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Suit Claims Misleading Credit Scores
The suit claims the company, through its Consumerinfo.com subsidiary, misled customers by selling them credit scores that are not the same ones used by lenders to evaluate customers for loans. The suit was filed in federal court on behalf of one
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:03P
Juvenile bills clear panel after mom's impassioned plea
HARRISBURG – After hearing a Wilkes-Barre mother's impassioned plea for justice, a Senate committee this morning approved the most sweeping package of bills to date to address issues raised by the Luzerne
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:02P
Law change will close "loophole"
Justice Minister Simon Power announced a series of changes in a new Bill tabled in Parliament yesterday. It creates a new offence of failing to protect a child or vulnerable adult from death, harm, or sexual assault as a consequence of another person.
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:01P
Soccer teams breaching labor laws could face liquidation: Govt
Justice and Interior Minister German Vargas Lleras has warned soccer teams that they face signficant punishment if they breach Colombia's proposed changes to its labor laws. According to news website Noticias, Vargas announced the government's plans to
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:01P
Council asks for changes in redistricting map
A new redistricting map can't take effect unless approved by the US Department of Justice. Stagner said either alternative should work, assuming the final version gets broad support from black leaders and black members of the City Council.
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:01P
Margaret Carlson: Elections ripe for distrust
Turnout was at presidential-primary levels and spending was through the roof, with $3.5 million spent on ads alone, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. JoAnne Kloppenburg, an unknown assistant attorney general, was given almost no chance of
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:00P
Tuolumne County Faces Pending Lawsuit
Proponents of the quarry originally stated that it could be up in operation within a year, but the lawsuit could put things behind schedule. Besides asking for a full EIR, the City of Riverbank is hoping that the judge will order that all work on the
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:00P
Judge to decide Dreamspace art deaths blame
Sitting in London, Mr Justice Foskett heard that the compensation claims of the families had been settled. The only issue outstanding was the apportionment of liability. The court heard this stood between the insurers of Chester-le-Street District
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:00P
'We R Over': Tajikistan's Religious Officials Ban Divorce By Text Message
On Monday, the head of the state religious affairs committee, Abdurakhim Kholikov, announced that sending text messages containing three instances of talaq as a means of divorce constitutes a breach of Islamic law. Declaring divorce by SMS is
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:00P
Indian-American pleads guilty in US tax fraud case
PTI / Washington/boston April 13, 2011, 0:20 IST An Indian-American businessman has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud US tax authorities by hiding his bank accounts in HSBC India, a case which has led the US Internal Revenue Service to probe NRIs
Updated: 04/12/2011 02:00P
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