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...time. McDonald's promised in September 2002 under heavy criticism that it would change the oil in its fryers. (Buyer beware: a medium order of French fries contains 4 g of trans fats.) When that hadn't happened a year later, Joseph sued the chain for inadequately publicizing the delay. McDonald's agreed to settle with Joseph in February, promising to give $7,500 each to BanTransFats.com and a co-plaintiff and $7 million to the American Heart Association. It also agreed to spend $1.5 million posting temporary signs at its 13,000 franchises and publishing ads admitting its frying...
...raining so hard down in Washington, D.C., [last week] that Tom DeLay didn't have to launder his money...
...left homeless. In India, the quake killed more than 1,300 and left more than 100,000 without shelter. For the survivors, the devastation of the quake was followed by even more misery, as untold numbers in remote mountain villages went days without seeing any sign of relief. The delay in getting supplies to the disaster zone raised fears of untreated injuries, disease and malnutrition, or worse: the looming snow season could present the specter of masses of people freezing to death...
...think it’s as disruptive as having a condensed fall semester,” Ke said. His main concern, he added, is that Tulane’s winter semester begins on Jan. 17, before Harvard’s fall term exams are complete. The delay in reopening Tulane and Loyola is mainly a result of the condition of the city of New Orleans, not the damage sustained by the universities themselves, officials at both schools said.“The city just wasn’t ready,” Tulane Director of Public Relations Mike Strecker said...
...When the Pakistani army finally arrived on the third day, they found the local people furious over the delay. The soldiers were cursed, and at one school where 200 children lay buried under concrete slabs, the parents hurled stones at the troops as they tried, days too late, to clear away the rubble. By day four, enough troops had arrived to set up field clinics and start evacuating the injured by helicopter. Hundreds waited for evacuation, and each helicopter could carry only a few stretchers...