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John Russo - City Of Oakland Debt Plans Point To Bankruptcy
There's only one ending for that pyramid of debt, and it's bankruptcy. There's no other way out of it. So what they're proposing is another five to seven year holiday, which is great because we don't have to pay the bill. Another five to seven years,
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:32P
Man faces charges in freeway death of Georgia 'HERO' worker who was helping
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 47-year-old Kirk Sherwood of Loganville was being held in the Fulton County Jail Tuesday on a misdemeanor vehicular homicide charge, one count of violating the "move over law" and other less serious traffic
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:31P
FSA gives rogue trader £1.09m fine for share ramping
The bankruptcy failed to halt Kahn's activities. In what the FSA called a "month-long campaign of market abuse" in March 2010, Kahn inflated the share price of a small company, Global Brands Licensing (GBL), trading on the Plus stock exchange.
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:31P
Kraft to pay $8.1 million in Attica lawsuit
The $8.1 million settlement, however, deals only with the property values and not personal injury. The chemicals - tetrachloroethene, or PCE, and trichloroethene, or TCE - were used as cleaners and degreasers at the nearby and now-defunct Radio
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:30P
Resident asks village to prohibit horse droppings
But now, he's concerned that perhaps the growing amount of horse traffic, and the resulting waste, could be considered a health hazard. “I think they're great for our community, but they don't respect our village. They don't respect our streets,” he
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:30P
No disclosure of Starbucks job applicants with pot convictions
The trial court's discovery order “ironically violates the very marijuana reform legislation the class action purports to enforce,” the 4th District Court of Appeal said. ”We fail to understand how destroying applicants' statutory privacy rights can
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:30P
NC Senate budget would move SBI, lab to new agency
AP Entertainment News Video AP - May 24, 2011 3:14 PM ET RALEIGH, NC (AP) - A proposed budget from Senate Republicans would move the State Bureau of Investigation and its embattled crime laboratory under a proposed Department of Public Safety,
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:29P
SBPD acknowledged with safety award
The department's efforts were acknowledged recently with the prestigious New Jersey Law Enforcement Challenge award for its traffic safety initiative in 2010. The award recognizes the best overall law enforcement traffic safety programs in New Jersey.
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:29P
Duczkowski selected to fill Blaker vacancy on council
Plans exist to create pedestrian islands and other traffic-calming elements on Main Street, but roadblocks to the project include funding sources and that Main Street is on a state trunk line. Duczkowski has a husband, JD, a son, David, and daughter,
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:27P
House Bill Could Lengthen Detentions for Immigrants Awaiting Deportation
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Human rights advocates warned Tuesday about potential civil rights violations in a congressional bill that proposes long-term jailing of immigrants who cannot be returned promptly to their home countries.
Updated: 05/24/2011 03:27P
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