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  • Libertyville approves financial tweaking of last year’s budget Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 11:00PMThe Village Board has decided to update the final version of last year’s fiscal budget that closed April 30 and produce an updated version that will more accurately help trustees chart a realistic financial course for the current $44.5 million budget. Staff administration indicated that in some cases departmental budgets encountered unanticipated revenues and expenses in the final quarter that ...
  • Meetings watch: County commission Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 8:38PMAt the Roosevelt County Commission meeting Tuesday in the county courthouse, commissioners: • Approved a request to relocate the location of the War Memorial on the courthouse square. • Voted to table awarding independent contractor services for...
  • Kilpatrick Hit with Another Lawsuit Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:42PMAnother lawsuit for the infamous former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Why Macomb County is looking to recoup some money.  
  • Macomb County sues Kilpatrick, aides over sewer work charges Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:47PMMacomb County wants $25.5 million from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his former aide, his former contractor friend and former director of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department saying they schemed to overcharge the county for a work on a collapsed sewer line in Sterling Heights.
  • Quebec contractor fined $425K for bid-rigging Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:22PMA Quebec construction contractor has been fined by the Competition Bureau of Canada after pleading guilty to bid-rigging.
  • Lawsuit Targets Kilpatrick, Others Over Sewer Contract Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:12PMA federal indictment against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led Macomb County officials to take another look at what they were billed for in the repair of a 15 Mile Road Sewer six years ago.
  • Meridian to defend water plan Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:08PMMeridian Energy is set to defend an appeal by several groups opposed to the Hunter Downs irrigation scheme near Waimate.
  • Allstate Agent Group to Vote on Union Affiliation Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:11AMContact: Jim Fish, Executive Director, +1-877-269-3474, ExecutiveDirector@napaausa.org
  • Macomb County sues Kwame Kilpatrick in federal court for $25 million over sewer repair project Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:48AMMacomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and more than two dozen contractors for allegedly overcharging the county by $25.5 million on a sewer repair project in Sterling Heights.
  • IT contractor Primary Path wins IR35 battle Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:24AMHer Majesty’s Revenue & Customs subjected an IT contractor to “considerable emotional and financial strain” by pursuing him under IR35 for eight years, only for the case to be summarily dismissed at the first tier tax tribunal.
  • Research and Markets: 2011 Contingent Labor Management Handbook: The Evolution of the Contemporary Contingent Workforce Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:01AMResearch and Markets has announced the addition of the "Contingent Labor Management: The Evolution of the Contemporary Contingent Workforce" report to their offering.
  • Riverkeeper seeks to stop Tinicum bridge work Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:41AMEnvironmental concerns could bring Tinicum bridge projects to a screeching halt.
  • Sunkar Resources PLC - Technology Tests Update Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 2:33AMSunkar Resources PLC - Technology Tests Update
  • Dozens Of Homeowners Sue D-R Horton Over Building Defects Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:56AMA CBS4 Investigation found more than a dozen townhouse communities built in Colorado by D.R. Horton have sued over building defects.
  • DGAP-News: Phoenix Solar Aktiengesellschaft: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 1:37AMDGAP-News: Phoenix Solar Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s):MiscellaneousPhoenix Solar Aktiengesellschaft:19.07.2011 / 07:23Phoenix Solar AG to build solar power plants in France with a total peakpower of 24 megawatts* Largest foreign contract ever …
  • Memories shared at Woody Hill Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:16AMWH2.jpg BY REGINA FOSTER Special to the Standard EXETER – The sun is beating down on Sheila Reynolds-Boothroyd as she sets up a table in front of the newly restored Woody Hill School. She’s preparing for the open house organized by the Exeter Historical Association which she heads. At Saturday’s event, part of a two-day celebration of the town’s one-room schools, Virginia Barber Laiho and her ...
  • Macomb County files $25 million federal lawsuit over sewer repair project; Kwame, others blamed Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:19PMMacomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco on Monday filed a federal lawsuit against former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and more than two dozen contractors for allegedly overcharging the county by $25.5 million on a sewer repair project in Sterling Heights.
  • CIA strength stands fully restored Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:58PMWASHINGTON, July 18: Pakistan has issued all 87 visas to CIA personnel as required in an understanding to renew cooperation between the ISI and the CIA, official sources told Dawn.
