McDonald’s raises flag after customer complaint. McDonald’s official said Wednesday that the company erred when it asked its restaurant operators to fly flags at half-staff to honor James R. Cantalupo, 60, who died April 19.

“I got to work and said, ‘I just can’t let this go,’ ” said King, who knew that only the president or a governor can order the flag lowered to half-staff and that it’s normally done only for government officials or dignitaries. “I just wanted to bring it to their attention that this was not a right thing to do.”

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