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Mass. recycler sues foam manufacturers over school programs
A North Reading, Mass., plastic-foam recycling company has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against the country's five largest plastic-foam manufacturers, accusing the companies of banding together to block a school lunch tray recycling service.
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:21P
Corporate pension funds down in May
BNY Mellon Pension Services is the pension services arm of BNY Mellon Asset Management. Senior reporter Patty Tascarella covers banking, finance, legal, marketing and advertising and foundations at the Pittsburgh Business Times.
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:21P
Primeo Fund Seeks to Take Madoff Bankruptcy Trustee Suit to District Court
Primeo Fund, sued along with HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA) by the trustee liquidating Bernard Madoff's firm, will ask a district judge to remove the case from bankruptcy court. Trustee Irving Picard sued HSBC
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:21P
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- Residents can now file police reports online in St. ...
"We are trying to allow the deputy sheriffs to have more patrol time to get into the neighborhoods to deal with complaint issues, such as traffic complaints, to deal with the suppression of crime before it happens," said Sgt. Mulligan.
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:21P
Edward Williams found guilty of fraud charges
The verdict came just before 1 pm Friday after the jury deliberated for about one hour. The trial started Monday and closing arguments were given Friday morning. He was found guilty of two counts of tampering with records and two counts of grand theft.
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:21P
Bachmann touts conservative record
The firebrand congresswoman said she was "at the tip of the spear" in efforts to block gay marriage in her home state of Minnesota, where the Republican-controlled state legislature voted last month to put a gay marriage Constitutional amendment on the
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:20P
The Quality of Whose Life? Final Part
"Quality of life" laws establish control over shopping and business districts and push the collateral human damage out of sight. The aggressiveness by which these laws are enforced varies from place to place depending on local politics,
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:20P
Ngcobo to continue as chief justice - Zuma
Was R169.95 Now R144.46 Cape Town - Chief Justice Sandile Ngcobo will continue to serve as South Africa's chief judge for the next five years, President Jacob Zuma announced on Friday. Ngcobo, who assumed his current office in October 2009,
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:19P
Five judges named in advance for redistricting case
In the likely event that redistricting maps don't get drawn up and approved by the governor and the Legislature, the courts will take over the job, and State Supreme Court Chief Justice Lori Gildea
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:19P
Macomber Headed To Trial In Connection With Topeka Murder
(WIBW) – A motion was made to block prosecutors from presenting evidence of prior bad acts in the in trial of Stephen Macomber. Macomber appeared in Shawnee County District Court for a jury trial on Friday. Macomber charged with the June 2010 murder of
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:19P