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• Venezuela shuts down nearly all McDonald’s
CARACAS, Venezuela - The Venezuelan government has ordered nearly all McDonald's restaurants in the country closed for 48 hours for what it calls irregularities in the fast-food chain's financial books. The tax agency said it ordered more than 100 ...
• Pakistan: U.S. missile attacks helping terrorists
ISLAMBAD, Pakistan - U.S. missile attacks on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest near Afghanistan are undermining the war on terror and "helping the terrorists," the Muslim nation's Foreign Ministry said Friday. The comments came as a suicide ...
• The world’s strangest museums
Bunnies, bunnies everywhere, and in all forms: stuffed, ceramic, painted—even a few real ones. Not only does the onslaught of bunny paraphernalia in Pasadena, California’s aptly named Bunny Museum overwhelm the senses, but the 23,000-item ...
• Wall Street’s rollercoaster ride continues
Oct. 10: Chrystia Freeland of the Financial Times joins the "Morning Joe" team to discuss the state of the global economy and the response of each presidential campaign. NEW YORK - Wall Street extended its devastating losses into an eighth day Friday ...
• Sail away on Holland America’s new ship
Holland America’s latest addition, the ms Eurodam, embarked on its maiden voyage in July and has since officially settled in for its schedule of fall and winter runs in the Bahamas and Caribbean. Set sail to tropical destinations aboard the elegant ...