DUNLAP, Tenn. (AP) -- A crossword puzzle assigned as a homework lesson for fifth-graders studying a book about the 19th-century South asked them to use a racial slur as an answer.

DUNLAP, Tenn. - A crossword puzzle assigned as a homework lesson for fifth-graders studying a book about the 19th-century South asked them to use a racial slur - the N-word - as an answer.

A jury rejected a man's claims he should be compensated for a sleep disorder suffered since was served the wrong soup at a restaurant. Donald Johnson, 64, sought $55,356 from the Shoney's restaurant chain. The jury instead awarded him $407 for medical bills.