Articles Archive for September 2009
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After rumored friction this summer between Burger King Holdings Inc. and its franchisees centering on a $1 double cheeseburger, the Miami-based company announced late Friday that it would debut the $1 sandwich nationwide next month.
In July, tension was reported about any debut of the $1 doub... read more
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Mel Gibson has launched a court battle to wipe a drunk-driving charge from his police record.
The Braveheart actor was arrested in June 2006 after getting behind the wheel while intoxicated, and was sentenced to three years’ probation the following month on a misdemeanor driving under t... read more
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Jon Gosselin has been unceremoniously dumped from Jon & Kate Plus 8. The TLC reality hit has been renamed Kate Plus Eight, the network, announced Tuesday.
The series will be adapting to changes in the Gosselin household, which for months has been disrupted by the Gosselin’s messy divorc... read more
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An urgent investigation has been launched after a 14-year-old girl died shortly after receiving a cervical cancer vaccination at her school.
Natalie Morton was a pupil at the Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry, where she was given the human papilloma virus (HPV) jab yesterday. She... read more
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The Secret Service is investigating the circumstances surrounding an eye-opening Facebook poll that asked whether Obama should be assassinated, a Secret Service spokesman confirmed.
The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to the question “should obam... read more
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Malaysia has banned U.S. box office hit “Bruno” by Sacha Baron Cohen because it highlights gay life and has gay sex scenes, an official said Tuesday.
“Bruno” – following Baron Cohen’s hit “Borat” – is centered around the adventures of a flamboyant... read more
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A wildfire at Yellowstone has consumed almost 10,000 acres of pine forest and closed one of the main roads through the national park.
Hundreds of firefighters are working to manage the blaze and keep it away from the park infrastructure.
The fire has been burning for at least two weeks... read more
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Following a three-city test run, Starbucks is rolling out its new Via coffee across the country today, offering java-fiends an instant brew that costs less than a buck—and is purported to taste just as good as the real thing.
The recession-hit coffee chain is selling the powder in Target an... read more
