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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) -- A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit that contends Tyson Foods Inc. (TSN), the world's largest meat producer, depressed wages by hiring illegal immigrants at eight plants in Tennessee, Alabama, Indiana, Missouri, Texas and Virginia. Howard W. Foster of Chicago, an attorney for Tyson employees, described the ruling as a "very big step." It allows him to seek damages for thousands of workers at the eight plants instead of just the four original plaintiffs. Roger Dickson of Chattanooga, an attorney for the Springdale, Ark., based company, said he hadn't had a chance to read...

Just got this email from WSB-AM’s producer Chris Krok about his show Thursday night: Tonight on KROKTALK with Chris Krok on Atlanta’s News Talk 750 WSB, Chris got former Congressional page based in Atlanta, Tyson Vivyen to admit that he remained in contact with former Florida U.S. Congressman Mark Foley for eight years after being “victimized” by him as a page in 1997. He said during that time, they instant messaged 50-80 times. During the eight years, Vivyen said Foley still would send explicit IM’s.

ATLANTA Oct 5, 2006 (AP)— A former congressional page said Thursday he received sexually suggestive messages from then-Rep. Mark Foley in 1997. Tyson Vivyan's account appears to show the earliest exchange of suggestive messages reported so far between Foley and teens who had served in the Capitol page program. Previous accounts placed the earliest contacts in 2003. Vivyan, 26, told The Associated Press that Foley began sending him instant messages about a month or two after his nine-month stint as a page ended in June 1997.

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One of the first Shelbyville confiscations of the African drug khat occurred early Sunday morning. "Approximately 11.26 grams of a green leafy substance believed to be khat" were found in a coat pocket of Mustaf Shire Abdi, 21, Anthony Lane, Officer Tracey Nelson said. Abdi tried to pull away as Officer Benjamin Burris was checking the pocket and was immediately handcuffed, Nelson said. "Khat use is most prevalent among immigrants from Somalia, Ethiopia and Yemen," a May 2003 National Drug Intelligence Center bulletin said. "These individuals use the drug in casual settings or as part of religious ceremonies. "The use...

This e-mail from the Tyson folk arrived a short time ago, and I am posting it for those who have yet to hear from Tyson to see (and compare responses). I am not italicizing the letter for ease of reading.Thank you for your message. Contrary to what you may have heard, Tyson Foods has zero tolerance for employing people who are not authorized to work in the U.S. We use all available tools provided by the U.S. government to help verify the documents of the people we hire. Tyson voluntarily participates in the Department of Homeland Security's Basic Pilot program,...

The McDonald's at 24th and Mission streets shut its doors for the day. At Monterey Bay Bouquet, a Watsonville floral wholesaler, 90 percent of production workers stayed off the job to attend rallies. In San Jose, employees of the Lincoln Glen Manor nursing facility came to work but sported red, white and blue armbands as a way to show support for immigrants.

This should be a list of who is planning to close their business on Monday, May 1 in response of the Great American Boycott. We should compile it and boycott them ourselves if possible! Remember to go shopping or work overtime on May 1!

This is my first vanity post, so be nice! I just heard on FoxNews that the meat packing company "Tyson" will be closing Monday to allow their employees so march in the protest on May 1st, whihc is this coming Monday. Are they an American company? They seem to forget they it's "Americans that purchase their product and keep them in business.... I also left them an email on thier website stating my feelings on them supporting this protest march... Okay, I feel better now..... Thank you! Pleasse also go to the Tyson website and leave them an email as...

Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, says it will temporarily shut down nine of its beef and pork plants Monday because many of the workers plan to attend immigration rallies.

It could soon be high noon in Calhoun. The town of 13,000 tucked away in the northwest corner of Georgia has been reshaped during the past decade by a huge influx of Latinos. The big draw: jobs at Mohawk Industries Inc. (MHK ), the town's largest employer. The $6.6 billion carpet maker employs 32,000 workers in all, 4,000 of them in Calhoun and surrounding Gordon County. Once staffed largely by whites, Mohawk today has a workforce made up substantially of immigrants from Mexico and other Latin American countries. The lure of $7-an-hour work has helped lift Hispanics to 12% of...

