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FDIC Slow To Pursue Failed Bank Directors, Recover Tax Dollars
As the chief undertaker of the Great Recession, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has briskly shuttered 347 failed banks since 2008, at a cost to the government insurance fund of about $76 billion. But the regulator has moved at
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:46P
Robber gets life for Geoff Kerr's murder
Standing in the dock of court 12 at Belfast Crown Court, 35-year-old Darren Kernohan neither flinched nor moved but stared straight ahead as the forewoman of the jury pronounced the unanimous guilty verdict after 90 minutes of deliberations.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:46P
Judge pushes back hearing on union bill suit
A judge says no one should expect a quick ruling in a lawsuit challenging Wisconsin's contentious collective bargaining law. Secretary of State Doug La Follette says he plans to publish the law on March 25. But Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk,
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:45P
Indian restaurants entrepeneur vows comeback from Ch. 11
Veteran Boston-area Indian restaurants entrepreneur Vinod Kapoor says his company will emerge from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection it sought Monday and re-enter expansion mode in the not-too-distant future. “I'm very excited about (reorganizing
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:45P
Group: Google apps inaccessible to blind students
AP WASHINGTON — An advocacy group has filed a complaint with the federal government accusing New York University and Northwestern University of discriminating against the blind by adopting Google's e-mail program. The National Federation of the Blind
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:44P
San Antonio jurors decide fate of El Paso man tried for murder
His first trial, in October in El Paso, ended in a mistrial when jurors deadlocked on a verdict. The body of 54-year-old Gloria Huerta Marmolejo was found in the desert. A medical examiner determined she had been strangled.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:44P
Chamber Hires Mukasey to Push FCPA Changes
It covers possible FCPA amendments and other issues “related to criminal law and policies affecting US corporations.” The Chamber has become increasingly critical of the FCPA in recent months. It argues that the law, which allows the US government to
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:43P
New Fatwa By Saudi Wahhabi Extrimist Clerics: Bahrainis are Infidel, Kill Them All
(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Saudi Wahhabi extremist clerics encouraged their army by issuing a Fatwa (religious verdict) to kill Bahraini people as much as they can. These extremists called Bahraini Muslim as infidels, because they are Shia and
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:43P
Op-Ed: PPW Bike Lane is Dangerous
Before filing a lawsuit, we reached out to DOT and Commissioner Sadik-Khan repeatedly to express our concerns about the lane. We proposed different alternatives to DOT's two-way, parking-separated lane — a configuration never before seen in New York
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:43P
Minneapolis Convention Center facing racial and age discrimination lawsuit
The city-owned Minneapolis Convention Center has been hit with a federal lawsuit alleging racial and age discrimination. Six maintenance employees, including five black workers and one American Indian,
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:42P
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