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Kansas mom pleads innocent in baby's death of baby
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Brigit Hippen's daughter died of hyperthermia in February 2010 after Hippen left her in a bassinet near a hairdryer and then fell asleep. They say the death was an accident, but Hippen acted with extreme indifference to her
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
New Certification Requirement for Foreign Hires
According to Part 6 of the revised form, published in November by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), employers need to determine whether they need to get an export license before the worker can begin.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
Damage to Army helicopter in Colorado crash: $26M
AP National/International News AP - March 9, 2011 11:14 AM ET DENVER (AP) - The Army says a helicopter that crash-landed in Colorado last year suffered nearly $26 million in damage. The estimate, released this week, had not previously been disclosed.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
Family of deceased student praise Notre Dame plan
The University of Notre Dame said Tuesday, March 8, 2011, it is halting the use of hydraulic lifts to film football practices and will install remote-controlled cameras instead as part of a safety push spurred by the student's death.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
Court paves way for release of documentary on Kabir
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Wednesday paved the way for the release of a 100-minute documentary film 'Had Anhad', based on poet Kabir, asking the censor board to give it appropriate certification. The court also told the central
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
Missionary's killer seeks review of apex court verdict
of Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two children in Orissa - has moved the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgment upholding life imprisonment awarded to him and the subsequent changes in the observations made in the verdict.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:18P
Microfinance banker Yunus banking on emotion defying law?
Thousands of employees, borrowers and members of Grameen Bank formed the protest to express their dissatisfaction over the verdict against Yunus, whom they adore as “elder brother.” Yunus, considered a visionary in the field of microfinance,
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:17P
'World Does Need Order,' Soros Says
The last time George Soros gave a talk at the Traveller's Club in Paris, it was just days after Lehman Brothers had collapsed into bankruptcy. “It was one of the most tense days of my life,” Mr. Soros said on Wednesday while at
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:17P
AARP sues US housing department over reverse-mortgage policy
At the center of the case is the principle of a reverse mortgage – a loan that allows homeowners over 62 to convert their home equity into cash, rather than making monthly mortgage payments. In the reverse mortgage, the loan only becomes due and
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:16P
MAN ACCUSED AS GUNMAN IN CRAIGSLIST DIAMOND MURDER FOUND GUILTY
The jury took just three hours to return the verdict against Kiyoshi Higashi in the April 28 shooting death of Jim Sanders of in Edgewood, Washington who had placed an ad in Craigslist to sell a diamond ring in order to raise money.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:13P