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Cops: Pain reliever found in girl's Burger King meal

An acetaminophen pill has been identified as the "unknown substance" in a 6-year-old girl's mac and cheese meal from a Valley Stream Burger King, Nassau police said Friday. The girl, whose name was not disclosed, spent some time at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola for observation and was released later Thursday night, a hospital spokeswoman said. She is "doing fine," said her mother, Bridget...

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