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Report recommends cut to N.B. pensions
A three-person panel, led by retired Appeal Court justice Jean-Claude Angers, said Tuesday the decision three years ago resulted in millions of dollars of added debt and substantial increases in the annual expenses related to the pension plan.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:45P
Devon Energy and billionaire Rees-Jones ordered to pay $116M for defrauding
The lawyers from Gibbs & Bruns LLP, who represented the former friend and partner, D. Bobbitt Noel Jr., said in a statement that a five-week trial in the case ended with the verdict Monday. Rees-Jones bought Noel's minority share of energy company
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:45P
NJ opposes 60-year storage for spent nuclear fuel
AP TRENTON — New Jersey wants to join a lawsuit against the federal government over how long spent nuclear fuel can be allowed to remain at reactor sites. New guidelines from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission allow nuclear plants to keep their used
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:45P
ACLU, county officials schedule talks over jail mail lawsuit
BOULDER — Boulder County officials are scheduled to meet with ACLU attorneys Thursday to talk about possibly settling the legal organization's class-action lawsuit against the county over the jail's inmate mail policy.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:45P
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In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Minneapolis, NBA referee William Spooner claims AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski (kraw-ZIN'-skee) defamed him in a Twitter post while Krawczynski was covering the Jan. 24 Rockets-Timberwolves game.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:45P
More delays?
Superior Court of Justice Helen Pierce dismissed about 100 potential jurors for Andre Wareham's second-degree murder trial on Monday. Pierce said the dismissal was in response to a lack of Aboriginal representation on the jury pool, adding that it did
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:44P
Embassy Row
Secret US Embassy cables that implicated the president of Indonesia in widespread corruption sparked angry demonstrations this week in the capital, Jakarta, and reports of a billion-dollar lawsuit against the embassy. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:44P
Gregory L. Failing
Born April 13, 1963, in Watertown, the son of Paul W. and Helen Justice Failing, he spent most of his life in this area. Mr. Failing worked for several local contractors doing excavation work, installing shore wells, construction equipment operation
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:43P
Devon Energy a loser in $116M fraud verdict
"Devon strenuously disagrees with the jury verdict and will continue to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit," Minty said in a statement. Devon shares fell $1.02, or 1.2 percent, to close Tuesday at $87.55.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:43P
Devon Energy a loser in $116M fraud verdict
"Devon strenuously disagrees with the jury verdict and will continue to vigorously defend itself in this lawsuit," Minty said in a statement. Devon shares fell $1.02, or 1.2 percent, to close Tuesday at $87.55.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:43P
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