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Brown sued by former fundraisers
The lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia in January claims that Brown hired Washington-based Berger Strategies and Hirschberg Strategies in July 2009 to provide fundraising and consulting services as she weighed whether to run for US Senate.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
Lawsuit Pending Against Somerset Co. Log Cabin Contractor
The attorney general's office has filed a lawsuit against James Latshaw of Casselman River Log Homes in Somerset. Latshaw is accused of signing contracts with several clients, taking their deposit money and then leaving the job incomplete.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
After Decertifying, Locked-Out NFL Players Union Appeals to Fans for Support
The NFL Players Association decertified last Friday and filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the league in part to prevent a lockout by the owners. The NFL owners went ahead and declared a lockout shortly before the midnight deadline, which essentially
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
Spence-Jones acquitted in bribery case
The Miami Herald reported that Spence-Jones cried and hugged her attorney after the verdict was announced. State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle's case hinged on the jury accepting that Spence-Jones leveraged a vote, pending before the city
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
Coyotes deal could be delayed until after season
The Goldwater Institute's lawsuit challenging Glendale's $100 million bond sale to help Chicago investment broker Matthew Hulsizer buy the Phoenix Coyotes could provide some clarity to the team's future in Arizona. The end-game, however,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
Fourteen U.S. Senators Urge Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to
Science and Technology -- Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson, (R - Texas), Ranking Member of Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Ranking Member of Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies;
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:13P
Minnesota AG Swanson Charges California-Based Lender With Refi Fraud
Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed a lawsuit against Meredian Financial Corporation, a California-based mortgage lender and broker that charged Minnesota homeowners thousands of dollars to refinance their mortgages, but failed to deliver
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:12P
Ref sues writer for post
In a federal lawsuit filed Monday in Minneapolis, veteran NBA referee William Spooner claimed AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski defamed him in the Twitter message, sent while he was covering the Jan. 24 Rockets-Timberwolves game. In the second period,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:11P
Corrine Brown sued by former fundraisers
The lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia in January claims that Brown hired Washington-based Berger Strategies and Hirschberg Strategies in July 2009 to provide fundraising and consulting services as she weighed whether to run for US Senate.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:11P
Notice to Yeddyurappa, others
Justice Abdul Nazeer questioned why the chief minister has been made a party to it, to which the counsel said everything was done on the directions of chief minister. The court ordered notice to chief minister and others and adjourned the matter.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:11P