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PhillyDeals: Greenleaf rethinks his get-tough approach to crime | Philadelphia
Of Pennsylvania's inmates, 39 percent have been convicted of using illegal drugs, drunken driving, fraud, receiving stolen property. An additional 15 percent are in for parole violations. Greenleaf and his allies, many of them Democrats, want judges to
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:08A
U.S. contractor convicted in Cuba | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-03-13
The US government and Gross' family say he was working to improve Internet access for the island's Jewish community, did nothing wrong, and should be released. Cuban officials have called him a mercenary and maintained his motives were nefarious.
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:08A
On the Move
Williams holds a bachelor's in banking and finance and a master's in business administration from the University of Mississippi. Van Ray was named president. He joined the bank in 1984. He previously served as an executive vice president.
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:08A
AG hopeful satisfies tax debt to remove lien
Wiseman said failing to pay taxes has been an issue in Mississippi politics in the past. The most notable one, he said, was the "famous tax dodge" by then-State Auditor Steve Patterson. In 1996, Patterson resigned after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:08A
Retirement benefits creating a threat to state's future
As a business association executive, I have learned to take many of these measures with a grain of salt. But a recent headline caught my attention: the 10 states most likely to declare bankruptcy, based on bonded indebtedness, unfunded pension and
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:08A
KING: Even Obama knows E-Verify is a winner
“Kill the bill” faxes from the business community started coming in to state Senate offices about 20 minutes later. The heart of HB 87 — the Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011 — is the requirement that all Georgia employers with
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:07A
Dem fights Oradell nominee
ORADELL — The Republicans on the Borough Council are accusing a former Democratic councilman of filing a frivolous lawsuit over the appointment of a new borough attorney. Former Councilman Robert Pizzuto filed lawsuit in Superior Court
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:07A
The Record: A bad bet
Ray Lesniak, D-Union, who remains determined to expand sports betting in New Jersey. Last week, a federal district judge threw out a lawsuit that questioned whether a 1992 federal law that prohibits sports betting in most states was constitutional.
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:07A
At least 14 killed in bus crash at Westchester-Bronx border
The driver said he lost control and the bus hit a guard rail and then slid 300 feet on its side. / Frank Becerra Jr./The Journal News • Sept. 18, 2010: Six people returning from a church event upstate are killed after their van blows a tire and rolls
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:07A
Looking for justice but offering forgiveness
The family of the victim said they forgive the gunmen, but they still want justice to be served. "My brother is a son, he's a father and was about to become a grandfather for the first time in his life," said the victim's sister Shirley Carranza.
Updated: 03/13/2011 03:07A
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