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DOJ Wants To Stop H&R Deal For 'Maverick' TaxACT
TA Associates Inc.'s October agreement to sell 2nd Story Software Inc., maker of TaxACT software, to H&R Block Inc. for $287.5 million faced a setback Monday, as the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:01P
DOJ Wants To Stop H&R Deal For 'Maverick' TaxACT
TA Associates Inc.'s October agreement to sell 2nd Story Software Inc., maker of TaxACT software, to H&R Block Inc. for $287.5 million faced a setback Monday, as the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit seeking to block
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:01P
County prepares to jettison jobs
Sonoma County government expects to eliminate 223 jobs, resulting in 63 layoffs, to help plug a $43 million gap in the county budget for the coming fiscal year. Those preliminary numbers, released for a Board of Supervisors meeting on
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:01P
Nancy Kerrigan Brother Mark Kerrigan Trial Father's Death
AP Images/WENN By Alexis Tereszcuk Nancy Kerrigan's brother is on trial for killing their father, Daniel Kerrigan, and the jury deliberated for 4 1/2 hours on Monday but went home without a verdict. The prosecutor told jurors Mark Kerrigan, 46,
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:00P
Jury Deliberations Begin In Nancy Kerrigan's Brother's Trial
AP Images/WENN By Alexis Tereszcuk Nancy Kerrigan's brother is on trial for killing their father, Daniel Kerrigan, and the jury deliberated for 4 1/2 hours on Monday but went home without a verdict. The prosecutor told jurors Mark Kerrigan, 46,
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:00P
Talkback for May 24
If people are going to ride bicycles on the main road and hold up traffic, they should have to pay road tax on each vehicle or bicycle they ride on that road. I pay tax for each vehicle I have on the road, why don't they? That would only be fair.
Updated: 05/23/2011 10:00P
White Street Landfill Opponents Strongly Consider Suing City
Citizens for Economic and Environmental Justice met at Laughlin Memorial United Methodist Church Monday night to discuss their next move. Last week, City Council voted to go ahead and choose betwen two companies whose plans include reopening the
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:59P
Feature: The law in the hands of the few, how safe are we
These are facts underlining the current controversy involving our judiciary and the justice delivery system in Ghana. As a citizen of this country and somebody who advocates for the rule of law, I find the act of the nine Supreme Court judges very
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:59P
Soured Denny Hecker deal set for settlement
The trustee handling Denny Hecker's fraudulent bankruptcy case asked the court Monday for permission to accept a $4.1 million settlement to end a messy business deal involving Hecker, leasing company GELCO, US Bank and Chrysler Financial.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:58P
3 ejected from SUV as Click It or Ticket campaign begins
Four people, including three children, were hospitalized with serious injuries Monday after a rollover crash on the Beachline. The Florida Highway Patrol said two children, both 9 years old, were not wearing a seat belt. According to the FHP report,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:58P