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NEW YORK (AP) — Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in a push for higher pay.

In an attempt to poo-poo his town's decision to add onto the middle school across the street from his home, plumber David Linscott has lined his Kittery, Maine yard with 17 commodes. In addition to the reconstruction at Shapleigh Middle School, the road in front of the school was widened to allow for on-street parking. It's the on-street parking that upsets Linscott, who claims that he and his nei

After weeks of protest, it doesn't look like there is any compromise between the two.

Many thousands of protestors took to the streets of Cairo on Friday to protest the long rule of President Hosni Mubarak, who they claim has undermined freedoms of Egyptian citizens while neglecting issues like the nation's suffering economy. The recent ousting of a similarly authoritarian Tunisian leader inspired the revolt.