April 20, 2011
Taco Bell declared victory Tuesday after an Alabama-based law firm dropped its class-action lawsuit that raised a beef with the meat filling served in the fast-food chain’s tacos and burritos. The two sides differed, though, on the result of the …
April 20, 2011
Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi say Florida won’t join a lawsuit against the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig that exploded a year ago, causing the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. They made the …
April 20, 2011
The wife of a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge has appealed a federal judge’s order that the couple must forfeit their home because some money used to buy it came from a $440,000 insurance fraud for which her husband is …
April 20, 2011
The last of four San Mateo County cities considering merging their fire departments has agreed to move forward with the plan. The Burlingame City Council on Monday voted in favor of creating a pilot program that would test the merger. …
April 20, 2011
Rimkus Consulting Group, a forensic engineering consulting firm in the U.S., has announced the creation of a Digital Forensics Division based in Houston, Texas. The new division, opened in 2010, will provide a full range of services in the electronic …
April 20, 2011
Up to a million private sector tenants with combined deposits worth up to a £1 Billion are believed to be missing out on deposit protection. The number of tenants who are exposed is set to grow rapidly as the rental …
April 20, 2011
Brooke Lee has been appointed the National Administrative Director of North American Restoration Dry Cleaners, an association of members with a focus on sharing the best practices in Customer Service, Management, and Marketing and Business procedures. Lee joined the team …
April 20, 2011
A federal team has been assigned to investigate a train accident in southwest Iowa that left two crew members dead, officials said Monday. A news release from the National Transportation Safety Board said Michael Flannigan, the lead NTSB investigator, will …
April 20, 2011
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued eight violations against a Tyson Foods Inc. meatpacking plant in Lexington. The federal agency on Monday cited the plant for one repeat and seven serious violations. They include failing to cover an …
April 20, 2011
A Florida man was sentenced Monday to three years in prison and ordered to help repay near $2 million for faking his death to collect life insurance proceeds. Forty-six-year-old Vij Misir had pleaded guilty in October to conspiracy to commit …