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Negotiating maximum cloud uptime from service providers
It can refer to patient Web portals, radiology image sharing, back-office Software as a Service (SaaS) for insurance billing and accounting applications, even patient care documentation contained in Google Docs and secured with third-party applications
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Greece under pressure to plug budget black hole
Greece will continue talks with the IMF and EU later today after being warned to tighten austerity measures and ramp up state asset sales to secure rescue funds and stave off bankruptcy early next month. Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos held
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Jury deliberating in Hartling murder trial
Justice Arthur LeBlanc gave the five-hour charge to the jury Monday and members began deliberating around 3 pm They were sequestered in the evening and will begin again at 9:30 am today. The jury was given the option of considering first-degree murder,
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Water board one shy of deal
A sharply divided Tampa Bay Water board voted Monday to settle its lawsuit against the company that designed its flawed reservoir, with HDR Engineering handing over $30 million — far less than the cost of a repair,
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Hiraoka urges 'active' debate on executions
Japanese should think about how developed nations view their country's policy on executions, Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka said in a recent interview. Laying out plans: Justice Minister Hideo Hiraoka speaks to reporters at his
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Secaucus ex-Mayor Elwell petitions judge to throw out bribery conviction or
Former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell asked a federal judge Monday to throw out his bribery conviction or grant him a new trial on grounds of insufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict and alleged prosecutorial misconduct.
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
Leonard Pitts Jr.: Reverence for life can still trump a need for death
No, this was downturned thumbs in a Roman arena, vengeance putting on airs of justice, the need to see someone die. People dress that need up in rags of righteousness and ethicality, but occasionally, the disguise slips and it shows itself for what it
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:51P
Leonard Pitts Jr.: In the need for death, Troy Davis' life hangs in balance
No, this was downturned thumbs in a Roman arena, vengeance putting on airs of justice, the need to see someone die. People dress that need up in rags of righteousness and ethicality, but occasionally, the disguise slips and it shows itself for what it
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:50P
Man's Conviction, Sentence Sticks in 15th DUI
An appeals court ruled Monday that Trumbull County Common Pleas Court did not err during Keith Urso's trial. Add your perspective to any issue by leaving comments on the site. Do not add posts that have nothing to do with the topic, repetitive posts to
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:49P
Drew Peterson to stay in jail during appeal, state Supreme Court rules
An Illinois Appellate Court ruling in August limited the amount of so-called hearsay evidence prosecutors can use in court when Peterson stands trial for Savio's 2004 murder. Prosecutors contend the secondhand evidence —mostly statements Savio and
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:49P