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Blockbuster Canada seeks protection
NEW YORK – Blockbuster Inc.'s Canadian unit is seeking protection from a New York bankruptcy court in a bid to keep its stores open while the US movie rental chain figures out its future under Dish Network Corp. Blockbuster Canada Co., which operates
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:57P
Officials surprised at lawsuit over eminent domain
HELENA — Officials from the Montana Alberta Tie Ltd. and NorthWestern Energy expressed surprise over the lawsuit filed late Friday by a dozen farmers who own land in Teton and Pondera counties challenging the state's newly passed eminent domain law.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:56P
WCIV-TV | ABC News 4Officers take proactive approach to fighting crime
Entertainment News from AP By LAURA HARRIS NORTH CHARLESTON, SC (WCIV) -- They serve and protect each and every day, but the officers of a special division of the North Charleston Police Department have somewhat of a unique take on how to get the job
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:56P
Class action lawsuit considered after retrospective changes to NSW solar tariffs
Hundreds of solar panel buyers and installers may join a class-action lawsuit against the New South Wales Government if a solution cannot be reached over its plan to reduce feed-in tariffs, various industry members have warned.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:56P
Trustee opposes part of Innkeepers' reorganization(2)
The disputed sale is part of a broader plan that would see Innkeepers exit bankruptcy by selling the bulk of its hotels. Chatham and Cerberus Capital Management won most of the company's assets at auction for about $1.12 billion, but the plan still
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:55P
Top Warner Bros. Execs Testify in Court at 'Hangover 2' Tattoo Hearing (Exclusive)
According to sources who attended the hearing, the Warners execs told the court that the studio has spent roughly $80 million on marketing the sequel to 2009's The Hangoverand that blocking the film's debut in theaters would cause irreparable financial
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:54P
US Supreme Court Orders California to Release Inmates; Impact on Long Beach
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who authored the majority's opinion, said California's prisons are so overcrowded that they cause "needless suffering and death." This, he said, illustrates that the California Department of Corrections has "fallen short of
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:54P
Harry & David aims to emerge from Chaper 11 late summer
By AP 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 Monday. The company, which entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in March after
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:53P
Owner of burned building sues Belleville for tearing it down
The beauty salon property is owned by Chester Nance, who has not filed a lawsuit and said his insurance company has covered the costs so far. But he also has said the city acted too soon in tearing the buildings down and that he only gave verbal
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:52P
Still no justice for Pavelick family
The family of Misha Pavelick is still searching for justice five years after the 19-year-old was stabbed to death at a May long weekend bush party near Regina Beach. One person was charged for a separate incident at the same party, but still no arrest
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:52P