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22 Jun 2010 10:44

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U.S.: “Eat fresh” questionable slogan for Subway in salmonella outbreak

  • 97 people sickened from an Illinois outbreak; no deaths yet source

06 Apr 2010 23:16

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U.S.: The Navy gets subs ready for the ladies by banning smokes

  • ladies The Navy, for seemingly forever, avoided putting women on subs because the quarters were so tight. Time for a change, dudes.
  • smokes Those same tight quarters are why the Navy plans to block smoking on subs. Some say it’s welcome; others are complaining. source

23 Feb 2010 21:27

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U.S.: Fun fact: Until today, female soldiers couldn’t serve in subs

  • We wonder if they had a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for that. The military is nothing if not a slow-moving machine, submerged in its own policy, deep in a ocean of bureaucracy that keeps their policies airtight. Well, change is taken place on submarines. Why so long for women’s liberation to hit the deep ocean, despite 15 percent of sailors having girl parts? Well, subs are tightly packed, and soldiers living on them often share the same bed in shifts in a policy called “hot bunking.” That’s what she said. source