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Albany libraries in limbo
"We stand for economic justice for all and I feel like when we start taking away from these things it will affect the people who need it most," said Holly McKenna, a board member. The $8.79 million levy would have increased taxes by 25 percent or about
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:02A
Airport drill readies crews for real disaster
The exercise started with a call from the airport's traffic control tower - an incoming plane was hit while still in the air and passengers were falling out. Within moments of the "call," firefighters from the airport station began descending on the
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:02A
Teen beats the odds after devastating accident
It was a year that nearly ended before it began, with a car accident that left him in a coma. It was just before New Year's. Austin and his friends were hanging out just around the corner from their house. When it was time to go home, he didn't jump in
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:02A
Qantas accuses union of scaremongering
RICHARD WOODWARD: There is a move afoot by the airline industry to reduce the amount of fuel that the airplanes carry down to a lesser percentage based on the fact that they think that the forecasting for weather and traffic is much more precise than
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:02A
US judge fines contractor for human trafficking
The company also has been subject to at least four separate labour cases and a federal lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In a 146-page decision, Administrative Law Judge William Dorsey ordered Global Horizons to pay about
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:02A
Judges Report On Gagging Orders
The report, by the Lord Chief Justice and Master of the Rolls, cannot change law, nor can it give explicit advice to the Government. But it is expected to set out the judiciary's view on the future use of gagging orders. The publication coincides with
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:01A
The Ticker, May 20
An appeals court has overturned the dismissal of a class-action lawsuit brought by investors against mortgage giant Countrywide Financial Corp. The move by a panel of the California 2nd District Court of Appeal reverses the decision by a Superior Court
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:01A
Satyam scam: ED to file chargesheet against 200 people belonging to the front
But the ED may have to wait a while to file its chargesheet in the trial court that is hearing the main Satyam scam case filed by CBI as it is awaiting directions from the Supreme Court to allow it to file the chargesheet in the same trial court.
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:00A
Other suspects consider options after Greensburg verdict
The attorney for Amber Meidinger said on Thursday she's not sure if her client will go to trial for the torture slaying of Jennifer Daugherty. Meidinger, 21, testified against 18-year-old Angela Marinucci, despite the possibility of
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:00A
NTSB: Plane with students mostly cleared
Witnesses told investigators that the plane "accelerated along the runway, lifted off a few feet and settled back on the runway," the report states. The plane "swerved" as it slowed, overran the departure end of the runway and 100 feet of grass overrun
Updated: 05/20/2011 12:00A
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