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3 died at factory that makes Apple products
The Taipei-based company also said in a statement late Sunday that local authorities had determined in their preliminary findings that Friday's accident at its Chengdu complex was caused by “an explosion of combustible dust in a duct.
Updated: 05/23/2011 12:00P
Supreme Court Rules California Must Free Tens of Thousands of Inmates
The 5-4 decision authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, a California native, is a wholesale acceptance of a ruling by a special three-judge panel tasked with resolving chronic overcrowding in the state's penal system. The February 2009 decision orders
Updated: 05/23/2011 12:00P
Hon Hai shares plummet after Chengdu blast
Fifteen employees were injured in the accident, but six have already been released from hospitals, Foxconn said. It did not say what products were being made at the Chengdu facilities. “The explosion has raised much concern because Hon Hai's Chengdu
Updated: 05/23/2011 12:00P
Firms urged to ´Take Hay while the sun shines´
Austria and Germany are enjoying an economic upturn - bouncing back following the crash in 2008 and recession of 2009. But despite the current positive economic news, companies are being warned of troubled times ahead, and the need to use the current
Updated: 05/23/2011 12:00P
Paraplegic walks after receiving implants
After Rob Summers become paraplegic due to a car accident in 2006, his doctors said he would never walk again. They were wrong. In 2009, the 25 year old American underwent implantation of an electrical stimulator in his spinal cord to try to "wake up"
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:59A
Man charged with impaired driving after car brings down hydro pole in Waterloo
The man was later charged with impaired driving, and driving with more than the legal limit of alcohol in his blood. He was the only person in the car. The accident happened on Keatsway Drive about 4 am The car hit the hydro pole, knocking it down,
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58A
Recount affirms Prosser win for Wis. high court
AP Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser's victory over challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg has been certified by the state board that oversees elections. The Government Accountability Board on Monday certified results of a statewide recount that
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58A
Phone Hacking: Prescott Wins Legal Challenge
Mr Justice Foskett announced: "Unless the claims are resolved by agreement in the meantime, the judge hearing the substantive application will decide whether, on the more detailed evidence and arguments available then, the claims are well-founded.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58A
Pedestrian killed in hit-and-run on I-880 in Oakland
(KGO) -- A hit-and-run accident killed a pedestrian shortly after midnight on I-880 in Oakland. CHP investigators say about six witnesses reported seeing a man crawling across the freeway in the Fruitvale area just south of Park Street.
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58A
Falun Gong lawsuit skewers Cisco's 'little red' sales book
By Team Register • Get more from this author Cisco used Maoist rhetoric to pitch its networking kit to the Chinese government and customised it to help Beijing crack down on the Falun Gong movement, a lawsuit claims. Falun Gong supporters in the US
Updated: 05/23/2011 11:58A
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