- Paul Kiesel | March 28, 2008 4:17 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs of this moment, on the auction site eBay, there are an assortment of Bear Stearns items being listed by several sellers. There are coffee mugs, t-shirts, duffle bags, umbrellas, etc. and all of them bear the Bear Stearns logo. But there is one item separating itself from all the others: a blue Bear Stearns helmet. The last bid on it, as of 1:40 PM PST, was for $152.50 and has 18 hours left...
- Paul Kiesel | March 25, 2008 6:24 PM |
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MiscellaneousJohn McCain believes that the number one issue for Americans is national security. According to the Associated Press, and shortly after Governor Charlie Crist of Florida endorsed him as a Presidential candidate, Mr. McCain said, "Even if the economy is the, quote, No. 1 issue, the real issue will remain America's security [. . .]" This statement shows he has not wavered from his campaign's main...
- Paul Kiesel | March 25, 2008 6:00 PM |
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MiscellaneousAt the peak of the housing boom to purchase homes, many affluent consumers with annual incomes of $100,000 or more were lured into taking out adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) loans, under the impression that they would be able to lower their monthly mortgage payment (from existing fixed-rate mortgages) or that it would allow them more financial flexibility. In order to secure these lower monthly...
- Miriam Schimmel | March 13, 2008 2:22 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesAsbestos manufacturer, Georgia Pacific Corp., was ordered by a San Francisco jury to pay in excess of $7 million to plaintiffs, Joan and Daniel Mahoney. Plaintiffs sued Georgia Pacific claiming that Mrs. Mahoney developed terminal cancer from exposure to asbestos fibers released during her work in a home remodeling business with her husband. Her husband testified that she was exposed to the...
- Lance Rubin | March 12, 2008 10:06 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBenetta Buell-Wilson was in her Ford Explorer when the SUV fishtailed then rolled over four times. Now the mother of two is paralyzed. Her lawyers went to court and sued Ford. The jury awarded her $368 million, much of it in "punitive" damages -- damages that are meant to punish Ford for their bad business practices and ignoring their own testing that showed their SUVs, particularly the...
- Cheryl Buchanan | March 06, 2008 6:08 PM |
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MiscellaneousSikat's boyfriend, David Shoutyh Hwang, 36, plead guilty to 60 counts of child molesting in October 2006 and is now serving a term of 50 years to life in prison. -cbs2.com March 6, 2008 Judge Gary Paer in Rancho Santa Margarita made it clear today that complicit conduct in the course of egregious child rape is just as evil as the actual rape itself. A 28 year old woman, Sheila Sikat, was...
- Lance Rubin | March 04, 2008 4:47 PM |
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Wrongful DeathEvery parents' worst nightmare - their child drowning in a neighbors' swimming pool. You may remember the case against Tommy Lee brought by parents whose son drowned in the rocker's pool. The law in California used to allow parents to sue the property owner when such a tragedy occurred. Now courts have placed a restriction on the ability of parents to sue for a child's death if they were...
- Jenny Albano | March 04, 2008 4:11 PM |
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MiscellaneousA clinic in Las Vegas had to be shut down after officials found out that up to 40,000 people may have been exposed to hepatitis C and HIV because the clinic reused syringes and vials.The clinic, the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, was served with an emergency suspension of its business license. Officials are asking the people who were exposed to hepatitis C and HIV to be tested because of...
- Shehnaz Bhujwala | March 04, 2008 10:07 AM |
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MiscellaneousLast week, President Bush strongly urged US lawmakers to pass "anti-terrorism legislation" that would restore legal immunity to telecommunications companies, such as AT&T, BellSouth and Verizon, that aided federal efforts to eavesdrop on emailed communications and telephone conversations between the United States and other countries. Today, there is potential for passage of this legislation:...