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1965 time capsule gives peek at Reno 46 years ago
(AP) - Plans for a new luxury hotel in Reno had hit a snag, a school bonding proposal was on the ballot, a new road was being built around the city to combat worsening traffic, and fighting had broken out in Baghdad. The headlines on the Reno
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:03P
Kraft to pay $8.1 million to settle pollution lawsuit
A Kraft Foods sign is displayed near its corporate headquarters in Northfield, Illinois. (Tim Boyle, Getty Images) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Kraft Foods Inc. will pay $8.1 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over pollution at a former factory in Attica,
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:03P
Teamsters' Labor Fight Gets in Gear for Trial
The trial court declined to send the issue to arbitration, but the 9th Circuit reversed. A three-judge panel ruled that the ratification-date dispute was a matter for an arbitrator to resolve under the arbitration clause in the bargaining agreement.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:03P
Notice From the Securities Arbitration Law Firm of Klayman & Toskes to All UBS
Many investors of the Lehman Notes have filed claims in the Lehman bankruptcy proceeding and are hoping to recover their losses in the Notes through that process instead of filing an individual securities arbitration claim against UBS.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01P
Music fans arriving by thousands for Hangout Fest
Gates opened at 1 pm today for the first day of the 2011 Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival, and the excitement was palpable among fans waiting to get onto the grounds for a day that was set to feature music from iconic jam band Widespread Panic,
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01P
Cannes film review: "This is Not a Film"
In "This Is Not a Film," Jafar Panahi works within the constraints imposed by house arrest and, as he awaits the court's verdict that could send him to jail for the next six years, he reads the script of his new movie. It's a film that may never be
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01P
Fabricato Surges After Company Says It Has Paid Most Debts
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Fabricato SA, Colombia's largest textile maker, surged after the company said it paid off most of its debts as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy. Fabricato rose 6 percent to 53 pesos in Bogota at 4 pm New York time,
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01P
Fabricato Surges After Company Says It Has Paid Most Debts
May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Fabricato SA, Colombia's largest textile maker, surged after the company said it paid off most of its debts as it prepares to emerge from bankruptcy. Fabricato rose 6 percent to 53 pesos in Bogota at 4 pm New York time,
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01P
Smallpox: Is it time to destroy the world's last few stockpiles?
Because clinical trials of new drugs and vaccines for the disease are impossible, US regulatory agencies currently demand that vaccines and drugs show efficacy in animals challenged with live smallpox. Unfortunately, a key problem for smallpox research
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:00P
Q&A: Attorney Monika Sacks talks about family law in wake of Schwarzenegger
LUCY ANN: Has this whole arena of divorce and child custody changed in the 32 years you've been practicing law? SACKS: Enormously. When I started, there was the presumption that Mom was the better parent and, of course, we've shifted considerably from
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:59P
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