United Airlines aims to crack down on flight attendants who abuse sick time
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United Airlines aims to crack down on flight attendants who abuse sick time

ByNews Polite

The Labor Department is reviewing United Airlines’ leave policies after the carrier implemented stricter measures to crack down on employees abusing sick time.  “Through numerous recent inquiries from workers, the Wage and Hour Division has become aware of a possible change in United Airlines’ leave policies,” said Jessica Looman, the Labor…

Louisiana nurse, NAACP Baton Rouge VP Y’Mine McClanahan kicked out of Stabs Prime Steak and Seafood over her ‘too revealing’ outfit
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Louisiana nurse, NAACP Baton Rouge VP Y’Mine McClanahan kicked out of Stabs Prime Steak and Seafood over her ‘too revealing’ outfit

ByNews Polite

A Louisiana nurse was kicked out of a ritzy steakhouse she regularly frequented because management claimed her outfit was “too revealing” and violated its dress code. Y’Mine McClanahan wore a two-piece outfit — a modest floral top and a separate lengthy skirt that reached her feet — when she arrived…

Parts of popular tourist town Jasper ‘burned to the ground’ by wildfires in Canada: ‘Significant loss’
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Parts of popular tourist town Jasper ‘burned to the ground’ by wildfires in Canada: ‘Significant loss’

ByNews Polite

Parts of the popular tourist town of Jasper in Canada have been fully destroyed as a wildfire continues to ravage the historic alpine resort and the surrounding national park. On Wednesday, authorities reported more than 170 blazes across the western province of Alberta, prompted by a lightning storm, fuelled by…

Female frogs may eat male after mating call in act of ‘sexual cannibalism,’ new theory suggests
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Female frogs may eat male after mating call in act of ‘sexual cannibalism,’ new theory suggests

ByNews Polite

It’s frog-eat-frog in the amphibian dating game. An ecologist has captured the moment a female green and golden bell frog attempted to eat a male suitor.   Dr. John Gould, from the University of Newcastle in Australia, observed the female holding onto his leg with a firm bite. Dr John Gould,…

New ‘Luggage Losers’ site scolds airlines for lost baggage: ‘Avoid flying with them’
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New ‘Luggage Losers’ site scolds airlines for lost baggage: ‘Avoid flying with them’

ByNews Polite

Revenge is taking off. A traveler created a whole website to expose an airline after they reportedly lost his girlfriend’s luggage. Rather than contacting the airline and expressing his frustrations directly to them in an email, entrepreneur Pieter Levels created “Luggage Losers. A man created a whole website to expose…