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Lightbourne's ability to perform as Attorney General queried at enquiry
The suitability of Dorothy Lightbourne to continue in her position as Minister of Justice and Attorney General came into sharp focus at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry after claiming that she had sharp term memory lapses and the capacity for
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:42P
Partial deal reached with carriers on O'Hare
United and American had filed a lawsuit accusing Chicago of violating a lease agreement that gives airlines authority to approve expenditures for capital projects. Chicago Mayor Richard Daley countered that the airlines reneged on a 2001 promise to
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:42P
Guatemalans Sue Over Syphilis Experiments
The lawsuit comes after revelations that US scientists studying the effects of penicillin in the 1940s deliberately infected about 700 Guatemalan prisoners, mental patients, soldiers and orphans. None was informed or gave consent.
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:42P
Eco International, LLC Earns Green America's Business Seal of Approval
The seal is presented to businesses that go beyond product and service quality to set the highest standards in environmental sustainability and social justice, and work to solve, rather than create, environmental and social problems.
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:42P
Crash temporarily shuts I-285 west in Sandy Springs
Georgia DOT camera In this image taken from a Georgia Department of Transportation traffic camera, vehicles are strewn about on I-285 at Riverside Drive after an accident Monday. A firetruck was stretched across the interstate near the Riverside Drive
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:42P
Foreign Policy: The Lessons Of Chernobyl
The Chernobyl accident was not a consequence of a natural disaster, but happened at the hands of people. The design of the reactor was such that it lacked a protective containment; once it exploded, radioactive debris was ejected into the air.
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:41P
Success! Court Rules in Favor of U.K. Gardener Fired for Animal Rights Beliefs
The judgement stemmed from a lawsuit filed by a gardener named Joe Hashman. Hashman lost his job at Orchard Park Garden Center, of Gillingham, Dorset, over his philosophical objections to bloodsports. His tireless anti-hunting activism didn't sit well
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:41P
N.H. sewage disks wash up on shores
The accident comes in the midst of renovations to the Hooksett wastewater treatment plant. Six months ago, a contractor was awarded the job to double the capacity of the plant from 1.1 million gallons a day to 2.2 million gallons per day.
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:41P
WSJ: United, American In Pact With Chicago On O'Hare Expansion
CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--The two largest airlines at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Monday said they are dropping their lawsuit against the city over its plans to sell bonds and begin work on the second
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:41P
High Tide: From A KPMG Survey On India Bribery To Suspicious Dubai Deals
(Main Justice sub req) Thebriberyact.com takes a question from a reader about setting up business in Asia despite the risks of making “grease payments.” It's beginning a focus on financial services and how the industry will need to comply with the
Updated: 03/14/2011 12:41P
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