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Car buyers to cash in after budget U-turn
Economic Synergy legislator Jeffrey Lam Kin- fung agreed with the proposed changes but added: "I don't think increasing the tax can solve traffic congestion in the end." Civic Party lawmaker Audrey Eu Yuet-mee said she and party members will discuss
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:32P
Prosecutors: Streets & San worker charged in DUI had twice legal limit
A Chicago Streets and Sanitation worker who drove a city-owned pickup truck into a crowd of pedestrians on the Near North Side over the weekend had a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit,
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:32P
Forest Grove police to conduct extra DUII patrols Memorial Day weekend
1 and May 11, Ashbaugh said 98 people died in traffic crashes in Oregon. Across the same time span last year, 93 people reportedly were killed. Ashbaugh urges drivers to exercise caution while traveling Memorial Day weekend.
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:31P
Small Firms, Big Lawyers: Small-Firm Wins
Jay Shepherd also spent 13 years running the Boston management-side employment-law boutique Shepherd Law Group. He writes the ABA Blawg 100 honoree The Client Revolution, which focuses on reinventing the business of law, and Gruntled Employees,
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:31P
Harry & David files reorganization plan, aims to exit bankruptcy protection in
AP NEW YORK — Fruit basket and gifts retailer Harry & David Holdings Inc. plans to exit bankruptcy protection in late summer, the company said in a reorganization plan filed on Monday. The company, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:31P
Marcia Clark: life after the OJ Simpson trial
Most women who are doing these jobs are tough, and they'll rescue themselves, thank you very much". Knight makes a compelling protagonist - rebellious, straight-forward, salty - but she can never be quite as interesting as her creator.
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:29P
YRC bankruptcy watch continues; legal ruling critical
YRC, the nation's largest less-than-truckload carrier, continues to teeter at the edge of bankruptcy — a bankruptcy that would significantly boost the business of Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System and other LTL carriers.
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:29P
Click It or Ticket: Sheriffs Out In Earnest May 23-June 5
“We are very proud of California's seat belt and child safety seat use rates,” said Christopher J. Murphy, Director of the California Office of Traffic Safety. “However, with nearly one million motorists still not buckling up, there is much more work
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:28P
<!--:en-->Expats Banned from Driving Out of Qatar in Financed Cars<!--:-->
Expats will need to present a certificate proving that the car is no longer subject to any sort of loan or financing before they will be allowed to exit the border through the Abu Samra land customs check point. The notice was issued last week and came
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:28P
Supreme Court Rebuffs Texas Bus Crash Case
MCI, the manufacturer of the bus in question, previously managed to overturn a $17 million verdict on the grounds that jurors should have been asked to consider the proportionate liability of the bus owner and driver. But by denying a petition for a
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:27P