  • Salt Lake City’s Leonardo center seeking new loan Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:39PMSalt Lake City’s Leonardo center seeking new loan By Derek P. Jensen The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jul 18, 2011 11:13PM MDT The Leonardo, which made headlines for financing woes and a subsequent management housecleaning, is asking City Hall for a $600,000 loan to market the science museum and pay the salaries of its staff and consultants. The stated reason: The opening has been delayed another ...
  • ET Water Sponsors Irrigation Association 2011 Water Conference Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:30PMThird Annual Water Conference Presented by the Irrigation Association in Conjunction With the American Society of Irrigation Consultants
  • EANS-News: DEWB sells its stake in SensorDynamics to Maxim Integrated Products Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:39AMCorporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Company Information Subtitle: U.S. semiconductor company acquires MEMS ...
  • 10 ways in which recruiters annoy candidates Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:11AMA job candidate is the means of earning commission for a recruiter, but all too often is not treated as a supplier or partner, but as a necessary evil.
  • Parents still scramble with child care after schools shuttered camps Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:23AMKids at Breckenridge Mountain Camp last summer, one of the camps taking up slack after the school district shuttered its program in June. After the Summit School District closed down its day camps program June 2, parents who relied on the care are using alternatives, but still searching for more.
  • Zimbabwe: Goche Defends Tender Award to SA Firm Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:30AMTRANSPORT, Communications and Infrastructural Development minister Nicholas Goche has defended the awarding of the multi-million dollar Plumtree-Mutare highway modernisation deal to a South African firm without going to tender.
  • Ask M&M: Lots of questions to answer when forming a business plan Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:26AMBy Mignonne Hollis and Mark Schmitt For the Herald/Review Dear M&M: I am considering starting a business. I realize the importance of a business plan. In addition to that. do you have a list of questions that I should consider before actually starting my business? — Fred Dear Fred: We are glad to hear you recognize the importance of a business plan. The business plan will help guide you through ...
  • Future of Main Street organization uncertain Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:20AMA decision on the future of the Main Street program in Portage is not likely to be made anytime soon.
  • Enviornmental CAG to survey in-Plume residents Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:45AMThe DuPont Pompton Lakes Works Site Environmental Citizens Advisory Group (CAG) will perform a door-to-door survey to determine why some in-plume residents have not gotten a vapor mitigation system.
  • Smykalski’s living goes to the dogs Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 11:20AMWendy (Simpson) Smykalski of Maple, Wis., says sewing is her God-given talent, but sewing 3,000 dog booties a week for the Iditarod and other snow-races worldwide?
  • MaineToday Media names Duncan president Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:59AMPORTLAND -- MaineToday Media has named Dale A. Duncan, a former reporter and longtime newspaper executive, to the newly created position of president, effective July 15.
  • Help us help you, Mr. Mystery Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:51AMAfter more than five years of dealing with this, I am going to address an issue that will help you — the reader — better communicate with us at the paper.
  • Tell Me Your Story: Andrew Correia: Reverence is the key to his calling Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:31AMTMYS-Andrew Correia1.jpg By MARTHA SMITH Special to the Standard NORTH KINGSTOWN – The voice answering the phone at The Cranston-Murphy Funeral Home in Wickford is deep, warm and confident. It belongs to the youngest managing funeral director and embalmer in Rhode Island, Andrew Correia. He is 23 and, in every way, remarkable. “Since I was a young boy I have always been interested in the funeral ...
  • Calvin Walker Claims His Electrical Work Has Been Sabotaged Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:33PMBISD electrical contractor has filed a police report alleging that some of his electrical work at the Sallie Curtis temporary campus was sabotaged last week.
  • Kilauea River cleanup completed Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 4:10AMKILAUEA —After nearly five years and a cost of more than $4 million to taxpayers, Kaua‘i County and contractor Earthworks Pacific have completed the final phase of the Kilauea River and Wailapa Stream cleanup, the county announced Friday.
  • Delayed I-287 project gets additional $10.3 million Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:35AMState officials this week approved an additional $10.3 million in spending for a portion of the Interstate 287 reconstruction that already was millions over budget and two years behind schedule.
