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- Forrest Blue dies after years of dementia Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 3:38AMFormer 49ers center Forrest Blue, a first-round pick in the 1968 NFL draft who was a four-time Pro Bowl selection, died Saturday at 65 after spending the past decade-and-a-half with dementia believed to be connected to...
- North State in Brief: July 20, 2011 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:37AMRedding Police Chief Peter Hansen will retire this fall after more than 28 years with the department.
- City inspector general outlines array of cases Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:58PMA former high-ranking city of Chicago employee who continues to cash in on city contracts even after testifying in federal court about his role in a scheme to rig hiring and promotions at City Hall.A not-for-profit corporation that allegedly forged bank letters in a failed attempt to secure a $1 million city subsidy.A high-ranking city Department of Water Management employee driven to job sites ...
- Korean immigrant, Long Beach resident fulfills his American dream Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:55PMCrown Cleaners success tribute to hard work, determination.
- Contractors Caught In State Sting Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:43PMFor 2 days in June, FOX 26 Investigates videotaped one guy after another going into an empty retail space in southwest Houston.
- Brady Adds Two Greensboro Service Team Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:35PMTriad - Brady (www.bradyservices.com), a company that provides high-efficiency HVAC systems and comprehensive building solutions for commercial and industrial facilities across North Carolina, welcomes Nikola Kovacevic as a customer service coordinator and Phil Rash as a service technician for the Greensboro area.
- Harry Picek Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 6:10PMHarry Picek, 87, of Grand Rapids, Minn., died Sunday, July 17, 2011 in Grand Village, Grand Rapids, Minn.
- Gurnee Mayor Kovarik urges to beware scammers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:41PMGurnee Mayor Kristina Kovarik urges residents to be alert for potential scammers quoting inflated prices to remove storm-damaged trees from private property. "I was at public works Saturday and said I was worried every Tom, Dick and Harry would come out," she said.
- Kosher chicken is with four legs? Israel today Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 2:57PMHome » Opinion » Kosher chicken is with four legs? Israel today Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary General of “Hezbollah”, said today at a presentation by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon UN prosecutors arrest warrants for members of the leadership of a terrorist organization, accused of preparing and implementing the assassination of Rafik Hariri in 2005. In his television speech, two days after ...
- Munition Detonators Stolen in Romania Were to Be Fixed in Bulgaria - Receiving Firm Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:58AMThe Bulgaria-bound detonators that have been stolen from a train in Romania are parts of shells that were supposed to be repaired in a Bulgarian plant, the CEO of the receiving Bulgarian company Sage Consultants AD told Novinite.com (Sofia News Agency). According to Gencho Hristov, CEO of Sofia-based firm Sage Consultants AD, an arms trader, a total of 80 detonators for shells, not 64 as ...
- Plum Beach Lighthouse plate receives national honor Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 12:16AM0701PBLplate.jpg BY MARTHA SMITH Special to the Standard NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Plum Beach Lighthouse license plate, with its handsome rendering of the historic fireplug-style beacon, has been voted the first runner-up in a national contest sponsored by the Automobile License Plate Collectors Association. Dave Zapatka, president of Friends of Plum Beach Lighthouse, says the plate was nominated in ...
- Mechanicsburg funeral home promises to cover missing funeral expenses Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 8:26PMBefore Helen Lyter died in April, she prepaid for her funeral at Myers Funeral Home, a fixture on Main Street in Mechanicsburg for more than 100 years.
- Nike faces new worker-abuse claims Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 2:24AMSUKABUMI, Indonesia —Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs. Nike, the brand’s owner, admits that such abuse has occurred among the contractors that make its hip high-tops but says there was little it could do to stop it.
- Former Delavan attorney’s license suspended Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 5:11PMA former Delavan attorney’s bankruptcy, criminal convictions and opening of his own practice while a member of another law firm led the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to suspend his law license for three years.
- Still no decision on downtown Midland Farms Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:05AMBRISTOL -- For the fifth time, at last week’s council meeting, Shabbir Baig was in front of the town council for a victualing license for a new convenience store on Hope Street.
