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The Onion’s purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars stopped by US judge By Reuters

By Dietrich Knauth NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Tuesday stopped the parody news site the Onion from buying conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars website, ruling that a bankruptcy auction did not result in the best possible bids. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez rejected Jones’ claims that…

Bankruptcy judge rules against The Onion’s acquisition of Infowars

A bankruptcy judge ruled that The Onion cannot buy Alex Jones’ Infowars.The judge said the auction was flawed and may have “left a lot of money on the table.”The Onion said it will continue trying to buy Infowars.A Texas bankruptcy judge ruled that The Onion’s bid for Alex Jones’s Infowars…

US judge weighs fate of the Onion’s buyout of Infowars By Reuters

By Dietrich Knauth (Reuters) – Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to urge a U.S. bankruptcy judge to block the sale of his Infowars website to the Onion news parody site at a Monday court hearing in Houston.  The Onion was named the winning bidder for Infowars in a November…

Fast-food chains hold the onions after McDonald’s E. coli outbreak By Reuters

By Brad Brooks LONGMONT, Colorado (Reuters) -U.S. fast-food chains were pulling fresh onions out of their menu items on Thursday after the vegetable was named as the likely source of an E. coli outbreak at McDonald’s (NYSE:) restaurants that has sickened 49 people and killed one.  Restaurant Brands International (NYSE:),…