Tag: the-killing
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‘Affluenza’ mother enters no plea at Texas arraignment
By Marice Richter FORT WORTH, Texas (Reuters) – The mother of the Texas teenager ridiculed for his “affluenza” defense in the killing of four people while he was driving drunk, did not enter a plea at her arraignment in a Fort Worth court on Friday on a charge of helping her son flee to Mexico…
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New U.S. diet rule gets mixed response on social media
Hashtag #DietaryGuidelines was among the top trending topics on Twitter after U.S. government released a report late on Thursday suggesting people should keep their sugar and corn syrup intake to less than 10 percent of daily calorie consumption. Twitter user @NVGhost005 wrote cynically: “With all these new dietary guidelines coming out, EVERYTHING one eats/drinks puts…