Michael Jackson investigation focuses on doctors
Investigators are focusing on at least five doctors who prescribed drugs to Michael Jackson as they try to unravel the circumstances surrounding the pop stara s death, according to law enforcement sources.
Gov. Nixon vetoes bill to repeal motorcycle helmet mandate
Gov. Jay Nixon vetoed Senate Bill 202 on Thursday. The bill would have repealed Missouri's helmet law for motorcycle riders.
Minors' abortion records off limits, court says
In a split decision released Wednesday, July 1, the Ohio Supreme Court said the parents of a Cincinnati teen who had an abortion at a Planned Parenthood clinic do not have the right to other minors' medical records.
United States: EEOC One Step Closer To Issuing Proposed Regulations...
Since then, employers and individuals have anticipated Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulations to further delineate the expanded definition of a "disabled" individual as well as the "rules of construction" set forth in the ADAAA.
The US Supreme Court has granted certiorari in an ERISA case that raises issues on the extent to which a district court must defer to the views of an ERISA plan administrator and the appropriate scope of appellate review.
Jobless rate rises while wages drop
Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks.
US Steel to update public Tuesday on mitigating spread of benezene leak into Lake Michigan
U.S. Steel's Gary Works is due to give an update Tuesday on a $1.4 million treatment system to stop the spread of a benzene leak into Lake Michigan.
NAM Says EPA's Waiver for California Auto Emission Standards May Create Regulatory Uncertainty
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 30, 2009 - " The National Association of Manufacturers Vice President for Energy and Resources Policy Keith McCoy issued the following statement in response to today's decision by the Environmental Protection Agency to grant California's waiver to move forward with more stringent tailpipe emissions: The EPA's action allows ...
California to Regulate Tailpipe Greenhouse Gas
If there was any doubt that tomorrow's cars will be a lot cleaner and greener than today's, it was erased yesterday when the Environmental Protection Agency granted California the right to enforce tough greenhouse gas standards for tailpipes .
Telcos face chargs for vanishing loads
A consumer group on Thursday filed a class suit before the National Telecommunications Commission against the country's leading telecommunication companies, or telcos, for allegedly 'digitally robbing' mobile phone subscribers.
Last week brought some closure to Bernard Madoff's victims, who were swindled out of $65 billion in the largest recorded financial fraud -- a scheme that was exposed in part because the plummeting stock market led investors to demand repayment of money that was long gone.
Fight over Stanford assets in UK
R. Allen Stanford's liquidators from Antigua were awarded control of 120 million pounds in UK assets seized in a fraud probe in a London court battle with US receivers.
