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Star Tribune: Slaughterhouse manager guilty on Imm. charges

"Elizabeth Billmeyer, 48, of Postville, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to harbor undocumented aliens for profit and one count of knowingly accepting counterfeit resident alien cards. She faces up to 20 years in prison and a $500,000 fine.Billmeyer was working at...

opinion by jnewman | 32 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago
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Barry Artiste

SoCal slaughterhouse at center of beef recall

The investigation into the largest beef recall in US history is now focusing on a Southern California slaughterhouse, in which sick and crippled animals were abused and shoved with forklifts. "The U.S. Department...

created by Brian A Kennedy | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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fullerlaurence

Picard as Macbeth?! Beam me up!

Happy New Year, Sci-Fi/Lit Nerds (c'mon, I know I'm not the only one): the BAM in Brooklyn is presenting a modernized staging of Macbeth starring--drumroll--Patrick Stewart! I don't know about you guys, but for...

created by Kaitlin | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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In Memoriam: Virgil Butler

"Virgil Butler, the former slaughterhouse worker from Arkansas who dedicated his life to educating others about the horrors of factory farming, died last night in his sleep at the age of 41. Virgil spent 9 years working in Tyson slaughterhouses, killing as many as 80,000...