A Night in Jail for Serving a Salty Burger
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UNION CITY, Ga. -- A McDonald's employee spent a night in jail and is facing criminal charges because a police officer's burger was too salty, so salty that he says it made him sick.
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VANCOUVER (CP) - A federal medium-security prison in British Columbia has become a "powder keg" because of lax enforcement by its management, the union representing guards said Tuesday.
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A man is jailed for life for sexual assault and an attempted robbery in Dumfries on the same day.
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A chef as been taken into custody after pleading guilty to breaching an asbo banning him from the airport
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SINGAPORE - Spurred on by shouts of "Shove it in, shove it in!" 19-year-old Don Ezra Nicholas stuffed more than three McDonald's hamburgers into his mouth - without swallowing - and claimed a new global record at the end of Singapore's contest to be the world's wackiest.    Nicholas jumped up, pumped his fists in the air and shouted, "Yes! I am the burger king!" as he spat out the last bits of the 3 1/5 burgers that he hopes put him in the Guinness World Records...
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The former chief financial officer of U.S. Foodservice, Michael J. Resnick, was sentenced yesterday to three yearsÂ probation for his role in an accounting fraud.
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EASTPOINTE, Mich. - A 23-year-old woman ticketed by police after a friend was talking on a cell phone outside her home following a barbecue has landed in jail for violating the city's noise ordinance.
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PRAGUE, Czech Republic - It will be the most expensive keg of beer he's ever had. A 32-year-old Czech man got himself locked up in a pizzeria late Wednesday to have free access to beer overnight.
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Edward Furlong's ploy to free some lobsters from their tank landed the actor in jail. He was arrested Wednesday night on a misdemeanor charge of alcohol intoxication in a public place in this northern Kentucky city.
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A jury gave a 17-year-old Texan a 90-year jail sentence on Monday for his part in a brutal and racially motivated assault on a Hispanic youth.
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A fast food worker faces a lengthy jail term for burning down the restaurant where he worked after an argument with his boss.
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PROVO, Utah - A man accused of planning to rob a credit union and get away by floating down the Provo River was sent to prison for 27 months. "What in the world were you thinking?" U.S. District Judge Dee Benson asked Patrick Burr, 46.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A man was sentenced Thursday to six months in jail for assaulting a man who shushed him during a movie, leaving the victim with a punctured lung and broken ribs.
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A jobless German has been handed a five-month suspended jail term for stealing a buffet for 60 people and eating it with friends, authorities said on Tuesday.
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A man who either fell asleep or passed out while cooking food was first pulled out of his burning apartment and then arrested for disorderly conduct Thursday.  The incident began about 7:30 p.m.
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MACHIAS, Maine - A 54-year-old homeless man who routinely complained of fake chest pains to avoid paying the tab for restaurant meals may have gotten his just desserts.  A judge sentenced Elias I. Elias on Friday to 90 days in jail after he pleaded guilty to theft of services.
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A computer systems administrator was sentenced to 30 months in prison for trying to sabotage his companyâs servers out of fear he was about to lose his job, prosecutors said.