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Burger King has introduced a new chicken sandwich to compete with Chick-Fil-A. To make their sandwich more friendly to the LGBTQ community, they announced they are offering it on Sundays, and donating to LGBTQ causes with each sale. Sources say the community is "extremely bummed" that they have to eat at Burger King now. "Why? WHY did Burger King do this to us?" said Xander Brenner, local gay man. "Chick-Fil-A is delicious. Eating their food is like touching heaven. Now I'm supposed to go to Burger King and eat this chewy crap alternative made by someone who didn't wash their...

Unlike a similar case of “food tampering” involving American law enforcement earlier this year — in which an unidentified police officer forgot they took a bite of their McChicken sandwich and then accused employees of chomping on it — an incident at a Mickey D’s in California was reportedly caught on tape. Tatyana Hargrove, an employee of a Bakersfield McDonald’s, who had recently lost a lawsuit against the city after claiming she was a victim of excessive force and civil rights violations in 2017, was arrested on Friday for allegedly tampering with a uniformed police officer’s meal. A colleague witnessed...

According to reports, pop superstar Madonna has given her eight-year-old daughter Lourdes a credit card with a $10,000 limit. Friends say Madonna hopes the exercise will teach Lourdes to appreciate the value of money. "Minors are not usually allowed credit cards so she had to pull a few strings to get it issued in Lourdes' name," a close friend said to magazine In Touch Weekly. "She is hoping to teach Lourdes to be responsible with money."

<p>SOMEWHERE IN IRAQ -- Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade set off in a blaze of loud rock music Monday from Camp Pennsylvania in Kuwait.</p> <p>The 1st Brigade combat team on Wednesday was in a convoy of about 400 vehicles on its way north. Behind them is the 2nd Brigade. The 3rd Brigade left earlier and is farther along on a journey that many say will lead them all to Baghdad.</p>

Stranded human shields buses seek fare home BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two red double decker buses and a white London taxi that ferried anti-war activists to Baghdad to serve as "human shields" are stranded in Beirut with their owner short the 3,400 pounds it costs to ship them home. The buses and taxi, dusty after a six-week overland journey that began at London's Tower Bridge, were plastered with signs saying "No to a war on Iraq" and "No to war, Yes to peace". "The buses have to be shipped back. It's just not practical to drive them...I am not even really...