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been awake for over 24 hours, and that his commute of 700 miles from his home in Georgia to work in Delaware was "unreasonable." It also alleges the driver fell asleep at the wheel.
• "As a result of Wal-Mart's gross, reckless, willful, wanton, and intentional conduct, it should be appropriately punished with the imposition of punitive damages," according to the complaint.
• The June 7 wreck on the New Jersey Turnpike killed 62-year-old comedian James McNair, who went by the name Jimmy Mack. Comedian Ardley Fuqua and Jeffrey and Krista Millea, who were injured as passengers in the limo, are also named as plaintiffs.
• Morgan, the former "Saturday Night Live" and "30 Rock" star, suffered a broken leg and broken ribs in the crash and is currently in a rehabilitation center. Fuqua is recovering from crash-related injuries.
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Meteorologists to the Midwest: Relax, next week's cool weather not caused by polar vortex

• CHICAGO (AP) -- Unseasonably cool weather will arrive next week in the Midwest and as far south as Arkansas and Oklahoma.
• It is not, however, the second coming of a polar vortex, a phrase the National Weather Service's Chicago office tweeted earlier this week to describe the upcoming sweater weather. The office quickly learned that wasn't such a good idea, said Amy Seeley, a weather service meteorologist who spent a good chunk of Friday morning fielding a flood of telephone calls from the media.
• "I think people are pretty sensitive to those words," she said.
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Companies capitalize on the World Cup Effect with new products

• PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Wondering how to drive it like Dempsey, move it like Messi or rip it like Ronaldo?
• There's an app for that.
• As Argentina and Germany prepare for Sunday's World Cup final, companies that produce soccer-related merchandise are already winning.
• The once-every-four-years consumer frenzy, dubbed by some as the "World Cup Effect," drives the sale of everything from the traditional jerseys and cleats to unusual items such as team-endorsed windshield wiper fluid to Versace T-shirts and,

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