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McDonald’s might finally have figured out that paying its low-wage workers more would actually be a good thing for McDonald’s. McDonald’s CEO Don Thompson recently suggested his company would support a bill, proposed by President Barack Obama, raising the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour from $7.25. Such a wage hike likely wouldn’t satisfy […]
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Like millions of gym goers, President Barack Obama grimaces while lifting weights. Like millions, he does lunges and step ups and tests his cardio on an elliptical machine. Unlike millions, he is surreptitiously captured on a video that goes viral on the Internet. A one-minute, 25-second clip of Obama exercising in […]
HAILEY, Idaho (AP) — Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s hometown abruptly canceled plans Wednesday for a welcome-home celebration, citing security concerns over the prospect of big crowds — both for and against the soldier. The town of 8,000 has been swamped with hate mail and angry calls over Bergdahl, whose release after five years of Taliban captivity […]
VIERA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge accused of punching an assistant public defender during an altercation outside a courtroom will take a temporary leave of absence so he can get anger management counseling. The chief judge of Florida’s Eighteenth Judicial Circuit said Tuesday that all of Judge John Murphy’s cases have been reassigned to […]
A dummy wearing a mask of President Obama was seen hanging from a busy highway in Missouri. Fox4KC reports: “The item that we had, we thought possibly could have been explosive, so we went ahead and shut down I-70 is both directions to ensure that if it was explosive there was nothing that was going to […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago is seeking damages in a lawsuit accusing five drugmakers of deceptively marketing a class of prescription painkiller that can be highly addictive. The lawsuit filed Monday in Cook County Circuit Court states the city has paid nearly $9.5 million for filling opioid prescriptions since 2007. It alleges the […]
Murder was the case, but that didn’t stop two inmates from trying to get a little something poppin’ at the Atlanta Fulton County jail, reports AJC.com. When convicted cop killer Norris Speed saw accused killer Jasmine Jones in the medical wing of the jail, he thought he’d use the well-known faulty locks in the Atlanta […]
If you’re looking to increase your tech skills by learning coding, the search might be over. Google announced a new initiative at the company’s third annual women…
MINDEN, Nev. (AP) — Identical twin sisters have achieved an identical distinction at a northern Nevada high school: They’re co-valedictorians. Gabby and Maria Munoz-Robles received the honor by each racking up 4.54 grade point averages at Douglas High School in Minden, about 40 miles south of Reno. The sisters both plan to attend Notre Dame […]
The City of San Jose proposes that voters who cast a ballot in their municipal election on Tuesday could receive free marijuana from the city’s medical marijuana dispensaries, according to a report by NBC. But its not because there is anything marijuana-related on the ballot. San Jose residents will be electing a new mayor and […]
Two girls are accused of luring their friend into the woods and stabbing her to death. CNN reports: They had something to prove to someone they found on a ghoulish website. So, two girls allegedly lured a third girl into a wooded area in Milwaukee over the weekend and stabbed her 19 times, police in […]
Would you believe that teachers may be in the classroom more throughout the school year, but still miss several days of school? Some teachers are even absent 18 or more days. U.S. News reports: Teachers nationwide are in the classroom 94 percent of the school year, but students may still be getting shortchanged by the […]
