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Southside hostel opens next week for outdoor enthusiasts
The Crash Pad will have 30 beds and an outdoor pavilion area. Staff Photo by Angela Lewis/Chattanooga Times Free Press • Size: The 5000-square-foot building, which also includes a 1600-square-foot pavilion, includes 12 bunk beds and
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
Virginia business briefs for May 24
The lawsuit alleges that Massey Energy officials will reap big financial rewards from the deal. The lawsuit estimates that claims could top $500 million and that the deal places families of miners killed in the April 5, 2010, disaster at risk.
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
Israel and America: Two of a Kind
Under mandate from the League of Nations, the British had been doing a characteristically admirable British job of looking after a foreign territory -- building roads, administering justice, and such like. The Jews had a different vision for Palestine,
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
Hanson: Alligators, moats and other such nonsense
The vast majority of the American public is not racist or "playing politics" in worrying about out-of-control illegal immigration. The enforcement of existing federal immigration law has become a joke. Drug violence in Mexico is destabilizing an entire
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
Supreme Court's Scary Power Grab
Kent Scheidegger of the tough-on-crime Criminal Justice Legal Foundation blogged that Californians shouldn't "bother investing much in a car. It will be open season on cars, given that car thieves (nonviolent offenders) will never go to prison no
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
On mortgages, 'Know Before You Owe'
Current federal law requires that mortgage loan applicants receive two documents — the two-page federal Truth in Lending Act mortgage disclosure form and the three-page Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Good Faith Estimate.
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:05A
Kenya: Law Society Throws Support Behind Judicial Nominees
While endorsing the nominees, the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) also asked Parliament to end the sideshows that have paralysed the Departmental Committee on Justice and legal affairs. Parliament has no option but to approve the names, LSK chairman Kenneth
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:04A
SC budget talk thwarts lawsuit limit bill
COLUMBIA -- Debate on a $6 billion South Carolina spending plan stands to maroon legislation that would limit lawsuit awards sought by businesses and Gov. Nikki Haley. Senators usually adopt a plan in under two weeks, but today,
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:04A
Judge joins Myrtle Beach family's estate battle
Bert Anderson filed a lawsuit against his brother and father, claiming that half of the money that's left in the account after bills are paid belongs to his mother's estate. "He [Bert Anderson] is the personal representative and is entitled to receive
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:04A
The Carolinas | Speed to blame in deadly train crash in Spartanburg
"The only problem was the operator," said investigator Charles Manning. "Too fast. That was the complete cause of the accident, just too fast." The train's operator has said he is distraught over the crash but didn't think he was to blame.
Updated: 05/24/2011 12:04A
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