An employee of Tyson Foods in Shelbyville has tested positive for tuberculosis, according to complex manager Michael Sheets. The employee has been sent home, while 64 others working in the same department have been given skin tests for the disease. The company has also been educating employees about the disease. There was no word by 4 p.m. Friday on the skin test results from the 64 others tested. According to the Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition, a positive skin test for tuberculosis does not necessarily mean that the subject actually has the disease. It may only mean that...

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Former president Bill Clinton called Congress' impeachment of him an "egregious" abuse of the Constitution and challenged those who say history will judge him poorly because of his White House tryst with Monica Lewinsky. Speaking at an academic conference examining his presidency here Thursday, Clinton challenged historian Douglas Brinkley's comments in a newspaper interview that Clinton would be deemed a great president were it not for his impeachment. "I completely disagree with that," Clinton said in his speech at Hofstra University. "You can agree with that statement, but only if you think impeachment was justified. Otherwise, it...

First Roberts Court rulings unanimous Justices hand business two defeats Tuesday, November 8, 2005; Posted: 12:58 p.m. EST (17:58 GMT) WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that companies must pay plant workers for the time it takes to change into protective clothing and walk to their work stations. The issue was one of two that justices settled in a pair of unanimous decisions, the first rulings under the leadership of Chief Justice John Roberts in the new fall term. Roberts did not write either one. In a defeat for business, the court said that while employers aren't...

GROZNY, September 15 (Itar-Tass) - Renowned American boxer, ex-champion of the world among professionals Mike Tyson, has arrived in Russia's republic of Chechnya to unveil a boxing tournament in memory of first Chechen President Akhmat Kadyrov, the press secretary of the Chechen president told Itar-Tass on Thursday.

RALEIGH -- For the second time in two years, state trial court Judge Evelyn Hill's remarks from the bench have earned a defendant a new trial -- this time a convicted sex offender. The state Court of Appeals on Tuesday ordered a retrial for Douglas Shane Wright, 31, of Burlington, convicted in October 2003 of two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child. He had been sentenced to four to five years in prison. Since her elevation from Wake County prosecutor to elected judge five years ago, Hill has been reprimanded twice for misbehaving and had one other conviction...

MIKE Tyson has been questioned by Italian police after claims that he kidnapped and assaulted a woman when she refused to have sex with him, it was confirmed yesterday. The former boxing world champion, 39, who served three years in prison for rape in the early 1990s, was questioned for several hours on board his chartered 40ft yacht after Florence Botoli, 33, made her allegations to police.

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

When they aren't busy boring us with cliches, a fair portion of the world's sporting elite has spent the electronic entertainment era proving that athletic and intellectual prowess rarely swim in the same gene pool.     This is no condemnation of that rather predictable disparity between physical and mental gifts. This is a celebration of that typical dichotomy.     The cliched are loathed and the creative celebrated, however inane. Forget respect, compassion and humility. Quotability is the ultimate virtue, blandness the deadliest of sins.     Keep your canned responses. Give us more Yogi and less yoga.     New England can have Belichick. Bring on...

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/cmp/20050715/tc_cmp/165702500 UN Panel: No Single Nation Should Control Internet Addresses Aoife White Thu Jul 14, 9:38 PM ET BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP)--A U.N. panel created to recommend how the Internet should be run in the future has failed to reach consensus but did agree that no single country should dominate. The United States stated two weeks ago that it intended to maintain control over the computers that serve as the Internet's principal traffic cops. In a report released Thursday, the U.N. panel outlined four possible options for the future of Internet governance for world leaders to consider at a November "Information...

Here is the list so far for sponcers to this hate America fest: ANSWER Code Pink UFPJ NION Al Awda World Workers Party Ruckas Revolutionary Communist party Moveon.org ACORN Campus Antiwar Network International Socialist Org Greens Party Muslim Student Association CPUSA

A round-by-round account of Kevin McBride's victory over Mike Tyson (50-6, 44 knockouts) in a heavyweight bout Saturday night at the MCI Center in Washington. McBride improved to 33-4-1, 27 KOs. Unofficial scorecard Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Tyson 10 9 10 10 9 8 56 McBride 9 10 9 9 10 9 56 McBride comes out throwing the first punches as both fighters take measure of each other. The taller McBride is able to keep his distance, throwing a diet of lefts. Tyson gets in several body shots in the final minute...