- Michelle Jefferson: Businesses already carry big burden Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 1:12AMI’ve owned my business for just under 24 years and can be placed, by today’s definition, in the category of the dirty, rotten and good for nothing corporations.
- Testimony sought from doctor 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.
- Former Aberdeen Contractor Sentenced For Theft Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:45PMA former Aberdeen contractor has to pay nearly $8,600 in restitution and spend 30 days in jail for deceiving an agency...
- Rockland Street is next, supposedly Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:12PMTown officials last year anticipated the Rockland Street bridge replacement would be well under way by now. But the work hasn’t even started.
- Lake Wendouree weed contractor in licensing hiccup Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 11:15AMTHE removal of weeds from Ballarat’s Lake Wendouree could be delayed after a council contract was awarded to a company without the required Victorian licence.
- Small seeks city Circuit Court post Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:16AMFredericksburg resident and assistant city prosecutor Jeff Small announced this week that he will seek the office of Fredericksburg Circuit Court clerk. Small, 40, said he considered running eight years ago but decided to get more experience before throwing his hat in the ring....
- Gov. Deal unveils Georgia’s new license plate design today Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 10:41PMAt a news conference this morning in the State Capitol Gov. Nathan Deal will announce the winner of the Georgia License Plate Design Contest. A survey taken outside the Muscogee County Tag Office Thursday showed a clear local favorite.
- Employee caught working illegally at power plant Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 8:44PMPHOENIX – An employee at the Palo Verde power plant in Phoenix was arrested for working there illegally. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Cruz Loya Alvares, 32, was taken into custody Wednesday and questioned by detectives from the Maricopa County Sheriff Department’s Human Smuggling Unit. Arpaio said Alvares was denied access into the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station Monday because his Mexican ...
- Nuclear Plant Worker an Illegal? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 6:41PMMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he has arrested a man working at the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant for being in the country illegally.
- State Fair would go on - even if shutdown talks fall apart Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:09PMEven before state government shut down July 1, Minnesota State Fair officials put an announcement on their Web site making it clear the Fair would go on if the state went dark.
- Rolladen owner arrested on fraud charges after allegedly taking large deposits, doing nothing Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:40PMRolladen owner arrested on fraud charges after allegedly taking large deposits, doing nothing
- Get Back in the Drivers Seat: Pay Driver License Reinstatement Fees Online Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:11AMTexans who have a suspended driver license can now pay reinstatement fees online rather than sending ...
- Get Back in the Driver’s Seat: Pay Driver License Reinstatement Fees Online Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:08AMAUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texans with a suspended driver license can now pay reinstatement fees online rather than sending payment by mail. Texas.gov and the Texas Dept. of Public Safety has launched a new service.
- Wallingford Country Club owner eyes Woodbridge Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:53PMWOODBRIDGE — The Oak Lane Country Club has an interested buyer, who, much to the relief of the town, is interested in reopening it for a new golfing operation. In fact, Joseph DiNatale, the owner of the Tradition Country Club of Wallingford, is interested in taking over not just Oak Lane but also the operation of one of its closest competitors, the Country Club of Woodbridge, which is owned by ...
- Global Technologies Group, Inc. Has Completed a Complete Review of Solicitation for Department of the Navy Remediation ... Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 9:37AMSARASOTA, FL--(Marketwire - Jul 13, 2011) - Global Technologies Group, Inc. ( PINKSHEETS : GTGP ) Global and its partner companies have reviewed, over the last few weeks, the solicitation program for remediation projects and evaluated all "interested parties" submissions. As the submissions are for any company that has the appropriate Department of Defense validation codes and clearances in ...
- Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsAP Exclusive: Nike faces new worker abuse claims Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 7:36AMSUKABUMI, Indonesia (AP) - Workers making Converse sneakers in Indonesia say supervisors throw shoes at them, slap them in the face and call them dogs and pigs.
- BC-AS--Indonesia-Nike,1st Ld-Writethru, AS Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 6:02AMBC-AS--Indonesia-Nike,1st Ld-Writethru, AS
- River channels to be filled - Wed, 13 Jul 2011 PST Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:21AMRepair work to restore the historic riverbed beneath the upper Spokane Falls will get started later this summer after the Spokane River drops to seasonal lows. The Spokane hearing examiner on Monday approved a shoreline substantial development permit for the project.
