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“Taste Worth Dying For”: Man Goes into Cardiac Arrest While Eating ‘Triple Bypass Burger’ at Las Vegas’ Aptly-Named ‘Heart Attack Grill’

ShareFrom the “only in America” column… A man went into cardiac arrest while eating a ‘triple bypass burger’ at an aptly-named Las Vegas theme restaurant,

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Monsanto Found Guilty of Poisoning French Farmer Paul Francois with Lasso Herbicide

ShareA French court has found U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto guilty of the chemical poisoning of a farmer who inhaled an herbicide produced by the company.

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United Nations Issues Rare Public Warning over Sacramento’s “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading” Treatment of Homeless
The United Nations has issued an extraordinary public letter to the city of Sacramento, California decrying the "cruel, inhumane and degrading" treatment of its homeless population. The letter was written by ...
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‘Douches du Jour’: Sony, iTunes Double Whitney Houston ‘Ultimate Collection’ Price Within Half Hour of Death
Apple is coming under fire after more than doubling the price of a Whitney Houston anthology within a half an hour of the music legend's death. Digital Spy first reported this ...
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Under HB 56, Alabama’s Harsh Immigration Law, American Children of Undocumented Immigrants Denied Food Stamps in Violation of Federal Law
An Alabama civil rights law firm claims that children who are U.S. citizens from families in which one or both parents are undocumented immigrants are being denied food stamps under ...
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F.B.I. File on Steve Jobs Details Drug Use, Child Neglect, “Abusive” Leadership, “Questionable Ethics and Morality” and Embrace of Eastern Religion
Fulfilling a Wall Street Journal Freedom of Information Act request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Thursday released a background check file on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. The Wall Street Journal reports ...
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‘The Moral High Ground’: Noah Lamaide, 12-Year-Old Wisconsin Boy, Saves Grandmother’s House from Foreclosure
A 12-year-old Wisconsin boy has saved his grandmother's house from foreclosure by raising money to pay her mortgage on a website he created with his mother. ABC News reports that 72-year-old ...
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Moroccan-Born Muslim-Canadian Sales Manager Saad Allami Arrested in Québec for Text Urging Work Colleagues to “Blow Away” the Competition at NY Trade Show
A Moroccan-born Muslim-Canadian telecommunications sales manager was arrested, interrogated and humiliated by Québec provincial police after he sent an innocent text message to work colleagues urging them to "blow away" ...
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure founder Nancy Brinker Announces Planned Parenthood Reversal, Vows to Continue Funding
In the wake of a massive public backlash and the resignation of top officials from the nation's leading breast cancer charity, the founder of Susan G. Komen for the Cure ...
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‘Douche du Jour’: Shadrack McGill, Alabama Republican State Senator, Says God Wants Low Teacher Salaries
A Republican state senator from Alabama defended a massive pay raise for state lawmakers even while advocating for low teacher pay as a matter of "biblical principle." The Ft. Payne Times-Journal ...

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