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Ex-Lehman Exec Makes Real Estate Comeback
Witkoff recently teamed up with Silverpeak Real Estate Partners, where the former Lehman executive is one of five partners, to buy a loan backing a Queens, NY, apartment building. Now Witkoff and Silverpeak are working on potential deals for three
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:06P
Half of Pinoys favor legalized divorce: SWS survey
"It also reflects an increased awareness on the issue that will hopefully lead to more productive debates towards the crafting of a divorce law in the Philippines," she added in a text message. The survey results came as the House of Representatives
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:05P
Senator Allen gives update on the border
This is a staging area where the coyotes bring the illegals and drugs to wait for transportation to other destinations. This staging area is only four to five miles from Casa Grande. We found piles and piles of plastic bottles, cans, clothing, shoes,
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:05P
Did Amazon's Download Delays Sink Lady Gaga's Album Sales?
Right up until a surge in downloads caused a woefully unprepared Amazon to crash. Let this be a lesson to future digital retailers: do not underestimate the eager zeal of a Little Monster. So did the online blackout botch Lady Gaga's chance at a No.
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:05P
Passenger arrested in wake of bus crash
Police said they feared the man, who was a passenger on the bus when it crashed in Caroline County, might cause another accident and directed him away from the scene. The bus ran off I-95 about 30 miles north of Richmond and overturned.
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:05P
Attorney General Koster Releases 11th Annual Report on Vehicle Stops
However, search rates (the rates at which drivers of a given race are searched subsequent to a traffic stop) for both Hispanic and African-American drivers continue to be higher than for whites. Hispanic drivers were 2.13 times more likely than white
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:04P
Trevor Davis' 1055 Park Avenue nearly all sold out
The buyers all closed this past Friday upon orders from a bankruptcy judge, as the building worked out a foreclosure threat. The final, and sixth, apartment will close in the next couple of weeks for more than $5 million, court records reveal.
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:03P
Superior Court Judge Charged With DUI
The judge said in a statement Wednesday that his attorney had advised him not to comment. Smith was charged with battery in 2005, when he was accused of pushing and grabbing a woman by the neck while the two were in his home. A Sumter County jury took
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:02P
Alhambra man dies in car crash; 2 passengers injured
in a car crash on Mount Olive Trail, three miles west of Walshville. Durbin was pronounced dead at 4 pm at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield by Montgomery County Coroner Rick Broaddus following the single-vehicle accident at 2:45 pm on Saturday.
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:02P
City orchestras in survival mode
Music Makes a City, an engaging documentary from last year about the Louisville Orchestra that was just released on DVD, offers an inspiring and cautionary tale of creative chutzpah and financial mismanagement. The orchestra, which itself filed for
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:02P
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