Wal-Mart to pay $78.5 million for labor law violations
A Philadelphia jury found Wal-Mart Stores Inc. violated Pennsylvania labor laws by making employees work through rest breaks and off the clock. Plaintiffs seek an additional $62 million in damages for bad faith, with Judge Bernstein to rule soon. The jury awarded the amount requested, rejecting Wal-Mart’s defense that some workers chose to forgo breaks.
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Wal -Mart Stores Inc
Pennsylvania
Michael Donovan
Wal-Mart
Common Pleas
Mark Bernstein
Wal- Mart
Record Snowstorm Hits Buffalo Area With Power Loss
A severe early snowstorm paralyzed Buffalo and western New York, killing at least three people. Heavy wet snow toppled branches and power lines, leaving about 380000 homes without electricity. A regional state of emergency barred nonessential travel as downtown streets remained blanketed under up to two feet of snow.
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New York
Body of missing UVM student found in Vermont
The body of 21 year old University of Vermont senior Michelle Gardner Quinn was found along a rural road east of downtown Richmond near a swimming spot. Burlington Police Chief Thomas Tremblay said investigators were questioning 36 year old Richmond resident Brian Rooney who lent her his phone the night she vanished. Rooney was seen with her on Main Street at about 2 30 a.m. on surveillance footage from a jewelry store.
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University of Vermont
Michelle Gardner-Quinn
Richmond
Burlington
Thomas Tremblay Sai
Brian Rooney
Main Street
Rooney
Tremblay
Food stamp trafficking drops amid electronic delivery shift
Congressional investigators report trafficking of food stamp benefits remains but at lower levels after the transition from paper coupons to debit like cards. The GAO estimates about 240 million dollars a year still circulates, with small stores most involved and larger outlets far less. Senator Harkin praises progress and urges continued fraud elimination.
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Accountability Office
Iowa
Tom Harkin
House
Harkin
Mystery deepens over North Korea claimed nuclear blast
Air sampling off Korea found no radioactive particles from a successful explosion. U S officials say results don t prove a nuclear test occurred. Experts doubt a fake, while UN sanctions votes loom. Analysts warn prolonged uncertainty could prompt misperception and regional backlash. Seismic estimates vary from 500 tons to near Hiroshima scale.
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U.S
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United States
Hiroshima
Ney Pleads Guilty and Plans to Resign in Abramoff Probe
Ohio Republican Rep. Bob Ney pleaded guilty to conspiracy and making false statements in the Abramoff influence-peddling case. He said he will resign, while GOP leaders vow expulsion if he does not quit by Congress’ return after the November elections. Huvelle schedules sentencing for January 19.
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GOP
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Bob Ney
Jack Abramoff
Congress
Washington
Ellen ‘Segal Huvelle
Abramoff
Ohio
Justice Department
Bureau of Prisons
Huvelle
Alligators and wildlife flood New Orleans homes after Katrina
In the year since Katrina, alligators have been dragged from abandoned pools, foxes removed from the airport, and coyotes and armadillos seen in streets and yards. Opossums inhabit homes and gardens, snakes and brown widow spiders appear in suburban areas, and swarms of flies, roaches, and mosquitoes accompany a wildlife surge drawn by trash and shelter. Local wildlife removal experts report nonstop calls as the city adapts to unprecedented urban wildlife.
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New Orleans
Kenner
Cherry Robinson
Jayme Necaise
Audubon Nature Institute Insectarium
Rick Atkinson
U N Security Council to vote on North Korea sanctions
The Security Council plans a Saturday vote on a sanctions resolution after a compromise among the United States, Russia, and China. The draft avoids military action, limits a weapons embargo to major hardware, and permits cargo inspections to curb illicit nuclear or ballistic material flows. The passage notes no blanket ban on conventional weapons. The piece also mentions the funeral of Haidar Mazen in Najaf, Iraq.
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U.N. Security Council
North Korea
U.S
Russia
China
Gunmen kill and abduct women in Baghdad field
In a deadly attack south of Baghdad gunmen seized eight women and girls and held two teenagers, part of a sectarian surge against Shiites. Police say Sunnis aimed to intimidate residents as Iraq endures waves of violence. Nearby Duluiyah reported 14 found severely harmed from a group of 17 workers abducted while returning to Balad.
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Iriq
Iraq
Baghdad
Duluiyah
Balad
Bombing in Kandahar Kills 8 Civilians and 1 Soldier
A van packed with explosives rammed a NATO patrol in Kandahar’s Khojuk Baba Road. Eight Afghan civilians and one NATO soldier were killed, with another NATO soldier and eight civilians wounded as shops were wrecked and debris scattered. An anonymous NATO officer confirmed the attack on a convoy largely of US troops.
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Afghanistan
NATO
US S
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Cnto
Khojuk Baba
Palestinians clash with Israeli troops at Jerusalem barrier
Dozens of Palestinians clashed with Israeli troops near Jerusalem after being barred from entering to attend Ramadan services at the third holiest site. They used makeshift ladders to climb the West Bank barrier amid anger over its ongoing construction and restrictions around entering Jerusalem.
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Israel
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