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Polish Lawmakers Debate Pension Shift That May Sway Election
"The government is tossing out life rafts and worrying about how to stay afloat until the election," said Beata Szydlo of Law & Justice, the biggest opposition party, in a reply to Tusk's speech. "Pension changes shouldn't be used as a budget stopgap.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:24P
Lehman Aims to Confirm Liquidation Plan by November 17
17, with creditors to vote by Oct. 14, according to a schedule filed in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. Lehman, which filed the biggest bankruptcy in US history in September 2008, revised its plan to exit Chapter 11 proceedings in January,
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:24P
BofA, UBS Say MBIA Suit Dismissal Strips Creditor Rights
A lower court in January granted MBIA's request to dismiss the so-called fraudulent conveyance lawsuit, which claimed the split -- which New York's insurance regulator approved -- was a move to avoid its obligations to pay policyholders and defraud
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:24P
Prison escapee to return to Texas today
Cell phones can be smuggled in by prisoners or staff, he said. "We've even had people try to throw them over fences," he added. "Cell phones are certainly a contraband item we focus on, and we are certainly very aware that they can be dangerous in the
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:23P
MPTF Facility Sued Over Alzheimer's Patient's Death
The family of Carrie DeLay, an 89-year-old Alzheimer's patient who died last year following a fall at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, has filed a lawsuit against the Motion Picture and Television Fund and
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:23P
Texas switches execution drug to pentobarbital
Austin, Tex — Texas, the state that executes more inmates than any other, said on Wednesday it will follow Oklahoma and switch one of its lethal injection drugs to a sedative often used to euthanize animals.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:22P
Watch Die Antwoord's Harmony Korine-Directed Short
French electro heads Justice are releasing their new single "Civilization", taken from their forthcoming sophomore LP, April 4 on Ed Banger/Because. The song will also be soundtracking a new Adidas advertising campaign directed by Romain Gavras
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:22P
Judgement out of date: asylum told not to panick
Immigration law expert Taffi Nyawanza, from the UK based Genesis Law Associates, told SW Radio Africa on Tuesday that those risk categories have now been "significantly narrowed." Nyawanza explained that there has been the surprising finding that
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:22P
Judgement out of date: asylum told not to panick
Immigration law expert Taffi Nyawanza, from the UK based Genesis Law Associates, told SW Radio Africa on Tuesday that those risk categories have now been "significantly narrowed." Nyawanza explained that there has been the surprising finding that
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:22P
3rd lawsuit against Philadelphia archdiocese heads, says church failed to
AP PHILADELPHIA - A third man has filed a civil lawsuit that says officials from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia covered up sexual assault allegations against a priest who molested him in the late 1960s. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in the city's Court
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:22P
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