WASHINGTON – Mike Tyson's career might have ended in shocking fashion Saturday night when he quit on the stool after taking a beating in a foul-filled sixth round against unheralded Kevin McBride. Tyson lost for the third time in his last four fights, and once again he faded badly as the rounds went on before head butting McBride in a desperate attempt to end the fight in the sixth round. "I can still get in shape but I don't think I have the fight and guts anymore," former undisputed heavyweight champion Tyson told Showtime PPV after the bout, while a...

Mike Tyson has vowed to destroy Irishman Kevin McBride when he returns to boxing in Washington DC on Saturday. Keen to put behind him last year's shock loss to Britain's Danny Williams, the American heavyweight is confident of winning a 10-round non-title fight. "I'm going to gut him like a fish," said Tyson, who will be 39 in June. "He's a tomato can. This is going to be a first-class education in humility. People may call this a circus, but I'm not a circus, I'm an icon." Williams told BBC Sport that the fight was just for show, a desperate...

HE IS known as one of the toughest boxers ever to step into the ring, but Mike Tyson has revealed a softer side after emerging to champion the cause of pigeon fanciers.The former heavyweight champion of the world is fighting the corner of bird lovers in Phoenix, Arizona, in a dispute over the number of pigeons they are allowed to keep at their houses. Tyson, who keeps his own collection of 350 largely rare and exotic breeds at his home in the desert city, surprised everyone by turning up at a council meeting earlier this week to denounce a proposal...

41 of the 222 workers tested for tuberculosis at a chicken plant in Broken Bow, OK have tested positive for exposure, Oklahoma State Health Department workers say. Health workers began testing workers at the Tyson Foods chicken plant after a worker there was diagnosed with the tuberculosis disease.

Recent News! They discover proof that Atlantis did not submerge complete but only one part...By Salvador Morales. Atlantis News Agency. Madrid, Spain. 01-06-2005. The Spanish investigator and scriptologist, Georgeos Diaz-Montexano, has discovered paleographical proofs that in fact the island or peninsula (Nêsos) denominated like Atlantis or Atlantic, it was divided in two parts below the sea. To date all atlantologists and students of the Timaeus and the Critias de Plato had thought that in texts of the Greek philosophist narrated the collapse of the all island or Atlantis peninsula, nevertheless, Georgeos Diaz-Montexano has reviewed the oldest texts known writings in...

EXCLUSIVE: Despair of a fallen idol From Anthony Harwood at Gleason's Gym, Brooklyn, New York MEAN and menacing at just 14, the boy glowers from the old black-and-white photograph - a simmering volcano soon to erupt in the boxing ring. He was destined to conquer the world with his talented fists as one of the most fearsome heavyweights in history. This week, 38-year-old Mike Tyson was back at Gleason's Gym, where he used to train as a youngster - but the conquering days are over. This time, there is no fight to prepare for and no prospect of one. LEGEND:...

Tyson Foods expressed its thanks to Shelbyville and Bedford County law enforcement for their quick response in helping avert what could have been a tragedy at the local plant Thursday. While team members returned to work, the company’s three chaplains came to the plant to talk with employees who were dealing with the stress of the situation. “A team member [Gregorio Proscopia Aragon Garcia] who was asked to leave the plant for disciplinary reasons returned with two guns,” the company spokesman said. “Tyson security immediately called 911 and notified plant management. Workers were evacuated within minutes to the backside of...

THIS AM...on Fox News, Podesta was being interviewed about the library. When asked about the extend of the displays about shillery, he said that...she was important..."as the vice president." He didn't say, "as was the vice president."

Judy (hmmm?) Woodruff just had a report that Karl Rove had offered Nebraska Sen Ben Nelson the post of Secretary of Agriculture. Nelson is up in 2006...and facing a hard race from popular GOP Gov Mike Johanns. Nelson is among the most conservative of Senate Dems..Does this make sense, because Nelson votes with the GOP on most of the key issues..?

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan urged the Security Council on Thursday to issue ``the strongest warning'' to the forces fighting in Sudan to bring an end to the civil wars there. Annan's comments were made to Security Council members in Kenya's capital, where they have begun extraordinary meetings on the violence and humanitarian crisis in Sudan. ``I regret to report that the security situation in (the western region of) Darfur continued to deteriorate despite the cease-fire agreement signed earlier,'' Annan said. ``Both the government and its militias as well as the rebel groups have breached these...

