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F1: How to enjoy the Singapore Grand Prix
Subject to traffic at the two road crossings, travel from "JB" airport to the Marina Bay circuit is not much different to travelling from Changi airport in Singapore - but as the event gets closer, there may be cheaper tickets on less busy routes.
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:15A
Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis law firm extends lease
The garage will be added to the Class A office complex by Parmenter Realty Partners, the Florida real estate company that owns and operates the high-profile property. Cassidy Turley broker Crews Johnston said most office vacancies downtown are
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:14A
Alcumus acquires Drury
THE Alcumus Group has bought Drury, a Yorkshire-based HR, employment law and health & safety outsourcing company. Established in 1991 and headquartered in Bradford, Drury provides advice and guidance on complex
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:14A
How much is a life worth?
Santa Banana, this brings to mind the personal injury lawsuit that jammed the US justice system. These are cases where burglars sue homeowners for accidents, morbidly overweight people sue food establishments for not having booths that would seat them
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:13A
Verdict expected soon in "Irvine 11" trial
Seven of the students are from UC Irvine and three are from UC Riverside. Charges against an eleventh defendant were dropped pending completion of community service. A verdict in this case is expected sometime this week.
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:13A
OMG PD: Would-Be Coach Forges FBI E-Mail
He also submitted a fake e-mail pretending to be the FBI. The man attended a few practices and was about to coach the team in its next game, when the authorities caught up to him. His rap sheet includes grand theft auto and fraudulently collecting
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:13A
Kosovo – EULEX 'overconcerned with stability'
It did so by preventing commercial traffic through the northern crossing points into Kosovo. No doubt, really, as UNSCR 1244 gives NATO no political role as peacekeepers – the political role belongs to UNMIK. KFOR is also acting politically,
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:12A
Court: Padilla sentence was too short
“The sentence imposed on Padilla should not be disturbed by this court, because doing so simply substitutes this court's sentencing judgment for that of the trial judge,” Barkett wrote. Padilla's attorney Michael Caruso said he would use Barkett's
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:12A
U.S. court rules against Chevron in Ecuador case
A US appeals court on Monday lifted a lower court's order that had blocked the Ecuadorans from collecting money in the long-running lawsuit. In February, a judge in Ecuador ruled that Chevron should pay to clean up contamination in the oil fields where
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:12A
Lawyers for ex-Secaucus mayor take poke at conviction by arguing federal
A jury convicted him of accepting a corrupt $10000 payment from federal informant Solomon Dwek in exchange for assisting Dwek with a purported real estate scheme. Elwell was acquitted of two extortion charges. The former mayor's attorneys argued
Updated: 09/20/2011 03:11A