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Negotiations at Summit DD board bring up issue of staff cuts
The Summit County Board of Developmental Disabilities notified its employees Tuesday about the possibility of staff cutbacks. Staff members received a letter saying that based on a preliminary analysis, the board might need to reduce its adult direct service staff by 49 employees. The issue came up during talks with...
ohio.com (23 minutes ago)
Brainerd City Council: Brainerd cleanup event costs estimated to be $500
Brainerd’s most recent spring cleanup had a price tag a mere fraction of the curbside event two years ago. The city hosted a curbside cleanup in 2011, but with such an overwhelming turnout of items left to be picked up, costs of recycling, dumping at the Crow Wing County landfill and city crew labor hours totaled...
brainerddispatch.com (24 minutes ago)
Salma Hayek: 'We Live In A Society That Is Very Harsh To Women'
It’s the summer of Salma Hayek! Or at least that’s how it’s panning out to be on newsstands. Less than a week after the Mexican actress was announced as InStyle magazine’s July cover girl, the star is now the face of Glamour magazine’s Summer edition of Glam Belleza Latina. Accompanied by actress Jessica Alba, also...
huffingtonpost.com (29 minutes ago)
Aiko Stevenson: Obama 2.0: The Climate Rescue Plan
Next month, Barack Obama is expected to unveil his widely anticipated climate rescue plan for stamping out that "dangerous carbon pollution that is threatening our planet." Speaking earlier this month, top White House climate aide Heather Zichal said: "In the coming weeks and months, you can expect to hear more from...
huffingtonpost.com (29 minutes ago)
Poll Reveals Broad Support For Treating Students As Well As Banks
A vast majority of voters want Congress to maintain the interest rates on federal student at their current level or lower them, a poll released Tuesday found. The poll, conducted June 11 and 12 by Public Policy Poling and commissioned by the liberal group MoveOn.org, shows 83 percent of respondents want to keep...
huffingtonpost.com (49 minutes ago)
Dedrick Muhammad: Workplace Discrimination
It's no secret that racial bias continues to impact the job market.Black unemployment is still double the national rate, and research has shown that, even when controlled for factors like education and experience, Black job seekers still face hiring discrimination. For example, one study by the National Bureau of...
huffingtonpost.com (49 minutes ago)
Urban Outfitters Retreats From Yet Another Controversy
After withstanding weeks of attacks over its prescription drug-themed products, Urban Outfitters will discontinue the controversial line, CNN reports. Consumer groups who had lobbied for the move were quick to applaud the decision. “On behalf of ... the families across the country affected by the issue of...
huffingtonpost.com (49 minutes ago)
Dem Rep: 'However Inarticulate, I Think Miss Utah Was On To Something'
While speaking on the House of Representatives floor Tuesday during debate on the 20-week abortion ban, Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) said Miss Utah Marisa Powell may have been on to something with her fumbled answer on income inequality. Speaking out against the Republican-backed abortion measure, Moore said that Miss...
huffingtonpost.com (49 minutes ago)
N.Y. to continue ban on MMA
Assembly Democrats on Tuesday knocked out plans to legalize mixed-martial arts in New York, saying there was insufficient support to bring the issue to a vote.
democratandchronicle.com (1 hour ago)
House approves bill enacting new abortion restrictions
WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives passed legislation Tuesday to enact new stringent restrictions on abortion, acting on an issue championed by social conservatives in the Republican majority and inviting a possible new challenge to constitutional abortion rights. The bill approved largely along party lines...
bangordailynews.com (1 hour ago)
Norway warns Odd Fellows Hall owner that he has 10 days to make repairs
NORWAY, Maine - The owner of the historic Odd Fellows Hall has been notified that he may face court action for failing to secure broken windows in his vacant downtown building that officials say now has become a safety issue. In a letter sent June 17 after two previous mailings ...
bangordailynews.com (1 hour ago)
Black Eagle man convicted for threatening deputies with spiked metal bat
A Cascade County jury on Tuesday convicted a Black Eagle man of two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon for confronting two sheriff's deputies with a metal baseball bat with nails duct taped to the end as authorities tried to issue him a court order in November.
greatfallstribune.com (1 hour ago)
House Votes to Put New Limits on Abortions
The Republican-led House voted to impose the strictest new limits on abortion in a decade, revisiting an issue that energizes the GOP's conservative base.
wsj.com (1 hour ago)
Labor not "serious" on Pearce ICAC call
THE NSW Opposition could refer Finance Minister Greg Pearce to ICAC themselves if they were serious about the issue, Premier Barry O'Farrell says.
news.com.au (1 hour ago)
Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit
(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Kodak said creditors agreed to backstop an offering that would let the Rochester, New...
yahoo.com (1 hour ago)
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. According to the Seattle Times, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer says United Flight 139 landed safely in Seattle shortly after 4 p.m....
foxnews.com (1 hour ago)
Row over Madras HC's ruling on live-in relations
The Madras high court did not issue a blank cheque when it said on Monday that marriage meant 'consummation of sexual interaction' between a man and woman of marriageable age, with or without the rituals.
indiatimes.com (2 hours ago)
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)
United 787 Heading to Tokyo Diverted to Seattle
Oil filter issue prompts United Airlines 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle
abcnews.com (2 hours ago)
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) - United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
yahoo.com (2 hours ago)
United 787 heading to Tokyo diverted to Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) -- United Airlines says an oil filter issue has prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 flying from Denver to Tokyo to divert to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....
ap.org (2 hours ago)
BESE takes up student transfers to improve school scores
A committee of Louisiana’s top school board Tuesday voted to study changes in how public schools are graded amid complaints that East Baton Rouge Parish school officials are transferring students to boost school scores. The issue already has sparked ...
theadvocate.com (2 hours ago)
Biden concedes W.H. gun push falters in Congress
The White House's public silence over the last two months has essentially ceded the issue to these outside groups.
politico.com (2 hours ago)
Antony underplays his ministry's rejection of General No.1 post
Antony, at a defence function in Pune, said the issue of creating a permanent CoSC chairman post was still at the discussion stage.
indiatimes.com (2 hours ago)
Denver-Tokyo United flight lands in Seattle
SEATTLE (AP) -- United Airlines says an oil filter issue prompted the crew of a Boeing 787 bound from Denver to Tokyo to divert late Tuesday afternoon to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport....
ap.org (2 hours ago)
Dreamliner Flight From Denver To Tokyo Flight Diverted
A United Airlines flight from Denver to Tokyo was diverted on Tuesday afternoon after pilots apparently noticed there was a technical issue with the plane.
cbslocal.com (3 hours ago)
Judge: Obama accidentally gave two military sexual assault defendants a safety hatch
Joel Gehrke Two service members charged with sexual assault cannot be kicked out of the military, even if they are convicted, because comments made by President Obama about the issue constitute “unlawful command influence,” according to a military judge in Hawaii. “A member of the public would not hear the...
washingtonexaminer.com (3 hours ago)
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guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Lawmakers: Property taxes a major issue in LIPA overhaul
ALBANY -- State senators said Tuesday that a single major issue stood in the way of passage of a revised bill to overhaul the Long Island Power Authority: a solution to the high property taxes LIPA pays for large power plants.
newsday.com (3 hours ago)
Jo Swinson proposes streamlined appeals system for businesses
The ability of big business to deploy armies of lawyers to prevent regulators from introducing consumer-friendly measures will be curbed under proposals published by the government on Wednesday. The Business minister, Jo Swinson, is proposing a streamlined appeals system for challenging decisions by the UK's...
guardian.co.uk (3 hours ago)
