Hostess Brands, the manufacturer of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, announced, that even with a mediator’s help, it was unable to come up with a new labor agreement with its bakery workers union. Union officials say the company indicated it would move forward with its plans to liquidate the business. Bakers Union secretary-treasurer David […]
A 13-year-old Florida girl was shot to death on her school bus; an unidentified male student is in police custody for the murder. Alvaro Zabaleta, a Miami-Dade County police detective, said the situation is traumatic for all on board the bus including the dead girl’s seven-year-old sister. It’s not known how many times the girl […]
A Bolivar, Mo. man has been arrested for allegedly plotting to shoot people at the last installment of the “Twilight” movie and finishing the bloodbath at a nearby Wal-Mart. Blaec Lammers, 20, is still in jail, being held on a $500,000 bond in Polk County after his scared mother called police to undermine his plot. […]
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating 5-hour ENERGY, a dietary supplement, after reports that 13 people have died after experiencing negative effects. While any person can make a report about a negative effect, and no official cause/effect relationship has been noted, the FDA, by law, is looking at the issue. Just because there is […]
The Congressional Budget Office sent out a report that warned a fiscal cliff could lead the U.S. economy into another recession during 2013 and drive the unemployment rate up over nine percent. It also said there would be a .5 percentage point drop in economic output should Congress fail to act in preventing tax increases […]
Hostess Brands said if bakers don’t accept the new contract by end of the day Thursday, the company will have to go into liquidation. According to Greg Rayburn, Hostess CEO, the company does not have the financial resources to endure the national strike. If liquidation takes place, approximately 18,000 workers will be out of a […]
Microsoft is facing a false advertising lawsuit, which claims its Surface’s storage space has a 32GB storage space but is alleged to only have 16GB. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit comes from Andrew Sokolowski, a California lawyer, who said he purchased the device with the understanding that he came with 32GB of storage […]
Nestle Nesquik lovers need to check their recently bought Nesquik Chocolate Powder to ensure they don’t have one of the few recalled products. According to Nestle USA, a voluntary recall is being down for limited amounts of the Nesquik Chocolate Powder, which is mixed with milk, over possible salmonella contamination. The recall came after Nestle’s […]
Some folks who logged into Twitter Nov. 8 found that their passwords had been reset due to concerns that their accounts were possibly hacked. According to the San Francisco-based website, it was an accident that the security precaution was applied to more users than originally intended. Not releasing the number of accounts affected, Twitter said […]
Lawmakers in states hit hard by Superstorm Sandy are demanding that the federal government pick the tab up, not just for the emergency power and public transportation but for the public infrastructure as well. New York Democratic Sen. Charles E. Schumer said the disaster wasn’t isolated to just New York, New Jersey or Connecticut; but […]