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Judge Rejects Colonial Bank Parent's Chapter 11 Exit Plan
A federal judge rejected Colonial BancGroup Inc.'s Chapter 11 plan as "not in the best interest of creditors," a victory for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in its long-running court fight
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:29P
Tepco names 36-year veteran, Nishizawa, as new president
: Tokyo Electric Power's choice of a 36-year company veteran to resolve the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl and avert bankruptcy prompted calls for the government to take a more direct role in managing the utility. Tepco, as the company is called,
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:29P
Jon Zandstra pleads no contest in Muskegon County robberies, high-speed chase
By John S. Hausman | Muskegon Chronicle A 40-year-old White Cloud man has pleaded no contest in six felony cases stemming from a spree of retail-store robberies, then a 100-mph car chase, crash and finally a foot chase. Jon Wayne Zandstra pleaded last
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:29P
Report: Google Was Repeatedly Warned About Taking Ads From Rogue Pharmacies
Google earlier this month said it was setting aside $500 million to potentially settle an investigation by the Department of Justice into advertising-related issues. Later, it has been reported that the inquiry relates to Google allegedly knowingly
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:29P
California creates task force to probe mortgage fraud
Harris was scheduled Monday to announce creation of the Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, a team of 17 lawyers and eight state Department of Justice special agents that will investigate unscrupulous lending. "If the evidence leads us there, no case will be
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
High risk sex offender released
Justice David Boddice said it was concerning that Larry committed the offence in custody after completing a number of sexual offender courses, but the doctors' advice indicated there was no need to keep him in jail. "The risks of reoffending,
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
Supreme Court Orders Release Of 46000 California Prisoners
At the time the lawsuit was filed, the prisons were holding almost twice the design capacity. In a 52-page opinion, including numerous descriptions of inadequate medical and mental health treatment, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that “[f]or years the
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
Supreme Court Orders Release Of 46000 California Prisoners
At the time the lawsuit was filed, the prisons were holding almost twice the design capacity. In a 52-page opinion, including numerous descriptions of inadequate medical and mental health treatment, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote that “[f]or years the
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
Casey Anthony trial to hinge on forensic evidence
AP Sports Video By MIKE SCHNEIDER AP ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - No witnesses saw what happened to 2-year-old Caylee Anthony, and only her killer knows exactly how she died. No one has confessed. So when her mother, Casey Anthony, goes to trial Tuesday on
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
Prime Minister's spokesman refuses to comment on 'individual cases'
Earlier this afternoon UK judge Mr Justice Eady rejected a fresh application by News Group Newspapers to discharge the privacy injunction relating to CTB - the initials used to identify Ryan Giggs to the court - on the basis that to continue it would
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:28P
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