September 27, 2013

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Law:

Layoff Watch: California Dreamin’ of Unemployment Benefits
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Start Date Watch: Who’s Late To The Party?
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Dewey's New York Landlord Sues 450 Former Partners
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What’s Cooking At Baker Botts?
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Will The Lateral Market’s Clouds Part in 2014?
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This State Bar Cares If Your Lawyer’s Skirt Is Too Short
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Hunton Mum on Whether Firm Lawyer is Alleged Tipsy Tipster
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S-- News
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Who Represents America's Biggest Companies 2013
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Rights Lawyer Allred Joins NY Bar: Business of Law
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Allen & Overy looks to deepen ties with global network through support services plan
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Law Schools: The Difficulty With Data
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Walker: Bramble Bush Revisited: Karl Llewellyn, the Great Depression, and the First Law School Crisis, 1929-1939
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Second-Tier Law Schools Shrink As They Stubbornly Keep Tuition High
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Five initiatives that legal education needs
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ABA Task Force on Future of Legal Education, Draft Report of September 20, 2013
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Consultant: Legal Ethics Rulemaking Outpaced By Technology
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Who Says Lawyers Can’t Be Geniuses? An Attorney Wins A MacArthur Genius Grant
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Corporate lawyer who released rap about securing first job returns with personal life-themed R&B follow-up
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Lawyer who did accounting work for Madoff clients is accused of fabricating records
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Apple's iOS 7 Is Making People Sick
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iPhone 5s Initial Impressions --- iPhone 5s review: Tomorrow's technology today --- The New iPhone 5S is Fast and Sharp --- iPhone 5s lives up to the hype --- Tim Cook interview --- Ive/Federighi interview
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The iPhone 5s: How Secure is the Touch ID?
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Linklaters lawyer quits to invent proofreading machine
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High School Teacher Who Raped A Student Released From Jail After Only 30 Days
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George Zimmerman's Wife Now Says She Doubts Her Husband's Innocence
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Why Women Leaders Face A 'Beauty Paradox'
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Minority CLOs Increase Slightly, More Female GCs in ‘Hard Hat’ Industries, Survey Finds
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Congress Unveils NSA Surveillance Bill --- A Newly Released Secret Opinion Shows Surveillance Courts Are Even Worse Than You Knew --- NSA: We Want Everyone's Phone Records Put 'Into A Lock Box' --- Official Sidesteps NSA, Cell Phones Questions
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College Student Survives Being Hit By A Train After She Was Pushed Onto The Tracks
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Prosecutors Charge 93-Year-Old Former Auschwitz Guard In 'Last Chance' Push For Justice
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9 unusual legal settlements (gallery)
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New Trial For Woman Who Got 20 Years For Firing Warning Shot At Allegedly Abusive Husband
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Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant For The Notorious 'White Widow'
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Potential Mass Shooting At McDonald's Averted When Gun Malfunctions
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Florida Group Gives Away Free Guns To Create 'Gun-Rich Zones'
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5 Compliance Lessons From Breaking Bad
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Naked lawyer shot with stun gun
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Coworkers Bail on Prof Who Will Only Teach "Serious Heterosexual Guys"
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Prosecutor’s nude photos ended up on Twitter; she blames prominent lawyer, her ex, in complaint
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Say What?!
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Judges:

Federal courts, DOJ ready for shutdown, but SCOTUS likely to stay open
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As the stomach turns and the Congress dithers . . .
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Pressure mounts on 'n****r' judge to be suspended
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Supreme Court Says It's Resigned to 'Linkrot'
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Inside The Crooked 'Courthouse Gang' Of Coal Country
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Bill to Control Job Outsourcing by California Courts Hits Gov's Desk
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Wall Street:

US stocks seen lower as budget fight weighs
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Stocks snap losing streak, close higher
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U.S. Stocks at Risk With Government Shutdown Looming
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Layoffs:

Jobless Claims Fall to Six Year Low
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Scary Predictions About Work
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Garrison Life Is Getting A Lot Worse For The Shrinking US Military
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After Just Four Weeks, The Homeless Man Learning To Code Has Almost Finished His First App
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National and State by State Unemployment Rates
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Animated Map of Unemployment
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Retailing:

