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“Distressed investor” makes bid for half of Borders
As Jim Milliot reports in a Publishers Weekly story, the company plead with US Bankruptcy Court Judge Martin Glenn yesterday to ignore demands by its Creditors' Committee that the judge deny Borders' request for “an extension for an exclusive period to
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:55A
Indiana enacts most expansive school voucher program in the US
On May 5, Indiana's Republican Governor, Mitch Daniels, signed two bills into law establishing a statewide private school voucher program and expanding charter schools. The passage of these bills comes after two anti-teacher laws
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:55A
Karnataka lok ayukta seeks status of suspended babus in wall collpase case
Justice Hegde told this to Sanjana's parents when they called on him at his office on Wednesday, on the first death anniversary of the 17-year-old girl. The family requested the lok ayukta to put pressure on the state government to take cognisance of
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:54A
Satara: Maha Ekikaran Samiti Holds Protests over Maha-Ktaka Border Row
Nipani, Karwarand, Belgaum belong to Maharashtra and till the Supreme Court gives its verdict the areas should be governed by the Centre, he said. BJP and RPI were among the political parties that extended their support to the protests.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:54A
Dubai Court's Decision a Cruel Joke: Distraught Father
As near and dear ones of the three released youths, who reached their hometown yesterday, rejoiced, Bikramjit Singh's father Mota Singh decried the court's verdict saying "it is a cruel joke on us". A resident of village Dayalgarh here,
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:53A
$438k payout for Orkopoulos whistleblower
Justice Derek Price made the damages order against Parliament and Orkopoulos but not the state. "Yes, I was proven right. Yes, that Parliament were negligent," she said. Ms Sneddon says she was poorly treated for almost a year. "I thought to myself,
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:53A
Local bankruptcies slide 21%
An emerging trend, he added, is more bankruptcies because of student loan debt. "A lot of people are taking out student loans to go to school," he explained. "Unfortunately, a lot of them are not getting degrees resulting in jobs that can handle those
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:52A
Lawrence mayor's helping hand list draws criticism
He said Lantigua helped him to reopen his business after it was briefly shut down by the state Department of Industrial Accidents in 2008. After investigators from the Industrial Accidents Department found that workers' compensation insurance for his
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:52A
ISI denies involvement in reporter's death
newspaper reported that, in a rare statement issued through the state-run media, an unidentified official of the Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate said the agency will help "bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:52A
'Super' finalist on tough questions: 'Bring it on'
"That's the language of commerce, but we also didn't want them to lose their Spanish. We wanted them to be fluently bilingual. ... So we had to have the staff to do that and we had to meet the state law - the Texas Education Code.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:51A
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