Tourist Leaves $8,700 at McDonald's
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ORLANDO, Fla. - Carol Birmingham almost had a heart attack when she realized her Mac Attack had cost $8,700.  The 62-year-old British tourist didn't notice until Sunday morning that she had left her cash-stuffed purse on a McDonald's counter when she bought lunch the previous day.
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The restaurant giant posted a quarterly net loss of $711.7 million after taking a big charge for the sale of its outlets in Latin America.
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McDonald's agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle two lawsuits accusing it of misleading consumers about the levels of trans fat in its food.
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MARION, Ind. - A woman who spent 30 days living in a 4-by-7-foot kennel to raise money for an animal shelter emerged after collecting more than $8,000.
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Sport: French international winger leaves Lyon for fee believed to be around Â£13.5m.
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SOUTH OGDEN, Utah - A man test-driving a used vehicle found it worked just fine as a getaway-car after he allegedly held up a bank.    The auto salesman who had accompanied him Monday was standing outside the car when the unidentified man came out of Wells Fargo Bank with a bag of money and drove off alone...
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Four people who tried to rob a Chinese food delivery driver left him an unusual tip: a cell phone.  Ming Jing Lu arrived at a Greensboro residence with a delivery and noticed a group of people who made him suspicious, police said.
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HOLLYWOOD, FLA. -- An online casino owned by a Canadian-based company forked over $28,000 US yesterday to the owner of a 10-year-old, partially eaten grilled cheese sandwich thought to carry the image of the
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Press the "buy" button. That's a lesson I learned at a high cost _ in money and emotion _ on a recent Friday morning.  It was just after 7 a.m. when my wife and I arrived at O'Hare International Airport for our American Airlines flight to Boston to see our son graduate from college.
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MALELANE, South Africa  - Eight birdies helped unheralded Zimbabwean Bruce McDonald grab the first round lead with a six-under-par 66 in the 500,000 pounds (723,490 euro, 958,945 dollar) Dunhill Championship at Leopard Creek Country Club.
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GREENWOOD, Ind. - Police were searching for a man who gave a $20 tip to a gas station clerk he had just held up. Police were distributing surveillance camera photographs taken during the Nov. 4 robbery of the gas station convenience store in Greenwood, just south of Indianapolis.
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Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph was fined and had to pay his own way to Sunday's game at the Toronto Raptors after missing Portland's team flight. The plane left Portland at 8 a.m. on Saturday, and Randolph said he woke up at 8:45 a.m.
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The world&#39;s largest restaurant chain, McDonald&#39;s Corp., has been ordered to pay a student some 2,200 yuan (147 pounds) after a rat bit her at one of its outlets in northeastern China, media reported on Sunday.
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A grilled cheese sandwich said to bear the image of the Virgin Mary has been sold for $28 000 (R168 000) in an eBay auction, according to the online casino that bought it from a woman in Hollywood, Florida.
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CHARLES CITY, Iowa - A police officer who claims his chicken sandwich was slimed by two teenage employees at a McDonald's restaurant is suing the fast food company.  Officer Josh Douglas said he was working nights two years ago and went through the McDonald's drive-thru in Charles City.
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The hotelier's strategy includes slimming down and looking abroad.
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36 hours on the road with the former Senator means enduring fast food, small crowds, a heckler and a broken-down bus