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Cheers and jeers
Even Nassau County, the cradle of public-employee largesse, has finally realized it can no longer afford to pay lifetime health benefits to employees who logged just one year of service on its payroll. The county legislature has increased to five years...Tags: Employees, Wages and Pensions
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Man caught in tornado: 'You name it and it was flying'
Sentinel Staff WriterJohn Spielman was sweeping water off his patio when a gust of wind pushed his gas grill against him -- sending both him and the grill flying. After being knocked backward into his Florida room, the 59-year-old looked up from the floor to see a spinning...Tags: Weather Reports, Hurricanes, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters, Tornadoes
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Keep an eye on baggage
Bob Pruett's Marshall football program violated NCAA rules. And his inadequate oversight was among the reasons. That is indisputable. The thorny issue surrounding Virginia's defensive coordinator and lead Peninsula recruiter is this: Did he as Marshall'...Tags: Al Groh, Fraud, Corporate Crime, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Colleges and Universities
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Ford workers catch glimpse of future cars
AP Auto WriterAs Ford Motor Co. faces perhaps the most difficult period in its 105-year history, the company is trying to boost employee confidence by showing them -- and letting them drive -- the vehicles it hopes will pull the storied automaker out of the financial...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing, Sales, Health and Safety at Work, Automotive Equipment, Employees
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Wording proposed for Michigan ballot measures
State election officials late Tuesday released their proposed 100-word statements of purpose for three ballot proposals targeting the November election. The Board of State Canvassers could vote on the ballot wording Thursday, while deciding whether the...Tags: Voting, Medical Research, Constitutional Issues, Medical Conditions, Reproduction
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Name confusion could delay your tax rebate
Didn't get your tax rebate yet? It could be your name. That's what Kassandra Palazzo discovered. Palazzo for seven years has filed a joint tax return with her husband, and the New York couple never had trouble getting their refunds. But when their...Tags: Family, State Budgets, Internal Revenue Service, Wages and Pensions, Personal Data Collection
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Sonia Gordon
Sun ReporterSonia Gordon, a Baltimore artist, educator and anti-war activist, died Saturday of respiratory failure at Roland Park Place. The former Mount Washington resident was 87. Sonia Wachovsky was born in Baltimore and raised in East Baltimore by her mother,...Tags: Judaism, Medical Conditions, Roland Park, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Colleges and Universities
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Savers taking a beating — quietly
Associated PressTwo giant mortgage companies get into hot water over risky investments. The government steps in to throw them a lifeline should they need it. Hundreds of thousands of Americans buy homes more expensive than they can afford. Congress approves a rescue...Tags: National Government, Government, Federal Reserve, Freddie Mac, University of Chicago
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Retirement Fire Claims Second Victim
A fire at a Vallejo retirement home last week has claimed a second life.
Officials say 74-year-old John Argente died Sunday from injuries suffered during the four-alarm fire at Casa de Vallejo.
The fire swept through the seven-story building Friday,...Tags: Fires
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Huntley-area teachers expected to vote Tuesday on contract proposal
Teachers are expected to vote Tuesday on a proposed contract that officials in Huntley Consolidated School District 158 say is their final offer. School board members made the offer during negotiations that ended early Monday. Officials said there is... -
McCain: No to storm fund; yes to NASA money
Sentinel Staff WritersWith Florida bracing for a potential hurricane, Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday that he sympathizes with homeowners battered by soaring insurance costs, but he was not prepared to endorse a national risk pool as a way to bring...Tags: NASA, Barack Obama, Defense, Charlie Crist, Elections
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Chance To Clean Up A Mess
We won't clean up the 300-year-old feed trough known as the Connecticut Probate Courts merely by appointing a new, squeaky-clean top judge. But Paul Knierim, the newly appointed administrator, could begin by pushing to end the jobs-for-junior-judges...Tags: Judges, Rick Green, Court Administration, East Haddam, Lawyers
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