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Company Sued For Waterboarding Salesman

"We're not the mean waterboarding company that people think we are," says the general counsel for Prosper Inc., a company that sells "coaching packages" over the telephone. They're being sued by a former employee who says he was held down as his boss emptied a gallon jug of water into his mouth and nose as part of a team-building exercise. Our tipster Rachael writes that it's like "an episode of The Office gone horribly wrong." More »

7:33 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Chris Walters
8,611 views, 49 comments

chicago

Foie Gras Thwarted With Citizen's Arrests!

There's nothing like smearing the pulverized liver of a goose upon a fresh slice of baguette, sipping daintily upon a small glass of heady wine, staring longingly into a lover's adoring face... then having her stand up and declare citizen's arrest. More »

3:27 PM on Wed Aug 23 2006
By consumerist.com
289 views, 16 comments

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Exxon Sued For Indonesian Torture


Exxon has lost the first round in a lawsuit implicating Exxon in the torture of 11 Indonesian villagers in 1997. The villagers claim that Exxon's Indonesian subsidiary allowed its facilities to be used to torture them by the Indonesian government. More »

6:49 AM on Thu Mar 9 2006
By consumerist.com
545 views, 1 comment