Fri, 09/24/2010 - 03:32 by harsheeb
New York-- A New York man said police gave him a ticket for trespassing while he was standing outside of his own apartment.
Lindsey Riddick, 36, who joined a class-action lawsuit against the New York Police Department alleging officers gave out illegal summonses to meet quotas, said he and his brother were ticketed by police while outside of his apartment building, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.
"I told the officer, 'I live here and I have the key,'" Riddick said. "You're giving me a summons? Come on, man. You got to be kidding me."
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Fri, 09/24/2010 - 01:51 by Shruti Sharma
Las Vegas -- A federal judge in Nevada said a class-action lawsuit alleging Vision Airlines Inc. failed to provide hazard pay for flights to war zones could go to trial.
Chief U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt ruled there was evidence to suggest Vision billed clients for hazard-duty flights but failed to pass on the higher fees to employees, The Las Vegas Sun reported Thursday.
Referring to Vision pilot Gerald Hester, Hunt wrote, "Hester has shown that Vision has billed other parties with invoice lines stating a standard rate of pay for Vision's employees and additionally a hazard bonus."
Hunt also wrote, "It is more than conceivable that a jury could find that these line items marked 'Hazard Duty Bonus' rightfully belong to the employees."
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Thu, 09/23/2010 - 04:07 by harsheeb
Freepor -- A Florida sheriff said an internal probe is being conducted after a man spent three days in jail for cocaine possession after police found his heart medicine.
Okaloosa County Sheriff Ed Spooner said he ordered the investigation into the February arrest and detaining of George Funti, 65, of Freeport, a couple of weeks ago and he reviewed the current findings Monday, nwfdailynews.com, Fort Walton Beach, Fla., reported Wednesday.
"Based on what has been presented to me, we're going to continue this investigation," Spooner said.
Funti was arrested after he dropped a bottle of nitroglycerin while working out at the gym. Deputies said the powder inside the bottle was field tested and showed a positive for cocaine.
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Thu, 09/23/2010 - 04:04 by harsheeb
Columbus -- Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland stuck firmly to his ban on foreign outsourcing saying states have a right to choose what to do with their own resources.
In a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Strickland said, "They have every right to try to wrestle even more American jobs away from us," referring to other countries, including Indian officials who complained about the outsourcing ban, which was signed Aug. 6 and prevents state funds from being used for overseas jobs.
"But I'll tell you this, we have every right to say no," the letter said, The Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported Wednesday.
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Wed, 09/22/2010 - 20:20 by harsheeb
Brussels -- European Union justice commissioner Viviane Reding said European corporations might require quotas to increase the number of women in executive posts.
"I have not been an advocate of quotas for woman in senior business posts in the past, but given the lack of progress in this area, we might in the future have to consider taking initiatives at the European level," Reding said in a written statement reported in the EUobserver Wednesday.
Reding said she would meet with top corporate officials in the spring before she made a formal recommendation to increase the number of women in boardrooms.
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Wed, 09/22/2010 - 00:16 by harsheeb
Macon -- Prosecutors in Georgia said they are opposing a man's efforts to change his name to "Saint Jody Almighty Bedrock."
Shelby Marwan Heggs, 27, of Macon, said he filed a petition in Bibb County Superior Court in April to change his name because he wants to broadcast his dedication to religion, The Macon Telegraph reported Tuesday.
"I wanted a name that everybody would know when they were talking to me that they were talking to a man of God," Heggs said. "I wanted that to be expressed in my name."
However, prosecutor John Regan said the Bibb County District Attorney's Office is opposing the request.
"It may be (Heggs) attempting to hide his criminal record," he said.
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Wed, 09/22/2010 - 00:14 by harsheeb
New Orleans-- A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission can pursue insider trading charges against billionaire Mark Cuban.
Cuban, owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has been accused of dodging a loss of $750,000 by selling his 6 percent of Internet company Mamma.com after speaking with the company's executives, The Wall Street Journal reported.
In the discussions, Cuban learned the company was about to issue new shares, which generally causes stock values to drop, the report said.
Cuban then sold his shares to avoid the loss.
A district court ruled in favor of Cuban after his lawyer argued he kept what he knew confidential and was not obligated to hold on to the company's stock.
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Tue, 09/21/2010 - 23:55 by harsheeb
Portland -- Police in Portland, Ore., say they are looking for a driver who allegedly hit two bicyclists in separate incidents Tuesday morning.
Traffic division investigators believe one of the incidents may have been an intentional hit-and-run, the Portland Police Bureau said in a written statement.
The driver of a silver Subaru reportedly struck a man on a bike around 8 a.m. As the Subaru left the area, it hit a female rider.
The woman was hospitalized and the male rider suffered minor injuries.
Officers said the vehicle suffered some damage, including losing a headlight that was found at the scene.
Copyright 2010 United Press International,
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Sun, 09/19/2010 - 09:01 by harsheeb
Chelsea-- The Big Three's contenders for the next generation of U.S. police cars were put to the test at a Chrysler proving ground in Michigan Saturday.
Ford's Police Interceptor, based on the Taurus, Chrysler's Dodge Charger Pursuit and General Motors' Chevrolet Caprice are vying to replace the long-dominant Crown Victoria, which Ford will stop producing next August, the Detroit Free Press reported.
More than 400 law enforcement officials came to see the Michigan State Police run the cars through acceleration, braking, high-speed handling and other tests Saturday.
Ford's Police Interceptor has a 3.5-liter V6 engine with an estimated 280 horsepower or a turbocharged 3.5-liter V6 engine with an estimated 365 horsepower.
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Sun, 09/19/2010 - 08:36 by harsheeb
New York -- A Brazilian promotion company is suing a company called Vegas Style Entertainment for $4.7 million for falsely representing U.S. pop star Rihanna.
Unique Sports and Marketing of Brazil filed legal documents in New York Thursday alleging Vegas Style Entertainment fraudulently signed a $1.7 million agreement to book Rihanna for three November concerts in Brazil, TMZ reported Saturday.
But Vegas Style apparently has never represented Rihanna.
Representatives for Unique say the company had already paid Vegas Style $825,000 by the time they figured out something was wrong. Unique is now suing for $4.7 million.
Copyright 2010 United Press International
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Sat, 09/18/2010 - 08:35 by harsheeb
Dekalb -- The Georgia jury that heard a civil lawsuit in a brawl involving Kid Rock ordered the musician and his entourage to pay $40,000 in damages, court records show.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the panel in DeKalb decided the case in favor of plaintiff Harlen Akins Friday.
Akins claimed the recording artist and members of his party attacked him during a brawl at a Waffle House in October 2007. Akins asked for $2.9 million to settle his civil lawsuit, but the jury only awarded him $40,000, of which Kid Rock is to pay about $6,000, the report said
The singer was previously placed on probation and ordered to take anger-management classes for his role in the melee.
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Wed, 09/15/2010 - 07:31 by harsheeb
Englewood -- Fresno State and the University of Nevada-Reno have been sued by the Western Athletic Conference for leaving the league without appropriate notice.
Fresno State and Nevada quit the WAC for the Mountain West Conference last month.
In court documents, the WAC said the teams weren't eligible to leave the conference until June 30, 2012, since the league set a July 1 deadline to give notice of intention to leave the WAC. Fresno State and Nevada accepted invitations to join the Mountain West Aug. 18.
The Mountain West is also named as a defendant in the legal action.
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