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  • House Dem: Fast-Food Wage Doubling Would Create ‘Millions of Jobs’

    09/01/2013 9:13:38 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 136 replies
    PJ Tatler ^ | August 30, 2013 | Bridget Johnson
    A House Democrat who joined striking fast-food workers in Illinois yesterday said the American economy needs doubled wages for the restaurant workers. “This gets to the heart of our economic problem in this country which is income inequality. And yes, those arches are made of gold for people like CEO Donald Thompson who makes over $13.7 million in his pay package last year. But I met fast food workers today at McDonald’s who have been working there for a decade and still making $8.50 an hour,” Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said on MSNBC. “You cannot live on that kind of...
  • OK: Judge gets 4 years for exposing himself (Hold muh gavel Alert!)

    08/18/2006 1:38:20 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 29 replies · 851+ views
    AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/18/06 | Murray Evans - ap
    BRISTOW, Okla. - A former judge convicted of exposing himself while presiding over jury trials by using a sexual device under his robe was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Donald Thompson had spent almost 23 years on the bench and had served as a state legislator before retiring from the court in 2004. He showed no reaction when he was sentenced. At his trial this summer, his former court reporter, Lisa Foster, testified that she saw Thompson expose himself at least 15 times during trial between 2001 and 2003. Prosecutors said he also used a device known as...