WASHINGTON - Democratic Party leaders said Wednesday they want to know why Sen. John Kerry (news - web sites) ended his presidential campaign with more than $15 million in the bank, money that could have helped Democratic candidates across the country. Some said he will be pressured to give the money to Democratic campaign committees rather than save it for a potential White House bid in 2008. "Democrats are questioning why he sat on so much money that could have helped him defeat George Bush (news - web sites) or helped down-ballot races, many of which could have gone our...

Reprinted from NewsMax.com Sunday, Nov. 14, 2004 5:45 p.m. ESTClinton 'Elvis' Library to Include Monica As Bill Clinton's library is unveiled at a gala opening this week, one thing is certain: His messy legacy will be on full display. One alcove will be dedicated to impeachment, and organizers have promised not to sidestep even Monica Lewinsky or Paula Jones. The 58-year-old political superstar is expected to draw hundreds of thousands of visitors a year to his library. "Bill Clinton is a rock star," said Skip Rutherford, head of Clinton's nonprofit foundation that built the $165 million library. "He is Elvis."...

From "Light the Lamp!": The monthly newsletter of the Holy Flame Pentecostal Church of Little Rock, Ark. We welcome back to the area Senator Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.), who has been spending so much time here in Little Rock lately that she's practically joined the church choir! "I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to worship God in as evangelical a way as is feasible, given time and location constraints. As you know, I consider myself an...

By Rob Long EDITOR'S NOTE: This article appears in the November 29, 2004, issue of National Review. Church Newsletters From All Over From "Light the Lamp!": The monthly newsletter of the Holy Flame Pentecostal Church of Little Rock, Ark. We welcome back to the area Senator Hillary Clinton (D., N.Y.), who has been spending so much time here in Little Rock lately that she's practically joined the church choir! "I'm here spending time at my husband's library," she told the Lamp when we caught up with her after a Sunday camp meeting, "and of course, I always take time to...

(The) "nuclear option," (is) a parliamentary maneuver to effectively change Senate rules so that only a simple majority is needed to end a filibuster of a judicial nominee. Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said he has not decided whether he would invoke that option next year. Robert F. Bennett, R-Utah, the chief deputy majority whip, said such a move would occur only if Democrats filibuster a Supreme Court nomination. It's the last paragraph in the source link.

...Even Democratic economists, such as Laura Tyson and Robert Rubin, agree that faced with recession some fiscal stimulus, perhaps including tax cuts, was necessary... they acknowledge the need to run a budget deficit as a countercyclical measure. But their preferred tax cut is the temporary "rebate," putting money into the hands of consumers in the hope of stimulating demand....they favor increased government spending for the same purpose. ...But phased-in cuts are an incentive to defer income, and after 9/11 ...this was not sufficient, and that the U.S. economy risked sinking into a deeper slump. ...Mr. Bush... doubled down on his...

At the July 17 wedding of his daughter, Eladio Baule got angry with his cousin Benjie Ganay who tripped and accidentally touched the bride's bottom, said Senior Police Inspector Perla Bacuel, at Narra town in Palawan province, southwest of Manila... Buyot told police that the group returned to the party and served some of Ganay's cooked remains to guests who were still celebrating the wedding, Bacuel said.

One Fight Fan Does Not Gloat over Mike Tyson’s Loss by William R Alford - Aug. 1, 2004 It is somewhat understandable for some to revel in Tyson's latest defeat, but I see it as another signpost in a tragic life. There is no question that he once promised to be the greatest fighter of all time. What follows is not just boxing commentary; Tyson's story portends as a universal lesson about how potential, talent and ability are not as important as proper guidance and discipline.Mike Tyson is often portrayed as a monster and thug, carrying “more menace than...

A lawsuit by former employees of Tyson Foods, Inc. against their employer may go ahead, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Thursday. The four former workers are seeking damages as a result of Tyson's use of illegal aliens to depress wages. They sued the company under a provision of a 1996 law that made the intentional employment of illegal aliens for financial gain a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. The RICO statute was originally passed by Congress as a tool for U.S. Federal Prosecutors in their war against organized crime. U.S. lawyers...

