Articles Archive for August 2008
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A man who contends he got a 9-foot tapeworm after eating undercooked fish has sued a Chicago restaurant. In the lawsuit filed Monday, Anthony Franz said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Shaw’s Crab House in 2006 and fell violently ill. He later passed the giant parasite, which a patholog... read more
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A prisoner, set to be paroled this month, will not be disciplined for having a sexual rendezvous with a supervisor. That authority figure was her boss at a work release program.
Corrections officials say Jessica Gonzalez, the woman who became the youngest person ever convicted of murder as an... read more
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The Amethyst Initiative has a surprising solution to the problem of binge drinking on college campuses. They want the legal age lowered from age 21 to 18. According to them, such a move will result in far fewer incidents of problem drinking.
“This is a law that is routinely evaded,̶... read more
