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Factbox: Top budgetary threats to state, local governments
Some Republican members of Congress are considering allowing states to declare bankruptcy, which they cannot do now because the US Constitution recognizes them as sovereign governments. Bankruptcy would allow states to sort out their finances in
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:01A
Impax seeks generic Detrol approval; Pfizer sues
AP , 06.03.11, 10:52 AM EDT NEW YORK -- Impax Laboratories Inc. said Friday that it is seeking approval for a generic version of the overactive-bladder drug Detrol and is being sued by Pfizer Inc., which makes the original. Impax said it has filed for
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:01A
Stephen Dowds guilty of Mandy Finn's murder
The jury returned a unanimous verdict on Stephen Dowds, aged 49, following a day of deliberation at the city's crown court. He will be sentenced later today. The student services manager was on bail for assaulting psychology lecturer Miss Finn when he
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:01A
Red-letter day: Kiwi filly the one to beat in Queensland classic
VERDICT: Luck or no luck, Sincero to win. Seasoned juvenile Hot Snitzel was devoid of luck when caught three wide and just beaten as a hotpot at Doomben. But can he repel wayward juvenile Free Wheeling? Free Wheeling will be joined in today's BRC
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
John Edwards Indicted on Felony Charges
Divorce and a failed candidacy, sure, but a federal indictment? Holy smokes! as they might say in Edwards' home state. The charges center around the alleged use of campaign-related funds to pay more than $1 million to Hunter and another former Edwards
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
John Edwards Indicted on Felony Charges
Divorce and a failed candidacy, sure, but a federal indictment? Holy smokes! as they might say in Edwards' home state. The charges center around the alleged use of campaign-related funds to pay more than $1 million to Hunter and another former Edwards
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
Phil Ivey to sue Tiltware
And while the poker world rushed to the forums and Twitter to speculate about the consequences of Ivey's actions, Tiltware were quick to respond with a statement of their own, accusing Ivey of filing a 'meritless lawsuit… in an effort to enrich himself
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
Man who fought Cary over free speech dies
AP CARY, NC A man who fought Cary over his right to protest a town project with a sign on his house has died of lung cancer. Family members said 69-year-old William Bowden died in Rex Hospital on Wednesday. Bowden won a lawsuit earlier this year over
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
Former Black Panther "Geronimo" Pratt Dies
He was defended by Johnnie Cochran, who at the time was unable to win a not-guilty verdict despite the fact that the victim's husband had identified another man as the killer and Pratt was hundreds of miles away from Santa Monica on the night of the
Updated: 06/03/2011 11:00A
Reclaiming the squares: an eviction notice for Spain's political class
Those demonstrations led to the indignados ('outraged') occupying the main squares of hundreds of cities and towns across the Spanish state. The camp in Santiago de Compostela, where I'm writing from, is one of them. Democracia Real Ya! has some basic
Updated: 06/03/2011 10:59A
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