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The State Worker: Union says rejecting contract could have dire consequences
Lawyers and other legal professionals who have sidestepped two years of furloughs because of where they work could wind up with three unpaid days off each month, their union warns, if voting members don't ratify a new labor pact between now and month's
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:59P
Sacto 9-1-1: Lyon to plead guilty to secretly taping prostitutes, sources say
Michael Lyon, the real estate magnate whose reputation collapsed when he was charged with four felony counts of secretly videotaping interactions with prostitutes, is expected to plead guilty
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:59P
Brooklyn cop sentenced to probation in drug theft case
A disgraced Brooklyn narcotics cop was sentenced today to five years probation for a conspiracy to steal drugs from suspects and give the dope to snitches. Sean Johnstone, who was fired from the NYPD after his felony conspiracy
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:59P
Eric Regimbald and his dad Claude Regimbald. (HO/QMI Agency, file)
Justice Ged Hawco agreed with defence lawyer Tonii Roulston her client's conduct placed him in the mid-range of manslaughter cases. But Hawco said the lack of any mitigating circumstances, Everett's previous criminal history and his attitude,
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:59P
Interest in Saratoga Borders building heats up
The soon-to-close Borders Books and More store in downtown Saratoga Springs, New York, could have one or more new tenants by the end of the year. “We're talking to a number of prospective tenants,” said Chris Hunt, partner at Myron M. Hunt Inc. in
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:58P
Four weeks for Centre to clarify stand on CBI probe into 'misuse' of MGNREGA
In an interim order on the writ petition filed by the Centre for Environment and Food Security, a three-Judge Bench, comprising Chief Justice (CJI) SH Kapadia, Justices KS Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar, said the implementation of the MGNREGA was
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:58P
Lubrizol Class Action Lawsuit
I think that Lubrizol shareholders should be giving Warren Buffett and the Board of Directors of Lubrizol a hug instead of a lawsuit. (Conflict note that has nothing to do with this post: I have an interest in Berkshire Hathaway.)
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:58P
HC decides to set up spl court
The Delhi high court has finalised its decision to set up an exclusive court to conduct the trial of 2G spectrum scam. The special court would hold expeditious hearing in the case. According to sources close to decision-making body, the HC has agreed
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:57P
City officials plan to install traffic cameras to catch traffic law violators
YOUNGSTOWN — Traffic cameras to catch speeders and those who drive through red lights and stop signs could be in place by the fall. The original idea was to have the cameras only at school zones, but city officials said today they plan to also put them
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:56P
Fatal overdoses were fueled by prescription drugs
She wants to remind young people and their parents to be wary of prescription drug overdosing. H. LORREN AU JR., THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER On the eve of his friend's funeral, Barber, 19, passed out on the family couch in Laguna Niguel while watching a
Updated: 03/14/2011 02:56P
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