Freedom Industries seeks sale of Nitro assets to Lexycon LLC
Freedom Industries asks courts for permission to sell chemicals and property at its Nitro site to Lexycon LLC, a Florida firm tied to former executives. The deal, valued at 575000 dollars, aims to avoid 40 day shutdowns and save 387000 in net costs while investigators dismantle tanks for evidence. Dozens of creditors remain frozen as bankruptcy proceedings continue.
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Freedom Industries
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Lexycon LLC
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Florida
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Kentucky
Gary Southern
Southern
David Carson
Carson
Dear LLC
Indiana
DC tourism sets 2013 record despite shutdown
Destination DC reports Washington welcomed over 17.4 million U S visitors in 2013, a 3.1 percent rise from 2012, with $6.7 billion in spending up nearly 8 percent. Mayor Gray notes tourism supported about 76,000 jobs as winter weather and closures challenged operations but not demand.
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Destination
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Virginia man extradited in slayings probe faces weapons charge
Ashburn man Charles Severance 53 appeared in Loudoun County court on a felony illegal firearms charge unrelated to three unsolved Alexandria killings. Public defender Ed Ungvarsky argued the case is a pretext to hold Severance for Alexandria’s probe. prosecutors questioned the defender’s involvement. A June 18 preliminary hearing on the weapons count was set, while police consider Severance a possible interview subject in the Lodato Kirby and Dunning killings. Authorities noted Severance’s resemblance to an artists sketch but have not named him a suspect.
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Alexandria
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Plowman
Ungvarsky
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Ronald Kirby
Nancy Dunning
James Dunning
Bond
Virginia
Supreme Court
McDonnell defense argues high court rulings narrow corruption
In Richmond AP report, McDonnell lawyers say McCutcheon and Citizens United narrow the definition of corruption, undermining the government’s case over gifts and loans from Jonnie Williams. They contend official acts and public benefits aren’t enough to prove quid pro quo bribery. Prosecution counters that gifts and loans were not campaign contributions but graft. Defense seeks more juror challenges amid pretrial publicity.
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Virginia
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FEC
Citizens United
High Court
Maureen
Jonnie Williams
Star Scientific Inc
McDonnells
Star Scientific
Williams
Anatabloc
Dants
Barry Pollack
Washington
Pollack
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