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News Summary: China files trade case against US

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 17th

By The Associated Press TRADE DISPUTE: China filed a World Trade Organization case Monday challenging U.S. anti-dumping measures on billions of dollars of kitchen appliances, paper and other goods, adding to worsening trade strains as global demand weakens. AT ISSUE: The Chinese Ministry of

Amish shunning is central to Ohio hate crime trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 15th

By JOHN SEEWERAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - In the stern, self-regulating world of the Amish, those who act out time and again by wearing the wrong clothing, going to movies or otherwise flouting the church's doctrine can find themselves utterly alone. Fellow Amish in rare instances won

Mixed grades for new, healthy school lunch rules

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 14th

By MICHAEL HILLAssociated Press ROTTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) - One student complains because his cafeteria no longer serves chicken nuggets. Another gripes that her school lunch just isn't filling. A third student says he's happy to eat an extra apple with his lunch, even as he's noshing on

Defense: Ohio Amish haircuttings not a hate crime

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By JOHN SEEWERAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - In Ohio, defense attorneys acknowledge their Amish clients cut the hair and beards of other Amish whom they were feuding with but the defense contends that prosecutors are overreaching by calling the actions hate crimes. Defense attorney Neal

Ex-Iowa egg farm manager pleads guilty to bribery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By RYAN J. FOLEYAssociated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A manager at the Iowa egg farms linked to the nationwide salmonella outbreak in 2010 pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to bribe a federal inspector to allow the sale of unapproved eggs. Former DeCoster Farms manager

Ex-Iowa egg farm manager pleads guilty to bribery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

Ex-Iowa egg farm manager pleads guilty to bribery

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

McDonald's new menu item: Calorie counts

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

By CANDICE CHOIAP Food Industry Writer NEW YORK (AP) - McDonald's restaurants in the U.S. will soon get a new menu addition: The number of calories in the chain's burgers and fries. The world's biggest hamburger chain said Wednesday that it will post calorie information on

Closings set in Ohio Amish hair-cutting trial

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 12th

CLEVELAND (AP) - A trial for 16 people accused in hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish is wrapping up in Ohio. Closing statements are scheduled for Wednesday in the federal hate crimes trial. Prosecutors say the defendants planned or took part in at least one of five attacks last

Prosecutor: Amish defendants aren't above the law

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on September 11th

By JOHN SEEWERAssociated Press CLEVELAND (AP) - A breakaway group that carried out hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish in eastern Ohio thought they were above the law because of their religious beliefs, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday during closing arguments of their hate crimes