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View From a Cop: Car Break-ins Happen for two Reasons
Phone, Internet, social networking, and yelling into the next office are all solid communications tools. Of course, we're always looking for another strategy to lower crime in certain areas. For instance, in Sandy Springs, as well as other north Fulton
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:10A
Doomsayers jump the gun on Pakistan
As my flash Honda Civic hire car sped along a well-maintained freeway, en route to bin Laden's compound, traffic police in neat blue uniforms were on duty to monitor speed limits. Abbottabad, the picturesque town that hosted bin Laden's lair,
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:10A
Fincorp investors get $29m
Slater & Gordon's lawsuit also represents the first time a private litigant has successfully used company law that allows aa trustee to be sued for failing to live up to its duties to investors. Only corporate regulator the Australian Securities and
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:10A
Cowley County officers to enforce traffic campaign strictly
The Cowley County Sheriff's Department will enforce aggressively Kansas occupant restraint and other traffic laws as part of the 2011 Kansas "Click It or Ticket" traffic enforcement campaign. This activity is supported by a grant from the Kansas
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:09A
Spain PM tight-lipped on breaking up pre-election protests
The national electoral commission issued the ban Thursday night as thousands of mainly young people demonstrated for a fourth straight night in central Madrid and dozens of other Spanish cities over their bleak economic future.
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:09A
Threat of paving Bali paradise
Authorities concur that rising crime, rubbish, pollution, traffic bottlenecks, shoddy infrastructure and overdevelopment are problems. But beach rubbish is the easily achievable priority. There's nothing like politicians under pressure to get things
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:08A
Boy denied band spot; mom sues
Joan Heffington says in a lawsuit filed this week that the suburban Wichita district did not accommodate her 17-year-old son's special needs, denying his right to an education. The Wichita Eagle reports that Derby superintendent Craig Wilford and band
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:08A
Private prisons are best
SERCO has been singed by the loss of control in the immigration detention centres it manages for the Australian government. This is a pity because the London-based international outsourcing company is leading a revolution in the delivery of public
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:07A
Rights of set-off in insolvency
A claim for legal or equitable set?off can be asserted in proceedings under both the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act. Legal setoff is best claimed in situations where the exact amounts to be set?off have been
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:04A
Barnes & Noble worth more than $17/share - analysts
"Barnes & Noble has the potential for earnings well in excess of their previous peak earnings simply by maintaining its current 27-28 percent market share in digital books," Strasser wrote in a research note. Barnes & Noble operates 720 superstores,
Updated: 05/20/2011 10:04A
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