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Pennsylvania Casket Maker Sues Chinese Firm For Casket Copycat

A Pennsylvania casket maker has sued again the Chinese firm it sued in 2006 for the same complaint: selling alleged copies of its coffin in Texas.

The new lawsuit of the York Group prompted a Houston court to temporarily stop the Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. from selling caskets allegedly resembling the U.S. firm's product effective Wednesday. The first hearing of the case at Houston district court is scheduled on Friday.

Pennsylvania Coffin Maker Sues Chinese Firm For Selling Copycat Caskets

A Pennsylvania casket maker has sued again the Chinese firm it sued in 2006 for the same complaint: selling alleged copies of its coffin in Texas.

The new lawsuit of the York Group prompted a Houston court to temporarily stop the Wuxi Taihu Tractor Co. from selling caskets allegedly resembling the U.S. firm's product effective Wednesday. The first hearing of the case at Houston district court is scheduled on Friday.

Houston Woman Gives Birth To Five Babies In Three Minutes

A Texas couple has given birth to quintuplets at a Phoenix hospital nationally known for its successful multiple-birth deliveries. Three girls and two boys, who are expected to debut in Houston in August, were delivered last Thursday to 33-year-old mother Ellen Howell.

Doctors at the Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center delivered the five babies via elective caesarean section within three minutes of each other. Though they arrived nine weeks early, each weighed about two pounds and appear healthy.

Border Patrol Busts Man For Jesus Statue Made Of Cocaine

A 61-year-old man was arrested for cross-border drug trafficking after police linked him to a Jesus statue made of cocaine.

Bernardino Garcia-Cordova admitted the statue was his after the woman, who was paid $80 to carry two religious statues over the Mexican border, led police to him. She told authorities she did not know the statue was made of drugs and invited them to follow her when she was to drop off the statues at a bus station. That's when they found Garcia-Cordova.

Employers Say Cursing Worst Office Crime, Workers Point To Stealing Food From Office Refrigerator

A survey of 2,520 executive made by a New York-based online job search website said office cursing topped the reasons why bosses fire employees.

According to TheLadders.com, 38 percent of the respondents to the online survey pointed to violation of office etiquette, primarily using cuss words, as their number one reason for terminating workers.