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COLUMBUS, Ohio • The White Castle hamburger chain is sipping on the idea of selling alcoholic beverages at its restaurants.
The 90-year-old company is testing beer and wine sales at a location in Lafayette, Ind., that combines a traditional White Castle burger joint with a Blaze Modern BBQ, a new restaurant concept also being tried out.
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A new report claims a Russian lawyer who died in prison was tortured and deliberately denied medical treatment, and that the official investigation covered it up.
Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested after accusing officials of corruption, died in November 2009 after the pancreatitis he developed in prison went untreated. Two prison doctors have been charged with […]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton played with a toddler and asked a little girl if she misses school during a quick visit Thursday to an evacuation center for Thai flood victims, a day after announcing a $10 million aid package.
Clinton exchanged the traditional Thai greeting known as “wai” _ bowing deeply while pressing […]
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Senior banker Lucas Papademos was appointed prime minister Thursday of an interim Greek unity government that seeks to cement a European debt deal and stave off national bankruptcy.
Chosen after four tortuous days of power-sharing talks, Papademos immediately called for unity and promised to seek cross-party cooperation to keep Greece firmly in the 17-nation eurozone.
The 64-year-old […]
Japan’s government Friday approved spending $11.5 billion of public money to help the operator of the tsunami-hit nuclear power plant decontaminiate the site and dismantle the reactors.
Japan’s nuclear minister, Goshi Hosono, says the aid is meant as a preliminary installment to help cash-strapped Tokyo Electric Power Co. cover the massive cost of the work.
The 900 […]
Torstar Corp., publisher of the Toronto Star, reported higher revenues in its third quarter despite the challenging economy, the company said.
Revenue was $378.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, up $25 million from the year-earlier quarter, Torstar said Wednesday.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, commonly known as EBITDA, for the third […]
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European leaders agreed Thursday morning on a crucial plan to reduce Greece’s debts and provide it with more rescue loans so that the faltering country can eventually dig out from under its debt burden.
After a marathon summit, EU President Herman Van Rompuy said that the deal will reduce Greece’s debt to 120 percent of its […]
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Patients in Illinois can again look up background information about their doctors after the state’s physician profile program was restored Wednesday.
The state’s department of financial and professional regulation launched the physician profile website in 2008 but took it down last year following a decision of the Illinois Supreme Court.
The website, which includes information on doctors’ […]
UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s third-quarter net income edged slightly lower as medical costs climbed and some health care use picked up, but the insurer’s revenue grew and it raised its 2011 earnings forecast.
The Minnetonka, Minn., managed care company’s medical claims paid rose 7 percent to $18.41 billion compared to last year’s quarter, mainly due to price […]