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Nest Fest performer not new to FGCU
"We (the Programming Board) have come a long way since then," said Melissa Khayata, concert chair. of the Programming Board According to Joseph McGibboney, Programming coordinator, a lawsuit never resulted from the cancellation.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:40A
Class-action lawsuit targets BC Ferries prepaid fare 'grab'
VANCOUVER — A high-profile lawyer who has won key class-action lawsuits calls BC Ferries' "grab" of $1.2 million in prepaid fares "absolutely outrageous." James Poyner, who has negotiated
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:40A
Workplace Sexual Harasment Killing Labour Service In Ghana
There is credible evidence that workers in both government and private sectors face series of inhuman treatments worse among them being sexual harassment everyday in the course of discharging their duties with the chunk of them being women.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:40A
Immigration Activists Confront Minister Kenney
by NOII Monday March 14, 2011, Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories– The refugee rights and migrant justice organization No One Is Illegal arrived tochallenge and confront Immigration Minister Jason Kenney at a citizenship ceremony today, where he made
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:40A
Croce to take ownership of Statler
After being mired in a bankruptcy case for nearly two years, the Statler Towers is about to take the next step in its storied history. Developer Mark D. Croce announced he will take ownership of the 18-story Niagara Square landmark at a
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:39A
Nikkei starts a comeback
Japan's Nikkei average rallied 4.4% on Wednesday after the worst two-day selloff since the 1987 crash, with some investors scooping up shares even as many fretted that a further deterioration in nuclear crisis could undermine the market.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:39A
Singapore dollar strength spurs overseas investment in London, New York
The Singapore dollar has risen substantially against western currencies since the crash of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 – 11 per cent against the US dollar, 14 per cent against the Euro, and 25 per cent against the British pound.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:38A
Cut-rate bus firms drawing scrutiny after crash; driver found decertified
The New York City bus crash that killed 15 people last weekend on their way home from a Connecticut casino has focused renewed attention on problems that federal safety investigators have been warning about for years. The cause of Saturday's wreck is
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:38A
Resolution asks for reimbursement of bus for Republican senators
The resolution, sponsored by Alds. Larry Palm, Shiva Bidar-Sielaff and Chris Schmidt, said Capitol Police Chief Charles Tubbs requested the special bus to take the senators from the Risser Justice Building to an East Side location.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:38A
Suit: SC exemptions unconstitutional
State AP COLUMBIA -- South Carolina's sales tax exemptions are unconstitutional and should be completely revamped by the state Legislature, two Columbia attorneys argued in a lawsuit filed Monday with the state Supreme Court.
Updated: 03/16/2011 12:38A