Companies settle San Diego wildfire case San Diego 6 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:32 AM PDT San Diego Gas & Electric and Cox Communications have agreed to pay $17 million to settle claims by state investigators that poor maintenance led to three huge wildfires in 2007. | India, Australia players pay tribute to David Shepherd New Kerala Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:28 AM PDT New Delhi, Oct 31 : India and Australia cricket teams Saturday paid tribute to legendary English umpire David Shepherd, who died Oct 28, before the start of the third one-day international at Ferozeshah Kotla here. | No work, full pay for alderman's pal Chicago Sun-Times Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:24 AM PDT Chicago is so strapped for cash that it's cutting services and draining reserves. So why was a 50th Ward superintendent allowed to do nothing for nearly two years while awaiting trial for absentee-ballot fraud, all the while collecting his $83,940-a-year salary? That's a question floating around the city Streets and Sanitation Department, where Commissioner Tom Byrne has been cracking down on ... | Court Report published Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 Curry Coastal Pilot Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:17 AM PDT Randy Joseph Gallardo, 25, Brookings, was convicted Oct. 30 of menacing and probation violation. For menacing, he was sentenced to 20 days in jail, 24 monthsâ probation and to pay $850 plus restitution to be determined in 90 days. | Rooms for the Observant New York Times Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:06 AM PDT Rabbi Motti Seligson and Shterni Bukiet Seligson realized they were going to have to pay more than they'd hoped to get what they wanted. | Help us stay in public sector, workers urge province Montreal Gazette Sat, 31 Oct 2009 06:05 AM PDT The common front, representing 475,000 public-sector workers in Quebec, is arguing in its new contract talks for a pay increase so its members stay in their jobs rather than take more lucrative posts in the private sector. | Simple garden chores pay off come springtime The Cincinnati Enquirer Sat, 31 Oct 2009 05:53 AM PDT There are a few easy projects that you can do late fall that will pay dividends next spring. Many of these can be done during halftimes. | | |
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