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Employee Sues Southwest Airlines Over Husband’s In-Flight Death

A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her employer, alleging attendants should have acted to save her husband’s life when he suffered a pulmonary embolism on his flight home from a trip. So reports CBS News.

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KFC Franchise Owner to Pay Workers $375K for Stealing Their Wages

More than 700 current and former employees of 13 Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in New York City will share a $375,000 wage restitution payment the fast-food restaurants’ owner has agreed to fork over. So reports The New York Daily News.

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KFC Franchise Owner to Pay Workers $375K for Stealing Their Wages

More than 700 current and former employees of 13 Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises in New York City will share a $375,000 wage restitution payment the fast-food restaurants’ owner has agreed to fork over. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Inmate Pleads Guilty to Trying to Have His Parents Killed From Jail

A man serving time at the Wyoming State penitentiary for robbery has pleaded guilty to mailing letters in an attempt to hire someone to murder his mother and stepfather. So reports the Associated Press.

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Missing Child’s Parents Win Defamation Suit Against Accuser

A Portuguese court has ordered an ex-police officer to pay $549,000 to a British couple who he claimed faked their own child’s abduction. So reports The Guardian.

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AT&T Unit Prez Fired Over Claims in Discrimination Suit

AT&T has fired one of the executives named in an age, race, and gender discrimination suit filed by a 50-year-old African American woman who worked at the company for 30 years. So reports The New York Daily News.

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Woman Jailed for Threats to Kill White Cops Via Facebook

A woman, using an alias, stated on Facebook that she was “plotting” to shoot white police officers and “might kill at least 15 tomorrow" was identified, arrested, and charged with disseminating information related to terrorist acts. So reports CNN.

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Transgender Teen’s Lawsuit Results in DMV Policy Change

As the result of its settlement agreement with a 17-year-old transgender teen, the South Carolina DMV will now allow everyone to be photographed "the way they appear regularly, even when [it] doesn't match the DMV's expectations of how a man or a woman should look." So reports The New York Daily News.

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Minnesota Bar Owners May Face Felony For Selling Wisconsin Brew

The owners of a Minneapolis-area bar could face felony re-sale charges for selling a beer manufactured by a brewing company that only distributes its beers to bars and stores in Wisconsin, thereby making it illegal to buy and sell those beverages in other states. So reports KMSP-TV.

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Male Student Sues Columbia for Allowing Alleged Rape Victim to Carry Mattress Around Campus

A male Columbia University student accused of rape by a fellow female student, whose accusations went viral after she began carrying a mattress around campus in protest, has filed a federal sex discrimination claim against the university. So reports The Associated Press.

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