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Banker gets jail for 6th DUI
Authorities allege Dahir was driving under the influence of methamphetamine. He is awaiting trial for felony DUI in that case. “But for (the crash), I believe he would have gotten probation,” said Steve Lefler, Dahir's attorney.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:04P
Guess What The Man Who Became A Millionaire, A Ponzi, Then A Priest Is Going
There is one bit of closure to this story that, aptly, comes from a church pamphlet after Mankow plead guilty - “Pastor Barry no longer considers himself above reproach as he has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal count related to the Lennar lawsuit
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:03P
Fair Finance Executives Charged With Fraud
Fair Finance, which creditors successfully pushed into bankruptcy liquidation in February 2010, sold interest-bearing certificates to investors and used the funds raised through those sales to buy consume- finance contracts at a discount.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:03P
AP and Obey Clothing Settle Copyright Infringement Lawsuit
"The Associated Press is pleased to have reached a settlement of our lawsuit against Obey Clothing," said Tom Curley, president and CEO. "This settlement marks the final resolution of the disputes over our rights in the AP's photograph of Barack Obama.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:02P
Renault Finds It Tough at the Top
If it were just a question of justice for three sacked Renault employees who were wrongly accused of industrial espionage, then Carlos Ghosn and Patrick Pelata, the top executives at the French car maker, would have quit.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:01P
Captured prison escapee extradited back to Texas
Puckett escaped from a prison unit in Beaumont last week and was spotted in the Texas Medical Center in Houston trying to get medical attention for injuries he received during his escape. Puckett, 27, was serving his fifth year of a 30-year sentence
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:01P
Lawsuit Filed Against Jailer Accused of Sex Abuse
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A lawsuit has been scheduled against a former Dallas County Jail official accused of sexually abusing an incarcerated woman. The woman is suing 60-year-old Kevin Hines and Dallas County for violations of equal
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:01P
How will California's $26 billion budget deficit affect you?
Physical therapist helps woman stand up at Lifelong Medical Marin Adult Day Health Care Center on February 10, 2011 in Novato, California; the center would be forced to close if Gov. Brown's proposed budget cuts were approved.
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:00P
Wildfire Starter To Sue Firefighters
by Staff A lawyer for a man who admitted starting a Colorado wildfire says he does not expect his client's lawsuit against fire agencies to "go anywhere." Bradley Ross-Shannon, the lawyer, said he filed a notice of intent to sue for Joel Ledermann to
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:00P
Greenberg Traurig Announces 2011 Public Interest Fellows
They will work on a wide variety of issues, including special education, human trafficking, domestic violence, immigration and health care. Juvenile Services Program of the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington,
Updated: 03/16/2011 04:00P
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