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Non-Sequiturs: 03.09.11
No surprise, but all indications on the ground, from meetings with various corporate / cap markets partners at top law firms in HK / China, we are still planted solidly in an economic and deal flow boom there. We have been averaging about 2 US
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
Truck flips in three-vehicle pileup on Pacific Highway
The crash occurred Wednesday afternoon after a commercial truck heading northbound on 176 Street struck an older model Ford F150 that was pulling into the intersection and heading westbound. According to one eyewitness, the impact of the collision
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
OC woman gets 6 years for deadly DUI crash
A drunken driver who killed two women in a head-on freeway crash in Orange County has been sentenced to six years in state prison. Prosecutors say 22-year-old Jessica Lynn Shekell of Anaheim was sentenced Wednesday. She pleaded guilty last year to
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
Chiquita Sued in U.S. by Family of Slain Terror Victim
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Chiquita Brands International Inc., owner of the namesake banana label, is facing a second lawsuit accusing the company of helping Marxist rebels in Colombia who kidnapped and murdered an American geologist.
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
King Kamehameha Estate Disputes MSR Resorts' Right to Hotel
March 9 (Bloomberg) -- The estate of King Kamehameha III, king of Hawaii from 1825 to 1854, said the Grand Wailea Resort Hotel & Spa in Maui shouldn't be part of the US bankruptcy of MSR Resorts, according to a letter filed in Manhattan court.
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
Kan. Courts May See 'Dramatic Changes' Following Study
From technology upgrades to possible court closures, Chief Justice Lawton Nuss said anything is on the table right now. The group charged with coming up with cost-cutting changes—the Blue Ribbon Commission—comprised of 24 people with Kansas court
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
Long Arm of Law Reaches Out to Woo Muslims
Ms. McQuade brought Muslim American speakers to a meeting with federal immigration agents to educate the agents about potential cultural misunderstandings. One lesson, she said, was that "if someone is averting eye contact, it's not that [necessarily]
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:17P
Petitioner fined Rs 10000 for misleading court
The division bench comprising Chief Justice Nisar Ahmad Kakru and Justice Vilas V Afzulpurkar imposed Rs 10000 costs on Maruti Vaddera Association, that filed the writ petition seeking a direction not to alter the purpose of the piece of land in
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:16P
US panel to hold hearings on American Muslim extremism
In preparation for these hearings, the Investigative Project on Terrorism, founded by terrorism expert Steven Emerson, compiled a report on US Department of Justice convictions of defendants with ties to international and homegrown terrorism.
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:16P
Deficit On It: Watching the US Descend Into Bankruptcy
Well, it must be important, because he refuses to let me walk away, and tries to tempt me with the tantalizing “The statement is like a fiscal snapshot of a nation rapidly descending into bankruptcy.” At this point I kind of snickered, “Big deal!
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:16P
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