Tyson Foods Inc. has fired 8 percent of its workforce at its Harrisonburg plant, all immigrant workers who could not verify their employment documents, company officials said. The company earlier this month suspended 63 workers and gave them until last Friday to prove their legal status in the U.S., or face permanent dismissal. By Monday, 42 workers were fired for submitting falsified employment documents, said company spokeswoman Libby Lawson. She said the rest were found to have proper paperwork and were allowed to return. Two, however, decided to quit and find other employment, she said. "We were very disappointed," Lawson...

VISTA [CA] – A Superior Court jury found yesterday that an off-duty Secret Service agent did not commit battery when he bit off a piece of a man's ear in a fight outside an Encinitas bar two years ago. The jurors voted 10-2 in favor of Senior Secret Service Agent Kelly Ward, denying Zachary Elson's request for unspecified monetary damages. They took about three hours to return their verdict. The case centered on the cause of a brawl that broke out after the agent made comments to Elson's female companion the morning of Feb. 18, 2002, and whether Elson reached...

$1.28 billion verdict against Tyson overturned BY CHRISTOPHER LEONARD Posted on Saturday, April 24, 2004 A federal judge on Friday overruled an Alabama jury?s decision that Tyson Foods Inc. should pay $1.28 billion to a group of cattlemen who claimed the company had illegally manipulated prices. U.S. District Judge Lyle Strom said in his ruling at Montgomery, Ala., that the Feb. 17 decision wasn?t supported by enough evidence. He said the cattlemen failed to prove that Tyson broke the law and couldn?t show how much money they lost because of the company?s actions. "It?s a complete victory for the defendant,"...

Judge throws out $1.28 billion verdict against Tyson in beef case By PHILLIP RAWLS Associated Press Writer MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- A federal judge threw out a jury's $1.28 billion verdict against the nation's largest beef packer, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., ruling Friday that it did not illegally manipulate cattle prices. U.S. Senior District Judge Lyle Strom said the cattlemen who sued the beef division of Tyson Foods failed to produce evidence at trial to support the verdict "with respect to both liability and damages." "This decision is a victory for U.S. cattle producers and our company," said John...

Friday, April 9, 2004 Fayetteville : Kennedy son takes on Tyson, its record BY CHRIS BRANAM Posted on Friday, April 9, 2004  FAYETTEVILLE ? One of the country?s most well-known environmentalists came into Tyson Foods Inc. ?s back yard Thursday and questioned the company?s environmental record. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of the former senator and assassinated presidential candidate, said Springdale-based Tyson has helped make Northwest Arkansas waterways "among the most polluted rivers in the country." Tyson forces farmers it contracts with to dump massive amounts of arsenic-laced chicken litter into the region?s watersheds, Kennedy said in a news...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal jury awarded $1.28 billion to a group of cattlemen after finding the nation's largest beef packer, Tyson Fresh Meats Inc., had unfairly manipulated cattle prices. Attorneys for Tyson Fresh Meats said they planned to appeal. Cattlemen from across the country in 1996 sued Tyson Fresh Meats, known then as IBP Inc., claiming the company used a contract with a select few beef producers to create a captive supply of cattle. The plaintiffs said Tyson Fresh Meats relied on that supply when cattle prices were high and entered the market for cattle only when prices...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has blown nearly all of the £160 million he earned in the ring, according to bankruptcy papers reported today.At the end of last year, the troubled champ had just £3,000 in cash left.He filed for bankruptcy in August, claiming that he owes £14.4 million, including £9.1 million in tax.The papers, seen by the New York Daily News and CNN, also suggest some unusual spending and earning records.In December, he earned £385,000 but spent just £45.The papers, filed in the US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan, also showed that in November he spent £11,800 but earned...

<p>RICHMOND — The Department of Motor Vehicles has thus far canceled more than 1,300 licenses of drivers who didn't respond to the agency's request to verify they got their licenses legally.</p> <p>DMV officials said yesterday that 1,361 drivers in Northern Virginia either failed to respond by yesterday's deadline or their responses couldn't be verified.</p>

CHICAGO, December 24 (Reuters) - Tyson Foods , the first company of industrial butchery of the United States, neither bought, nor processed beef coming from the State of Washington where a case of insane cow was returned public Tuesday on a Holstein cow in a farm of the locality of Mabton. The company specified in an official statement Wednesday that it usually did not cut down old cattle in its establishments, like the cow concerned. Tyson ensured that it takes the maximum of measurements of hygiene in the treatment of the meat. "For example, we always remove the moëlle...