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Obama seeks edge from role in auto bailout
In early 2009, when the new president steered billions in tax dollars to General Motors and Chrysler, 72 percent of Americans opposed more emergency loans to the Detroit auto giants. Obama's decision to defy public opinion and expand the bailouts begun
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:21A
Geneva woman dies in Thursday wreck
A Geneva woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle accident on US 81, according to a Fillmore County sheriff's news release. Beverly Wright, 81, tried to make a left turn onto the highway's northbound lanes at 9:46 am Thursday, the release said,
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:20A
Elderly driver avoids jail for fatal crash
Two drivers, and a female passenger, were killed and two children were orphaned by the crash at Clarkefield. Johnston was sentenced to three years in prison, wholly suspended, for what County Court Judge Mark Taft described as "momentary inattention".
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:19A
Main Line man killed on Radnor Trail
Safety superintendent William A. Colarulo said the accident happened about... newsday.com & ExploreLI are now available at no charge to Newsday and Optimum Online ® subscribers. To continue reading, please log in or register now.
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:19A
Arizona shooting suspect a former South Kitsap resident
Dyess was divorced four times in Kitsap County, most recently in 1997, and local authorities believe that he was upset over a divorce at the time of the shooting, Alan Krieger, Yuma's Mayor, told Reuters. Dyess knew and targeted his victims throughout
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:19A
Arizona shooting suspect a former South Kitsap resident
Dyess was divorced four times in Kitsap County, most recently in 1997, and local authorities believe that he was upset over a divorce at the time of the shooting, Alan Krieger, Yuma's Mayor, told Reuters. Dyess knew and targeted his victims throughout
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:19A
Diamond prices artficially high: BC lawsuit
Ben Curtis/Associated Press A BC court will hear a lawsuit that accuses international diamond cartel De Beers and several other defendants of price-fixing. In a ruling posted on the court website Thursday, BC Supreme Court Judge Brenda Brown ruled
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:19A
National briefs for June 3
Civil liberties groups say they have filed a lawsuit to block Georgia's law cracking down on illegal immigration. An American Civil Liberties Union attorney said the groups filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking class-action status. The lawsuit names Gov.
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:18A
Facebook ownership contract 'fake': Zuckerberg
In Thursday's filing, Zuckerberg acknowledged signing a contract in April 2003 with Ceglia, but that it concerned work Zuckerberg had done for StreetFax.com, a website that posted photographs of traffic intersections for use in the insurance industry.
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:18A
National business briefs for June 3
The much-anticipated filing comes just two weeks after LinkedIn Corp., a popular Internet service for professional networking, saw its shares double in their first day of trading. That surge evoked memories of the early stages of the dot-com boom in
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:18A