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Payouts to Madoff victims due soon
Picard will probably ask Bankruptcy Judge Burton Lifland in Manhattan this month for permission to begin making payments from the $2.6 billion in cash and cash equivalents at his disposal, said David Sheehan, the trustee's lawyer.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:08A
Around the region, March 9
The California Highway Patrol says the tree blocked two lanes and caused a car crash. The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved plans to hire 146 employees to provide preventive and early intervention mental health services at county clinics.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:08A
Driver rolls school bus, but no kids are on board at the time of accident
TREMPEALEAU COUNTY, Wis. — A Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau School bus driver was injured early Tuesday morning after she lost control of a bus and it rolled onto its side, according to a press release from the Trempealeau County Sheriff's Department.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:08A
Sheen takes lead on motorcycle safety
ACTOR Michael Sheen has been taking part in his latest lead role – encouraging motorcyclists to stay safe on the road. The motorbike enthusiast joined police officers and patrons of safety charities in Swansea yesterday to
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:07A
Bangladesh's Yunus to lodge Supreme Court appeal
"We will appeal against the High Court verdict today. We want a stay on the verdict and will request the case be heard at the Supreme Court," Tanim Hussain Shawon, one of Yunus's lawyers, told AFP. The central bank -- which is nominally independent
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:07A
Senate decriminalizes Proposition B (AUDIO)
The Senate has tentatively approved Senator Michael Parson's bill that keeps many provisions of the law but takes them out of the criminal law statutes and leaves the businesses in a regulated industry. Parson says Proposition B, without the changes,
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:07A
Yunus files petition with SC against HC verdict
Two petitions were filed on Wednesday with the Supreme Court against the High Court verdict that on Tuesday rejected two writ petitions challenging the legality of Bangladesh Bank's order removing Dr Muhammad Yunus from the post of Grameen Bank's
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:06A
Letter: Examine who's skirting rules
By Anonymous Regarding illegal immigration, Smith says that all must play by the rules, according to Will. But it is Smith and other Republicans in Congress and state legislators who refuse to play by the rules. Smith wants to end birthright
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:06A
Prosecutors seek year for Rowan
Prosecutors are recommending a one-year prison term for Christi Rowan, double the sentence she had expected when she pleaded guilty last year to helping now-jailed former Twin Cities auto dealer Denny Hecker, hide assets in his bankruptcy case.
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:06A
Payouts mount from maker of gear blamed in St. Louis firefighter deaths
That widow, Laura Morrison, originally settled a lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court after receiving a $3 million settlement. But after a trial over the other death — and reports that defects in self-contained breathing equipment and safety gear were
Updated: 03/09/2011 02:06A
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