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Taxpayers caught in the middle of costly Fannie lawsuit
What could be worse than taxpayers paying more than $100 million to defend a shareholder-owned company and its former executives in a private lawsuit? When the government seized Fannie Mae during the financial crisis,
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:55P
Family files $2m suit over daughter's death on school ski trip
The family of a girl who died on a school trip has filed a lawsuit claiming the teen was pressured to ski a hill she wasn't ready for. Elisabeth Reurink, 17, of London, Ont., died in March 2009 after hitting a tree at Blue Mountain Ski Resort in
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:55P
Items to be auctioned from US FIdelis and Atkinson
Items to be auctioned include but are not limited to several late model automobiles and motorcycles, ten acres of undeveloped land from the Wentzville GM Plant, three acres of undeveloped real estate in Flint Hill, Mo., various items of jewelry
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:55P
Judy Moran found guilty of Des' murder
It was alleged during her Supreme Court trial that Moran plotted with gunman Geoffrey Armour to kill Mr Moran and that she drove the getaway car to and from the murder scene. She had pleaded not guilty to murder, maintaining she was visiting the grave
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:54P
Judy Moran found guilty of Des' murder
It was alleged during her Supreme Court trial that Moran plotted with gunman Geoffrey Armour to kill Mr Moran and that she drove the getaway car to and from the murder scene. She had pleaded not guilty to murder, maintaining she was visiting the grave
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:54P
Dying baby Joseph to stay on ventilator pending appeal
The appeal is of a Superior Court decision handed down last month by Justice Helen Rady ordering Joseph's parents, Moe Maraachli and Sana Nader, to consent to having their infant's breathing tube removed by the London Health Sciences Centre.
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:53P
CM censures officers for not giving desired results
and a joint struggle will have to be waged for the equitable distribution of resources, supremacy of law and justice and transforming the country in accordance with the vision of Allama Iqbal and Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:53P
People Notes
Bev Perdue has named Brenda Hill Pollard of Durham to the NC State Museum of Natural Sciences Advisory Commission. A native of Micro, Pollard is a retired North Carolina state employee. She serves on the board of the NC State Capitol Foundation and on
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:53P
Bar Harbor hotelier dispute headed to Law Court
The Witham Family Limited Partnership, headed by hotelier David J. Witham, is appealing a decision late last year by Hancock County Superior Court Justice Kevin Cuddy to dismiss an appeal brought by Witham of the town's approval of Ocean Properties'
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:53P
Obama appeals healthcare ruling
President Barack Obama's Justice Department filed its notice of appeal and the case will go to the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta. The fight over the law is expected to reach the Supreme Court. US District Judge Roger Vinson
Updated: 03/08/2011 08:51P