- Clifton defense contractor illegally outsourced production of gun parts to China Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 7:01PMA Clifton defense contractor admitted Tuesday that it violated federal law by outsourcing the manufacture of rifle and machine-gun components to China, where the parts could be produced for less money, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
- New Jersey Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Violating Arms Export Act Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:29PMA New Jersey defense contractor pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate the Arms Export Control Act by sending drawings, specifications and sample gun parts to a Chinese company without obtaining a U.S. license.
- US firm pleads guilty to illegal defense exports Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:14PMA US defense contractor pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one charge of conspiring to illegally export US Defense Department weapons plans to China, in an apparent money-saving scheme, the Justice Department said.
- Kupersmith new owner of ProGas Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:10PMKraig Kupersmith has a master’s degree in aviation maintenance technology from Embry Riddle, served as a first lieutenant in the Special Forces with the Navy during the first Gulf War in Operation Desert Shield and has traveled extensively.
- Frederica Contractor Pleads Guilty to Felony Tax Evasion Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 12:00PMDelaware Division of Revenue Director Patrick T. Carter announced Tuesday that a Frederica flooring contractor has pleaded guilty in Superior Court to tax evasion for failing to pay taxes on more than $300,000 in income, and for willfully failing to file a state personal income tax return.
- Contractor Accused Of Negligence In Soldier Deaths Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 5:17AMIn the rush to send more interpreters to work alongside American troops in Afghanistan, a U.S. defense contractor called Mission Essential Personnel hired Nasir Ahmad Ahmadi, a slightly built and emotionally troubled 23-year-old.
- County Lines Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 2:47AMSanta Maria
- Booz Allen Hamilton Hack Reveals Military Email Addresses Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:32PMA group of hackers who have taken credit for several high-profile data breaches in recent weeks said Monday it had done it again, this time infiltrating the network of a government contractor and releasing what it says are thousands of military email addresses.
- Quirky work: Safety conscious FedEx delivery driver bound for truck driving Super Bowl in Orlando Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:24PMShaded in black Ray-Bans and clad in his black-and-purple uniform of T-shirt and shorts, Doug Davidson rides high above the pavement in his rolling metal office.
- Big bucks not always needed for new business Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 11:39AMI think many of us at one time or another have at least wondered what self-employment would be like.
- Gold Oil Seeks Farm-In Candidates Offshore Peru Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 10:19AMGold Oil provided the following update on its operations on Block Z34, offshore Peru.
- KC soldier who killed himself felt he ‘was just a number’ Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 11:58PMDespite clear signs that Andrews suffered post-traumatic stress disorder, family and friends say the Army punished and abandoned Jacob Andrews after he had done his combat tour in Afghanistan . In April, the 22-year-old was found hanged near his parents’ home in Kansas City.
- Ambler Gazette Police Briefs: Week of July 7 Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 12:42PMAmbler
- Young survivors of Joplin tornado face a long journey Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 11:12PMFor the younger victims of the May 22 tornado in Joplin, Mo., like 14-year-old Lage Grigsby, whose skull was fractured in two places, the road to recovery is long and unmapped — but they are striving to reach milestones.
- Registered sex offender sentenced to 48 years to life in prison in attempted rape Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:29PMA registered sex offender who tackled and tried to rape a woman in Hillcrest and broke into the bedroom of another woman, then made nearly $800 worth of calls to a sex line, was sentenced Friday to 48 years to life in state prison.
- Sex offender gets life for assault on jogger, other crimes Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 8:00PMA registered sex offender who attacked a jogger in Balboa Park last year, broke into homes where he made expensive telephone calls, and charged people for construction work he failed to complete was sentenced Friday to 48 years to life in prison.
- Tree Man Leaves Trail Of Unfinished Jobs Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:47PMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Many small businesses offer services to homeowners: yard work, painting, repairs and tree work. Most are honest, hardworking men and women who provide a good service for a fair price.
