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She faces charge of willfully poisoning food A former McDonald's worker has been ordered to stand trial on a felony charge of willfully poisoning food after she allegedly spit on a hamburger before serving it to a police officer. Tatyana Hargrove, then 21 years old, was arrested last November in Bakersfield, California, and is due in court March 23. She is accused of rubbing a hamburger bun on the floor of the restaurant and then spitting in it while preparing an order for a uniformed police officer using the drive-thru, KGET-TV reported. Hargrove also allegedly shouted, "Black lives matter" and...

Tamper-proof cargo container tested by New Hampshire company By NORMA LOVE Associated Press Writer HILLSBORO — A New Hampshire company was the first in the nation to test a new method of guaranteeing cargo containers aren’t tampered with during shipment from overseas, state and federal officials announced Friday. A container of 400,000 auto tail lamps was shipped from Osram Sylvania’s plant in Slovakia to its plant in Hillsboro, Gov. Jeanne Shaheen and U.S. Attorneys from New Hampshire and Vermont said. They said the container contained monitoring devices and arrived with safety seals intact after its 21/2-week journey. They said the...