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Family of Beer Pong Dispute Victim Awarded $15.6 Million

Matthew McDonald

In January 2013 a man accused of cheating at Beer Pong to win a $10 bet went flying out a fourth-floor window to his death in Naugatuck, Connecticut. Two of the other players subsequently pleaded guilty to manslaughter while another one fled and is a fugitive; all three were found civilly liable by a jury in Bridgeport.

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Retiring Bernie Aide Once Got A Radiation Degree Just So He Could Infiltrate Hospitals and Unionize Them

Matthew McDonald

Phil Fiermonte, 62, state director for Vermont U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, during the 1980s got a degree as a radiation technician so that he could get a job at various hospitals and unionize the staff there. Fiermonte is retiring after 20 years of working for Sanders, including a stint on Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign.

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