Joël Coutu knelt on the cold cement floor of the pet supply store he managed in Montreal, his wrists bound behind him with telephone wire. He could feel the barrel of a pistol pressed against the back of his neck. “You’re lying!” the gunman screamed. “And I am going to blow your head off.” [More]
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Test results by the FDA found that 11 shipments of orange juice stopped at the U.S. border were positive for carbendazim.