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A North Carolina pastor was arrested after allegedly attempting to deep fry a McDonald’s employee. According to Business Insider, the incident occurred on Thursday at a McDonald’s restaurant at High Point, North Carolina where 44-year-old Latoya Gladney, a manager in training, claimed her employees were “disrespecting” her.Gladney reportedly then called her husband Dwayne Waden, 56, for help. The incident report reviewed by Business Insider alleges that when Waden arrived at the restaurant, he walked around the counter and placed his hands around the neck of an employee and attempted to push his head towards a deep fryer. A fight reportedly...

Members of the Second Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force salute as the fallen pass by. Members of Australia’s Second Mentoring and Reconstruction Task Force and other Coalition soldiers, lined the airstrip at Forward Operating Base Ripley to farewell eight fallen Afghan National Army comrades. The ANA soldiers were killed by an Improved Explosive Device on 7 January 2010. (Photo courtesy Australian Government Department of Defence) NEWS RELEASEHead Quarters International Security Assistance Force - Afghanistan2010-Jan-CA-002For Immediate Release KABUL, Afghanistan (Jan 14) – Australian and other ISAF service members paid their respects to eight fallen Afghan soldiers. A road side bomb planted on...