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MP3 of the Week: The Macrotones "Flutenbier"
Although the MACROTONES aren't niche snobs who get aggravated with the “world music” label often thrust upon them, vague pigeonholes hardly do justice to this Charlestown 10-piece, which romances any number of micro-scenes on a regular basis.
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:55A
Community reaches out to help orphaned kids
Enter Home Depot, the Clay County Sheriff's Office, the Clay County School District, several local churches and Ann Dugger, a crime victim advocate with the Justice Coalition who has taken a personal interest in helping the James family.
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:55A
'Unofficial' reasons for Ping's departure
George Rabusa is implicating him, with 22 other active and retired generals and colonels, in an expanded plunder rap to be filed with the Department of Justice on Monday. Drab is the official line in Ping de Jesus's resignation as Secretary of
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:55A
Zuckerberg Seeks E-Mail in Facebook Suit
“The contract is a cut-and-paste job, the e-mails are complete fabrications and this entire lawsuit is a fraud.” In an amended complaint filed in April, Ceglia quoted from e-mails he said he exchanged with Zuckerberg, which he said support his claim
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:54A
The high stakes race to implement the right ADA compliance strategy
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has just entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with Wells Fargo & Company to resolve various ADA complaints. The DOJ initiated its preliminary investigation after receiving complaints about the bank's
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:54A
Mattox Leads the Way
Mattox, working against a tight deadline, was able to save the City from the expense of a lawsuit and a possible referendum election over the Algodon Center billboards, meanwhile helping to protect scenic corridors throughout Phoenix,
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:54A
Tough trip home from South Plainfield for pair of Bucs
On May 27 the 11th-seeded Bucs baseball team fell behind early, dropping a 9-4 verdict to third-seeded South Plainfield in the Group 3 North 2 quarterfinals. And the same fate happened to the 10th-seeded Belleville softball team a day earlier as the
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:53A
Shark Bite - GE Style
Some ugly data from Citizens for Tax Justice on corporate taxes paid in America. A chart from the report (link-PDF). From 2008 through 2010, these 12 companies reported $171 billion in pretax US profits. But as a group, their federal income taxes were
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:53A
Beyond nuclear: Europe reacts to Germany's nuclear electricity exit
Germany's decision will not have any impact on Spanish government plans. "We respect the decision of the German government, but the Spanish government's position with regard to nuclear [to continue to allow those licensed to proceed to do so] has not
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:53A
Patti LaBelle sued over alleged attack
HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A lawsuit just filed in Harris County accuses singer Patti LaBelle of ordering her bodyguards to attack a Houston man outside the airport. The lawsuit, filed by Richard King, states that King, a cadet at West Point, was returning to
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:53A