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Camden shops to close early
The map may show whether the business is less than 200 feet from homes on Stevens Street. / Al Schell/Courier-Post/AL SCHELL/Courier-Post Activist Frank Fulbrook contends that certain properties on Stevens Street nearest to Broadway businesses are
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:25A
Tyson settles lawsuit with US$32 pay-out
US meat giant Tyson Foods will pay out up to US$32m following a lawsuit over payment for hours worked. Tyson will pay up to $17.5m to nearly 17000 workers and ex-workers and also faces $14.5m in legal costs. The 12-year dispute was finally settled
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Boarded-up homes need to go
Perhaps, Mr. Vander Doelen might wish to speak to individuals involved in the lawsuit against the City of Windsor regarding the boarded-up homes on Indian Road prior to making generalized
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Omnibus crime bill under fire
The bill, dubbed the Safe Streets and Communities Act, comprises nine individual justice bills that died during the previous parliamentary session because the then-minority Tory government could not push them through. Speaking in Brampton on Tuesday
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Rana seeks a fresh trial
Rana's lawyers argue in new federal court filings that Rana should be granted another trial because, if the Mumbai evidence were not put before jurors, the panel would not have convicted him on the other counts, the Sun-Times said.
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Employees entitled to 60 days maternity leave
Employees are entitled to 60 consecutive days of maternity leave, according to the Fatwa and Legislation Department, Ministry of Justice. According to a report in 'Al Ittihad', employees can take leave prior to giving birth, too, provided they submit
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Budget pains spread unevenly
Many employees who work in the Delaware County Justice Center's court offices face the same pay cut, but not a reduction in work hours: Those workers traditionally have worked 32 hours per week for years. Nor will they get long weekends: The county's
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
State, IBM blame each other for suit costs
INDIANAPOLIS -- Indiana's legal bill in its lawsuit with IBM Corp. over a canceled welfare outsourcing contract could grow by more than half its original value, topping $8 million by the end of next June, state documents reveal.
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
OUR VIEW: Some bad, some good in state's civic index
The study's co-chairmen are Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall T. Shepherd and former Congressman Lee Hamilton. The 15-page study found that the rate of people who talked about politics with friends and family at least a few times a week was
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:24A
Officials: Gaggle of barnyard geese should go
Lack of fear of cars can cause traffic problems. » Handouts encourage large numbers of birds to congregate and defecate on grass, sidewalks, etc. MUNCIE -- Presumably, the city of Muncie would not allow horses, cattle or sheep to graze along the White
Updated: 09/21/2011 03:23A