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Cops: Woman Who Wouldn't Stop for Police Did Stop for McDonald's

By Ben MuessigApr 14th 2011 – 6:40PM
Broward Sheriff

Broward Sheriff

Police in Florida say Roberta Spen wouldn't stop for anything -- except McDonald's. Cops in Coral Springs say they tried to pull over the 64-year-old motorist when they noticed that her brake lights were malfunctioning as she pulled into a McDonald's drive-thru lane at around 2 p.m. Monday. Officers flashed their lights...

Unhappy Meal: 'Food Activists' Behead Ronald McDonald

By Ben MuessigFeb 16th 2011 – 1:25PM
Timo Jaakonaho, AFP / Getty Images

Timo Jaakonaho, AFP / Getty Images

Ronald McDonald is the victim of a crime -- and this time the Hamburglar isn't to blame. A group of artists and activists in Finland kidnapped a Ronald McDonald sculpture from a McDonald's restaurant and, despite the efforts of police, managed to behead a version of the fast-food icon in a grisly recording shot in the...

Top 10 PETA Stunts of 2010

By Larry KnowlesDec 31st 2010 – 9:33AM
Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images

Timothy A. Clary, AFP / Getty Images

It's been another productive year for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, the Norfolk, Va., organization that exports its wacky brand of performance activism to the rest of the world. In case you missed it, some good people who care deeply about vegetables did some very good things in the nude in...

Year's Worst Ads Get What's Coming to Them: A Tracy Award

By David MoyeDec 30th 2010 – 1:50PM
Crowell Advertising

Crowell Advertising

Eli Manning has the same number of Super Bowl rings as his brother, Peyton, but he has something his big brother doesn't: an extra Tracy Award. But don't expect brother Peyton to be jealous in the slightest: The award is only given to the worst ads in a given year. This year, an Oreo TV ad for the cookie's Heads or Tails...

Happy Meal Advertising Trumps Good Parenting, Lawsuit Claims

By David KnowlesDec 15th 2010 – 2:23PM

(Dec. 15) -- Parents, you're no match for plastic toys and a pitchman clown. A lawsuit filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest on behalf of a California mother contends that the fast-food chain McDonald's is "circumventing parental control" by luring children into desiring the company's toy-packing Happy...

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McDonald's denies report of dropping health care

Sep 30th 2010 - 01:17PM

Health care reform calls for individual and small and large group health insurance plans to spend a certain percentage of the premiums they take in on medical care or offer a rebate to their customers.

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Breast-Feeding Moms Serve McDonald's an Order of Protest, Super-Sized

By Tom Henderson Aug 23rd 2010 - 01:15PM

Visitors at a McDonald's in Phoenix on Aug. 21 were treated to one heckuva show, as mothers of dozens of newborns who had descended on the restaurant in protest promptly took out their breasts and began nursing.

McDonald s News From the Web

  • 08/02/10 McDonald Source: The Clarke County Democrat - Grove Hill AL Hazel Margaret Brady McDonald, 88, of Texarkana, Texas, died Sunday, July 25, 2010, at her residence.

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