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Embattled bus company had certificate of operation revoked
Affordable Bus Charter, which may face a lawsuit from the Fairfield school board because of the incident, then canceled its plans this week to transport a group of Stratford High School musicians to Disney World, leaving administrators with little more
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:25P
How the G-Word Advances Statehood
In the (mercifully short) audience question section of last night's at-large Council debate, someone launched into a sermon on social justice, and ended with this awkward double query: How would you 'stop gentrification,' and what's your plan to push
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
Jail Study Deadline Past, Draft Possible By May 1
A contractual agreement for jail consulting services between Gillespie County and Missouri-based firm Justice Concepts, Inc. was allowed to expire Tuesday with no extension requests or final report issued. Hired to help study overcrowding at the 15-bed
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
Immigration Bill Prayer Vigil
The group of more than a hundred prayed before the committee started asking for God's help in the fight against immigration reform legislation. The bill would pave the way for local law enforcement officers to act as immigration agents.
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
Hampton Blvd. near ODU closed as truck crash is cleared
(Angas A. Reid) By Meghan Hoyer Hampton Boulevard near Old Dominion University will be closed in both directions through rush hour today as police and officials work to clear an accident that knocked out power to thousands of customers.
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
GOP senators propose raising age for Social Security benefits
"There is no way in God's green Earth to save America from bankruptcy until you deal with entitlements," said Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-South Carolina. "Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, combined in the next twenty years, is going to absorb every
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
Toni Braxton - Toni Braxton Reveals To Black Enterprise Why She Went Broke - Again
After TLC talked publicly about their bankruptcy [the label prohibited] other LaFace artists to talk, but now I can. I sold more than 40 million records, yet my royalties were less than $2000 dollars. People don't understand that this issue went all
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:24P
Election officials verify Brookfield results in Supreme Court race
Without Brookfield's votes, challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg had a 204-vote statewide lead over incumbent Justice David Prosser. Once a canvass added Brookfield's numbers, Prosser jumped out to about a 7500-vote lead. Kloppenburg is waiting for the other
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:23P
American Airlines sues Orbitz over online distribution feud
American Airlines filed an antitrust lawsuit against the travel website Orbitz.com and the distributor of its booking information, accusing them of monopoly tactics. The suit, filed Tuesday in US district court in Texas, is the latest salvo in a
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:23P
Now That's Compliance: DOJ Gives ITT Time Off for Good Behavior
The Department of Justice announced Tuesday that a federal judge in Virginia agreed to dismiss a deferred charge against ITT Corp.—a full year ahead of schedule. Four years ago, the government fined ITT more than $100 million for exporting the
Updated: 04/13/2011 04:23P
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