MIAMI, Feb. 27 -- During his 3 1/2 -year detention as an "enemy combatant," accused al-Qaeda operative Jose Padilla was at various times deprived of a clock, windows and a Koran, and forced to sleep on a metal bed frame without a mattress, according to testimony Tuesday from an official at the Navy brig where he was held in Charleston, S.C .
Reggie Townsend, a 29-year-old serving 23 years in a Wisconsin prison for the reckless homicide of an 11-year-old girl, recently won $295,000 from a jury as compensation for a two-month confinement with a "wet, moldy and foul-smelling" mattress.
The Bull Market Report Examines Mattress and Bedding Stocks
PRINCETON, N.J.----June 20, 2006--The Bull Market Report , an online investment newsletter focused on long-term growth and income-generating stocks, announced today that it has provided subscribers with a detailed report on mattress and bedding stocks, including Tempur-Pedic International , Sealy , Select Comfort , and others.
Tempur-Pedic rises on '08 forecast, analyst raises estimates
Tempur-Pedic shares climbed in Friday morning trading after the mattress maker forecast a profit in 2008 that is smaller than what it earned the previous year, but mostly above Wall Street expectations.
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