defense team of harassing him. As soon as he wrapped up his remarks, he was served with a fresh defense subpoena. Jamie Masada …
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TIVERTON, R.I. – A retired Tiverton (Rhode Island) High School teacher married in Massachusetts (search) last year has asked for health care coverage for her same-sex spouse. The Tiverton School Committee is seeking an answer from a Newport County Superior Court judge on the legality of Cheryl McCullough’s request. McCullough …
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PARIS – Muhamed al-Joundi (search), a Syrian driver who was taken hostage in Iraq last August with two French journalists, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. military, alleging bad treatment and torture, his lawyer’s office said. The lawsuit filed in a Paris court names U.S. Gen. John Sattler (search), …
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – The Pentagon is sending investigators to Guantanamo Bay (search) to look into allegations of prisoner abuse described in recently released FBI documents, authorities said Wednesday, as a new batch of FBI memos were released. The U.S. Southern Command in Miami assigned Army Brig. Gen. …
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Long shifts and little sleep may make medical interns (search) dangerous drivers, a new study shows. Researchers found that residents in their first year of training after medical school, known as interns, were more than twice as likely to report a traffic accident after working long hours than after working …
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MELBOURNE, Australia – Serena Williams (search) overcame a rib injury and rallied to defeat top-ranked Lindsay Davenport (search) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 to win the Australian Open (search) women’s title Saturday. Williams stretched her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 14 matches and captured her seventh Grand Slam singles title, ending …
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The fight against methamphetamine (search) may be moving from the streets to the corner drug store. A dozen Republican and Democratic senators want to put nonprescription cold medicines that contain pseudoephedrine (search), the main ingredient used to make meth, behind the counter. Consumers would have to talk to a pharmacy …
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LUBBOCK, Texas – A witness’s testimony will prove that a former undercover agent who sent dozens of blacks to prison on bogus drug charges perjured himself, a prosecutor said in opening statements Tuesday. Former police officer Tom Coleman (search) is accused of lying about his arrest record in evidentiary hearings …
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