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New York - It wasn't a good thing to have three men skip out on a bill, but it was even worse when waitress Suzanne Parratt was fired for refusing to pay that bill.

Gary Fung of Vancouver built IsoHunt about 10 years ago, and since then it has become one of the top places to find links to torrent files online.

Naples - A teen in east Naples, Florida, thought he was doing a good deed for a few people, but he ended up getting into trouble, and going behind bars on Tuesday.

The cast members of "Real Housewives of New York" have signed a contract with Bravo, and they will receive modest pay increases as well as budgets for makeup and hair.

A Norwegian economist thinks that people who are overweight should pay more money for their flights than fliers who are skinny.

Harvey Weinstein, a proponent of Obama and an Oscar-winning producer, said that he has plans to push for legislation that would make websites pay for linking to news articles.

On Friday, France's lower house voted to fully reimburse all abortions, as well as making contraception free for minors.

Brainiacs From Mars is a company that pays homeowners' mortgages but the catch is that they will paint the homes, turning them into giant billboards.

Cagliari - Around 100 workers in the only Italian coal mine have barricaded themselves in, armed with explosives, seeking reassurance their jobs will continue.

Lusaka - Miners working at Collum coal mine in Zambia, yesterday killed a Chinese supervisor and seriously wounded another over a pay dispute.