  • State probes unpaid taxes by contractors Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:37AMDALLAS - Following a News 8 report about contractors who undercut competitors by avoiding payroll taxes, the state has launched an investigation, and leaders in both the Texas House and Senate are calling for hearings. It’s a problem that’s estimated to shortchange the Texas unemployment fund by as much as $175 million a year, and in Texas there is no penalty for cheating. The News 8 ...
  • Book Review: How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe: A Novel by Charles Yu Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:23AMshare: digg facebook twitter For ten (subjective) years, Yu has spent most of his off-duty time living in his phone booth-sized time machine, the shifter jammed between gears, just whiling away his lifespan in the non-existence between the past- and future-tense. The fantastic backdrop bespeaks a writer who is truly a fan of both science fiction and science fact. From exclamations like "Holy ...
  • City wants cash for contract bid support Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:58PMCARLSBAD — Carlsbad City Councilors were divided in their votes at a special meeting Thursday, with the question being whether or not to request a cash payment from companies bidding for the WIPP management contract - in return for the council endorsing the company to the Department of
  • U.N. report describes widespread violence in Sudan Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:00PMA United Nations report details new allegations of violence, including perhaps mass graves, in the volatile border state of Southern Kordofan in Sudan.
  • Testimony sought from doc in pill mill probe Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:40PMCHARLESTON, W.Va.  (AP) — Federal prosecutors want to require a doctor to testify in a civil case arising from last year’s raid and shutdown of a southern West Virginia pain clinic.  
  • BIZ DATA: Boulder, Superior building permits Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 9:20PMBUILDING PERMITS Boulder Building construction permits over $10,000 in value that were approved in Boulder between July 4 and July 8, 2011.
  • Testimony sought from doctor in pain pill probe Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:03PMCHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Federal prosecutors want to require a doctor to testify in a civil case arising from last years raid and shutdown of a Mingo County pain clinic. A U.S. District Court petition filed this week asks a judge to require Dr. Katherine Hoove...
  • Ex-city official pleads guilty in CA conflict case Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:14PMEx-city official pleads guilty in CA conflict case
  • Digging Into the City Campaign Reports Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:52PMThe big news in the most recent round of campaign financial disclosures for Knoxville mayor and City Council was at the top of the ticket, in the fund-raising battle between perceived front-runner Madeline Rogero and newcomer Mark Padgett, the money leader. But there were plenty of other points of interests, in their forms and those of the other candidates.
  • Inventor of Bed Bug Encasement Product Files Patent Lawsuit Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:24AMLawyers representing Petra Michael recently filed a patent lawsuit against JAB Distributors for the correction of inventorship of patent of the bed bug encasement product Protect-A-Bed.Chicago, IL (PRWEB) July 15, 2011 Lawyers representing the original inventor of a bed bug encasement product, Protect-A-Bed Bug Off (later rebranded Protect-A-Bed AllerZip) filed a complaint July 1, 2011, against ...
  • State to probe alleged cheating on standardized tests in city Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 3:24AMEducation Secretary Ron Tomalis said yesterday that the state will investigate 49 school districts across the state, including Philadelphia, for alleged cheating on state standardized tests taken since 2009.
  • Gazette.Net: Nearly a decade after passage, experts say Sarbanes-Oley Act less painful than expected Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:55AMAlmost a decade after Congress passed the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate accountability law, Maryland companies say it’s not nearly as costly and onerous as they initially feared.
  • McGhee speaks to Carlisle Chamber of Commerce about literacy program Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 9:38PMSarah McGhee of the Lonoke Literacy Council spoke of the need for literacy tutors in Carlisle during Monday’s Chamber of Commerce meeting.
  • Ask the Expert: Dale Helle, manager, risk services practice Brown Smith Wallace LLC Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:50PMHow can construction audits help keep the cost of a project under control?
  • Jackson City Council to consider recommendation to pay consultant $14,000 to determine solution to Mechanic Street ruts Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:15PMThe design engineer and contractor who worked on Mechanic Street cannot say for certain how to fix the ruts that formed in the brick road in mid-February.So the City Council will consider a recommendation Tuesday to pay a consultant, Soils...
  • Petro Matad Encounters Hydrocarbons at Davsan Tolgoi Well Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 11:03AMPetro Matad Ltd. Petro Matad announced that the Davsan Tolgoi-7 well ("DT-7") has reached a total depth of 1,733m in metamorphic rocks below the Tsagaantsav Formation objectives.