SHANGHAI – McDonald’s Corp., (MCD) the world’s largest fast food chain, is rolling out its drive-through windows in China, reaching out to a generation of newly mobile Chinese in a bid to move sales back into the fast lane. Relying on the windows and other expansion and marketing plans, the …
Read More »Tragic Miscommunication
I’m receiving tons of e-mail dumping on the mainstream media for getting the miners story wrong — some of those e-mails are coming up in Your Word. I spent 20 years on the street as a reporter and spent God only knows how much of my life in these instant …
Read More »Man Found Shot Dead at Md. Mall
WOODLAWN, Md. – Baltimore County police have a description of the car that left the scene of this morning’s fatal shooting outside the Security Square Mall in Woodlawn. Police are looking for a silver or gray 2002 Dodge Intrepid with Maryland tags MWH 755. And they say any occupants of …
Read More »Power Company: Midwesterners Could Be Without Power Until Friday
BELLEVILLE, Ill. – Having burned through $300 on hotels and restaurants since her house was plunged into darkness by a winter storm, Ann Hill was on the verge of blowing her own fuse. “I’m broke and fed up,” Hill said Wednesday at a church shelter in the central Illinois city …
Read More »Police Urge No Criminal Charges for Nevada Gov.-Elect Gibbons in Waitress Accusation Case
LAS VEGAS – Police said they will recommend that no criminal charges be filed against Republican Gov.-elect Jim Gibbons, a congressman accused by a cocktail waitress of assaulting her in a parking garage three weeks before Election Day. The investigation into Chrissy Mazzeo‘s accusation was completed earlier this week and …
Read More »Deals Boost Wall Street Ahead of Fed Meeting
NEW YORK – U.S. stocks gained slightly Monday as a flurry of deal news involving companies such as American International Group Inc. spurred optimism about the economic outlook, but investors were cautious a day before the Federal Reserve’s final meeting of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 20.99 …
Read More »Report: Duke DA Drops Rape Charges Against Players
DURHAM, N.C. – A defense attorney says prosecutors have dismissed rape charges against three Duke University lacrosse players, but charges of kidnapping and sexual offense still stand. The accuser is a 28-year-old student at North Carolina Central University, She claimed the three men raped her in a bathroom at a …
Read More »Ex-Spy's Acquaintance 'Well,' Hospital Says
The Italian academic who had lunch with Alexander Litvinenko on the day he is alleged to have been poisoned remains “well,” the hospital treating him said. In a statement, University College Hospital revealed the latest tests on Mario Scaramella were “normal.” He remains under close observation after testing positive for …
Read More »Japan Envoy: Breakthrough in North Korea Talks Unlikely
BEIJING – Talks on dismantling North Korea’s nuclear arms program are deadlocked with no sign of progress, Japan’s envoy said Thursday, citing the North’s refusal to abandon its demand that the U.S. lift financial restrictions. The envoy, Kenichiro Sasae, said the North’s refusal to address its disarmament was “extremely regrettable,” …
Read More »'Logic Bomb' Hacker Gets 8 Years for Failed Stock Rigging
NEWARK, N.J. – A former UBS PaineWebber (UBS) systems administrator was sentenced Wednesday to eight years and one month in prison for attempting to profit by detonating a “logic bomb” program that prosecutors said caused millions of dollars in damage to the brokerage’s computer network in 2002. Roger Duronio also …
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