Category Archives: Hearing

Paula Deen pledges money to diabetes association

By doris | Published: January 19, 2012

Full Story at msnbc.com NEW YORK — Celebrity chef Paula Deen on Wednesday pledged a portion of her earnings from a lucrative endorsement deal with a diabetes drugmaker to the nonprofit American Diabetes Association. The queen of Southern cooking and author of numerous cookbooks disclosed Tuesday that she’s had Type 2 diabetes for three years [...]

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Baby boomers worry about finances, health costs

By doris | Published: July 29, 2011

Full Story atnews.Yahoo.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The “golden years” may lose some luster for many baby boomers worried about the financial pressures that come with age. Many of the nation’s 77 million boomers are worried about being able to pay their medical bills as they get older, a new poll finds. The concern is so [...]

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Feeling nostalgic: 12 TV theme songs you loved

By doris | Published: July 21, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees as the couple ends their 25-year marriage. The dispute may have little impact on the divorce, since the former Hollywood couple is expected to reach [...]

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Site will help you decide best time to buy tech gear

By doris | Published: June 20, 2011

Full Story at religion.Blog.CNN.com Washington (CNN) – NBC is calling it a mulligan. During the Sunday broadcast of the final round of golf’s U.S. Open coverage the broadcast showed a taped vignette at the beginning of the show. It featured children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance but omitted them saying the phrase “under God, indivisible.” [...]

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Union approval low, but more still side with labor over gov’t

By doris | Published: February 18, 2011

Full Story at FirstRead.msnbc.msn.com Carrie Dann writes:With tens of thousands of public sector workers jamming the halls of the Wisconsin statehouse – and similar labor battles brewing in Ohio and Michigan – Republican governors and Americans around the country are contemplating the state of the unions. The fracas in Madison has emphasized the divide between [...]

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Judge: Dallas man should be free after 25 years

By doris | Published: January 27, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com DALLAS — A Texas judge ordered a Dallas man released from prison Thursday, saying recent DNA tests showed he should not have been convicted of sexual assault 25 years ago. State District Judge Gracie Lewis apologized to Larry Sims, 61, on behalf of the state of Texas. “I know an apology [...]

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Giving thanks for everyday American heroes

By doris | Published: November 26, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com If someone had told Victor Perez at the beginning of the year that he’d soon find fame because of a heroic act, he would have laughed. He couldn’t even find a job. But the events of Oct. 5 were so unbelievable that the 30-year-old unemployed construction worker was left shaking and [...]

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Detroit prosecutor proposes sending parents who skip school conferences to jail

By doris | Published: October 27, 2010

Full Story at Moms.today.com Listen up, Detroit parents: If Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy gets her way, you may be serving time in the slammer if you skip your child’s parent-teacher conference. According to this story in today’s Detroit News, Worthy is making the bold proposal to help call attention to the link between parental [...]

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Soldier sues, says ‘Hurt Locker’ is his story

By doris | Published: March 4, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A U.S. soldier who defused roadside bombs in Iraq wants credit for inspiring the main character in “The Hurt Locker,” a movie up for nine Oscars this weekend. Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming writer Mark Boal — a journalist embedded with his Army unit [...]

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Having lost her deputies, judge packs a gun

By doris | Published: January 11, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com BOSTON – On many days, the metal detectors sit silent at the busiest courthouse in Maine. People arriving for everything from child custody hearings to murder trials walk through the machines without a beep. The detectors are off because the court can’t pay for officers to run them. With the recession [...]

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Brazilian court halts return of boy to U.S., father says

By doris | Published: December 18, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) — Brazil’s high court has halted the return of a 9-year-old boy to the United States, his American father told CNN. Thursday’s ruling comes one day after a lower court unanimously upheld a decision last June by the 16th Federal Court in Rio de Janeiro, which [...]

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House hearing to focus on peanut executives

By doris | Published: February 11, 2009

Full Story At  msnbc.com WASHINGTON – A congressional committee issued a subpoena Tuesday for the top executive of a small company that allegedly shipped the tainted peanut products responsible for a national salmonella outbreak. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted to compel Peanut Corp. of America President Stewart Parnell to appear at a hearing [...]

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