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Apr 03 2024
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Hold the fentanyl. Drugs found in hamburger at El Paso border crossing
It wasn't a whopper of a drug load seized at the El Paso border last month. In one of the region's most unusual contraband smuggling attempts, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a small half-ounce pack of fentanyl hidden inside a hamburger on March 23 at the Paso del Norte international bridge connecting Downtown El Paso and Juárez. The fentanyl (0.034 pounds) was inside a
El Paso TimesMar 14 2024
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Hamburg students walk out of school in protest of teacher layoffs
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Dozens of Hamburg students walked out of school Thursday morning to protest recent staff layoffs that affected 16 teachers and aides within the district. Students from Hamburg High School began the walkout just before 11:30 a.m., marching from the school building, across Legion Drive and to the district’s football field. Hamburg Middle School students eventually joined
WIVB 4Apr 03 2024
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Tourists stunned after getting $100 bill for two hamburgers, fries and a soda at Swiss hotel
Two Australian travelers were left “absolutely shocked” when they realized they had forked out a whopping $100 for two burgers and fries, and one soda, at their hotel in Europe. Maria and her partner Anthony were staying in Grindelwald, a village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps. Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world, but is popular among travelers for its incredible
New York Post (News)Mar 12 2024
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Teachers, parents voice concerns about layoffs in Hamburg school district
HAMBURG, N.Y. (WIVB) — Hamburg has been a rallying point for teachers and parents who are upset, saying the district laid off more than a dozen teachers and aides late last week. Tuesday night’s Board of Education meeting at Armor Elementary was packed with hundreds of students parents and Members of the Hamburg teachers’ union. All have been distraught the last few days following the layoffs
WIVB 4Mar 20 2024
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Meet the Final Four teams in the Phoenix burger bracket: Vote on the best hamburger in town
Meet the Final Four teams in the Phoenix burger bracket: Vote on the best hamburger in town The highly-anticipated yearly NCAA Division 1 college basketball tournament that is March Madness is upon us. And this year, Phoenix is hosting the Final Four matchup on Saturday, April 6. The tournament is played bracket-style, with 68 teams competing in six single-elimination rounds. College
AZ CentralMar 13 2024
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March Madness, but make it burgers. Meet the Elite 8 hamburger joints and vote on the best
The highly-anticipated yearly NCAA Division 1 college basketball tournament that is March Madness is upon us. And this year, Phoenix is hosting the Final Four matchup on Saturday, April 6. The tournament is played bracket-style, with 68 teams competing in six single-elimination rounds. College basketball fans can print their own brackets and make predictions ahead of the tournament. But even
AZ CentralMar 20 2024
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The story behind New York’s hottest new restaurant, Hamburger America, and a look at the owner’s time in Chicago
Like many of you, like many of the people in this city and in this country, I like hamburgers. But no one I have ever met likes (and knows more about) hamburgers than George Motz. I first met him two decades ago when he walked down the stairs of that subterranean hamburger oasis known as the Billy Goat and said, “There is no other food that says ‘America’ like the burger.” And so has he
Chicago TribuneMar 09 2023
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Six dead in shooting at Hamburg Jehovah’s Witness center: local media
A deadly shooting erupted at a Jehovah’s Witnesses Kingdom Hall in in Hamburg on Thursday evening, leaving several dead, according to police.
At least six people are dead and seven people injured, CNN affiliate RTL/NTV reported.
The incident in the northern German city occurred around 9 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET) and there are “one or more unknown” assailants, Hamburg police
CNN (Online News)Sep 28 2023
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Hamburg Inn No. 2 to reopen next week
Iowa City restaurant Hamburg Inn No. 2 will reopen Oct. 5 after changing leadership in August. The restaurant, located at 214 N. Linn St., will open at 7 a.m. on Oct. 5, according to a Thursday press release. Guests will find familiar favorites on the menu when they visit. According to the release, the restaurant’s new operating hours will be 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 7 a.m. to 8 p.
The Daily IowanNov 05 2023
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Hostage drama at Hamburg Airport is over, police say
A hostage situation at Hamburg Airport involving a young child has ended after 18 hours, according to local police. The man drove through a security barrier and onto the airport tarmac on Saturday night with his four-year-old daughter in the car and parked under a plane. He eventually gave himself up to the authorities "without resistance", according to police, and was arrested. "The child
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