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Smartphones, tablets may increase workplace March Madness distractions
Since CBS Sports is providing free mobile apps to expand its reach this year, Challenger estimates a 20 percent increase in streaming. Still, Challenger CEO John Challenger called that “a relative drop in the bucket,” or less than 0.10 percent,
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:04A
How Billionaires Lost And Made Fortunes In LyondellBasell
Len Blavatnik, the billionaire Russian-American industrialist, is known for having gotten rich in post-Soviet oil and metals companies and doing big Internet and media deals. At his holding company, Access Industries,
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:04A
Motion hearing ends abruptly
Mark Skinner/Floridan By Deborah Buckhalter Because no one thought to secure a court reporter for the proceeding, Thursday's hearing in a lawsuit against the county never got under way and was rescheduled, instead. It was the responsibility of the
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:03A
Miss. AG Jim Hood hopes settlement will fund mental health
Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said Thursday he hopes that lawmakers will use $20.2 million that the state received from settling its lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies to fund mental health programs next year. Hood, a Democrat, said the
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:03A
Russian court supports Odfjell
The verdict is the second in favor of the Norwegian shipping company. As previously reported, the State Commercial Court in Arkhangelsk in December 2010 also decided in Odfjell's favour. Sevmash appealed that decision and the case was subsequently
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:01A
Police, fire log - 3/11
Two Lebanon County man were arrested on drug charges this week when the vehicle in which they were traveling was stopped at a roving DUI patrol conducted by the Lebanon County District Attorney's Office. Ryan L. Hunter, 21, of 450 W. Penn Ave., Cleona,
Updated: 03/11/2011 10:01A
$3M jury award in Md. pedestrian death
The jury found the state of Maryland liable in the wrongful death lawsuit, and voted to award $2.5 million to Kayla Martin, the daughter of Kelay Smith, who was struck and killed by a motorist on Aug. 12, 2008. Kayla was two at the time of the accident
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:59A
Under pressure, firm closes line that made tainted wipes
Since then, a lawsuit has been filed against Triad by Shanoop and Sandra Kothari, parents of Harrison Kothari, 2, of Houston, who died after developing meningitis caused by Bacillus cereus, which his parents blame on the wipes used to clean his wound.
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:58A
'Green week': the verdict on the UK government's policy push
Lots of money for clean, green heating, shrewd political manoeuvring and a new face at No 10: is the coalition living up to its pledge be the 'greenest government ever'? So that was the UK government's "green week", with money for renewable heat and
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:55A
Only 3 defendants left in teen rape suit
The woman, who was 17 when she says she was sexually assaulted on March 3, 2007, sued nine men. But there are now only three defendants. This week, the second week of testimony, six defendants were dropped from the lawsuit. The San Jose Mercury News
Updated: 03/11/2011 09:54A
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