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Judge grants Borders request for more time to negotiate with landlords
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge on Tuesday granted Borders a 90-day extension to determine how many additional stores it will close as it reorganizes under bankruptcy protection. Borders said in February, when it filed for Chapter 11 reorganization,
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:15P
US Agency To Be Responsible For Erving Industries' Pension Plan
Erving filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in April 2009, saying its woes were due to a bad economy and increased competition. The PBGC on Tuesday said it stepped in because the company, which employs 125 people, couldn't emerge from bankruptcy
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:15P
Manhattan mom suing preschool for failing to prep her 4-year-old
Nicole Imprescia's lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday alleges York Avenue Preschool pledged to prepare her 4-year-old daughter Lucia to take standardized tests for elementary schools. But her lawsuit claims Lucia was “dumped with
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:15P
Open Letter to KS Legislators regarding Virgil Peck's advocating of shooting
A healthy and legal immigration solution will secure our borders, create a safer North American Continent and promote a stronger relationship with our contiguous neighbors. Enforcement-only initiatives promote a situation that emulates the failed days
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:15P
Google Apps slammed by advocacy group for the blind
The NFB is asking the US Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division to probe whether New York University and Northwestern University are discriminating against blind employees and students through their use of Google Apps' Education edition.
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:14P
India says to test Japan food imports for radiation
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has ordered imported Japanese food products to be tested for radioactivity, food safety authorities said on Tuesday. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India said in an letter to its units at ports the order applied
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:14P
Retired justice headed back to Fourth District Appellate Court
SPRINGFIELD — A retired appellate court justice has been reappointed to a post on the Fourth District Appellate Court in Springfield. Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman has asked Robert Cook, 67, of Quincy, to come back to the appeals court in
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:12P
Man awarded 1.25m damages after accident
The judgement was delivered by Mr Justice Giannino Caruana Demajo after a previous judgment, delivered in April 2009, had established that Daniel Bonnici was solely responsible for the accident. Mr Caruana had requested the court to declare that Mr
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:12P
Lawsuit Filed Against Family Video for Federal Labor Law Violations
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The law firms of Girard Gibbs LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP have filed a collective action lawsuit against Family Video alleging that the company unlawfully requires its employees to work “off the clock”
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:10P
Paul Hubbert tells court AEA could lose $1.4 million in dues if state law stands
View full sizePaul Hubbert, executive secretary of the Alabama Education Association teachers union. (The Press-Register file photo) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Alabama Education Association stands to lose up to
Updated: 03/15/2011 02:10P
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