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Rescuers find Amazon crash couple
Lesley Norris and Bruce Scott alerted relatives in England by mobile phone after the crash about 200 miles south west of Manaus in Brazil. It is understood the couple, who were shaken but not injured in the crash, are now being taken to Manaus.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:05A
Portage commissioner sues prosecutor, charges sex bias
Portage County Commissioner Tommie Jo Marsilio has filed a sex discrimination lawsuit in regard to her 2009 firing by county Prosecutor Victor Vigluicci. Marsilio filed the suit Monday with the US District Court in Akron. Vigluicci fired Marsilio over
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:05A
M&C Saatchi says clients are still spending after surge in profits
M&C Saatchi, the advertising agency for the Tory party and insurer Direct Line, gave a bullish verdict on the UK marketing industry after revenues jumped by almost a quarter in the first half of the year. Pre-tax profits were up 46% at £7 million on
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:04A
Q&A: 'Law & Order's' Linus Roache Makes A Welcome Return
I was thinking over the weekend [and] I suddenly realized that of the three Law & Order shows, that the mothership was like the moral philosophical show that dealt with the moral issues of the law often and Criminal Intent was dealing with the
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:04A
Diverse Show of Latino Art at Emporium Center Might Be Too Diverse
But I have questioned the extent to which art is categorized—and evaluated—according to preconceived notions of what a particular category should represent. In the case of Frutos Latinos II, or “Latino Fruits,” an exhibition presented on the lower
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:03A
Why Is the US Losing the Green Race?
Defenders of green energy investments are probably hoping that the Solyndra debacle can be attributed to corrupt or illegal influence from the White House, lest it discredit all government support for green energy. Already, these people are saying that
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:03A
Amazon rescuers find ravine crash couple
Lesley Norris and Bruce Scott alerted relatives in England by mobile phone after the crash about 200 miles south west of Manaus in Brazil. It is understood the couple, who were shaken but not injured in the crash, are now being taken to Manaus.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:03A
Fred Krebs to advise Clearspire
Back in August, we told you the backstory of Clearspire, the District's homegrown contribution to the growing world of nontraditional law firms. Key to its business model: Stripping down fixed costs to undercut the prices of the established major firms
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:03A
Ohio lawyer drops $10M lawsuit in convert case
WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ (AP) -- Drugmaker Merck & Co. has told employees it can't reach its goal of cutting up to 13000 jobs by 2015 just by eliminating vacant jobs, so it is speeding up layoffs in the U.
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:01A
Saab gets bankruptcy stay of execution
The decision will allow Saab to ask workers' unions IF Metall, Unionen and Ledarna to cancel the bankruptcy requests they filed in court against the carmaker. As a consequence of the Court of Appeal ruling, bankruptcy filings by unions IF Metall,
Updated: 09/21/2011 10:01A