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Senate votes to weaken Maine's seat belt law
While there are VERY limited accident scenarios in which a seatbelt would NOT save a life, it saves far more lives than it doesn't. Why it will keep hundreds of people employed in the emergency services (fire, police, EMS), the ERs, ICUs, head injury
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:05P
Appeals Court Upholds Monetary Contempt Sanction Against Foreign Country
The investment company FG Hemisphere Associates LLC, represented by Sidley Austin, brought an action against the DRC in Washington's federal trial court over a dispute about an arbitration award the company won for its involvement in the financing of
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:05P
Bar owner sued for hiring minors as 'ledge dancers'
By Jereco O. Paloma AN OWNER of a restobar on F. Torres St. in Davao City has been charged before the Regional Trial Court for allegedly hiring young girls as "ledge dancers." Prosecutor Gaye-Caete Magdagasang on March 14 recommended the filing of
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:04P
Bloomberg Signs Gruskin Bill into Law
New York City Councilwoman Jessica Lappin (D-Upper East Side), the primary sponsor of the traffic statistics law, said that while the transportation agency had been compiling the data, it had not been releasing it to the public or to the City Council.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:04P
FDIC sets repayment pecking order for creditors
Lehman's bankruptcy virtually froze capital markets. It was a major part of last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the FDIC would be responsible for carrying out the liquidation. The rule will be out for 60 days of public comment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:04P
FDIC sets repayment pecking order for creditors
Lehman's bankruptcy virtually froze capital markets. It was a major part of last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the FDIC would be responsible for carrying out the liquidation. The rule will be out for 60 days of public comment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:04P
Bills are piling up
SB 80: If passed, the bill will require anyone convicted of a felony, or certain sex crimes, to have some of their DNA collected for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation's new DNA bank. If your DNA is collected, and then it's discovered you're innocent,
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:02P
NBA Referee Sues AP Reporter Over Tweet
Bill Spooner said he has "honestly" refereed NBA games for 22 years, but was investigated by the league after AP writer Jon Krawczynski posted a message on social networking site Twitter.com during the Jan. 24 Timberwolves game against the Houston
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:02P
FDIC proposes liquidation pecking order
Lehman's bankruptcy virtually froze capital markets. It was a major part of last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the FDIC would be responsible for carrying out the liquidation. The rule will be out for 60 days of public comment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:01P
FDIC proposes liquidation pecking order
Lehman's bankruptcy virtually froze capital markets. It was a major part of last year's Dodd-Frank financial reform law and the FDIC would be responsible for carrying out the liquidation. The rule will be out for 60 days of public comment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 12:01P
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