Groups say Fla. voting still too difficult
June 30th, 2009
Florida .They say registration forms are too complicated and early voting hours too short. They also object to provisional ballots for voters who go to the wrong precinct.The groups, including the
Healthcare group eyes fees on small Florida tobacco companies
June 29th, 2009
As the nation's largest cigarette makers battle upstart companies that sell smokes for half the price of older brands in Florida, a new combatant with a singularly sympathetic agenda has entered the fray: mothers and babies.
UCF suspends fraternity over booze, sex allegations
June 28th, 2009
The University of Central Florida suspended the Beta Theta Pi fraternity for two years Tuesday amid allegations of alcohol-related and sexual misconduct by some of its members during a trip to Ohio last year.
Utah woman sues TSA over wage discrimination
June 27th, 2009
A Bountiful woman could be one of the first in the country to act on a new law on wage discrimination.
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June 26th, 2009
… of being a trial lawyer, but every time he approaches a scenario it’s as an adversary.” Senator Hollis French (D-Anchorage), a Gara supporter, says, “All I’d do is look at who [Gara's] doing battle with. He was doing battle with guys on the take …
Albany Public Works wants piece of financial pie
June 25th, 2009
Albany Public Works is getting in line to get some federal money from a proposed economic stimulus plan.
Rural towns in four counties lose Windstream phone service
June 24th, 2009
About 15,000 Windstream customers in four southeast Nebraska counties lost their telephone service, including cell phone a… (6 comments)
Beware Travelers: Parking Tickets Gifted to Cars in the FlyAway Parking Lot
June 23rd, 2009
One LAist reader has a travel warning for you that could put a frown on your face once you return from the Thanksgiving holiday (or any trip from that matter). Here’s what they had to say:
Parking enforcement officers are now patrolling around the FlyAway parking structures and giving parking citations (mostly for cars without [...]
Disconnected: Phones down in Plainville
June 22nd, 2009
PLAINVILLE, Mass. — Telephone service has been down since Friday for more than 1,800 customers, including the town’s police and fire departments.
Kaimuki resident among 4 students killed in Calif. crash
June 21st, 2009
A 22-year-old Kaimuki resident was one of four Pacific Union College students killed in a motor vehicle accident Saturday night, the school’s Web site reports. The California Highway Patrol confirmed that four students from Pacific Union died after their car skidded into oncoming traffic on a two-lane Napa Valley highway.