JC Penney shares plummet on huge volume --- J.C. Penney Surges After Reiterating Improve Outlook --- Shares Whipsaw
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JCPenney Announces Equity Offer Hours After CEO Ullman Denies Need To Raise Capital
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Furniture:

Bankruptcy court trustee files objection over Furniture Brands breakup fee
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Aviation:

American Airlines sees jobs decline more than 7,000 since its bankruptcy
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New TWU president Harry Lombardo says union to win back members' trust
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Past airline mergers irrelevant in American case, Justice Department says
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U.S. says US Air, American should not get Justice Department documents
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Italy seeks deal with banks for Alitalia -report
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Bizarre Report Claims $26 Billion In Unclaimed Cash Left At Airport
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Fmr. TX surgeon sentenced in flight attendant assault
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Airline Co-Pilots Admit To Sleeping At The Same Time On A Long-Haul Flight
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Sales:

Houlihan Lokey to Double Team Focused on Illiquid Sales
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Museums:

Judge orders sale of slavery museum land
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Economy:

US Economy Grew at 2.5 Percent Rate in Spring
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Drop in Jobless Claims Boosts Americans' Confidence
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Europe Tops U.S. as Global Growth Locomotive
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Here's The Debt Ceiling Move The GOP Could Play To Really Box Obama In --- Republicans Finally Admit That The Fight Over The Debt Ceiling Has Nothing To Do With Debt
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House Debt-Cap Conditions Hit Resistance in Budget Fight
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GOP Lacks Votes for Obamacare, Debt Ceiling
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Boehner: House Won't Pass Clean Spending Bill
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Majority of Americans Favor Debt Default
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Lessons from the 1979 US Gov't Default
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Fed President Explains The Next Missile It Might Fire At The Economy
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Fed's George: delay in bond tapering could hurt Fed credibility
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Fed officials admit communication problems over taper
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Three Unlearned Lessons From the Financial Crisis
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At 77 He Prepares Burgers Earning in Week His Former Hourly Wage
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US Debt Clock
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Economic Indicators Dashboard
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Real Estate:

Mortgage rates dip as Fed holds stimulus steady
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Pending Sales of Existing Homes in U.S. Decreased 1.6% in August
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Citi agrees to $395mn payout to Freddie Mac
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Home Ownership: Greatest Lie Ever Sold
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Municipalities:

Detroit's Pension Madness
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Looting America's Pension Funds
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Detroit EM wants to pull trigger on pension-401(k) switch at end of year --- Proposes freezing contributions to Detroit's general pension fund --- Detroit Union Seeks to Revive '13th' Pension Check Policy --- Extra pension payments cost Detroit billions
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Bridge Magazine Poll: Detroit's hopeful about future, Duggan in driver's seat
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Judge rejects request by retiree committee to delay Detroit's bankruptcy
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White House expected to announce some new federal funds for Detroit --- US offers $300 million aid package to Detroit but no bailout
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Herd In Detroit - Council Member Wants Goats to Cut Grass in Detroit Vacant Lots
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Detroit's Pension Ponzi Scheme
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Detroit Union: Bring Back Our Pension Bonuses --- Report Says Detroit Pensioners Got Billions Extra, Helping Bankrupt The City
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Chicago Bears Biggest Pension Load of Debt-Laden Locales
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Stockton May Unveil Plan Including Cuts on $350 Million in Debt
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Missouri School Districts Verge on Bankruptcy After Ruling
(DBN)

Issue municipal bonds? No thanks, we’ll crowdfund instead
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Top 10 Cities Threatened With Disaster 
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SEC official says public pension disclosures remain under scrutiny
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Corporate Reform:

In JPMorgan Case, a Missed Opportunity to Charge Its Executives
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Autos:

Treasury Begins Final Sale of GM Shares
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JPMorgan Back at Chrysler Side After Being Burned in Bankruptcy
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Chrysler Files For IPO But It Might Only Be A Bargaining Tactic
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Chrysler's Owners Race for the Cliff
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Auto parts makers to plead guilty to US price fixing --- Parts suppliers fined, imprisoned
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Consider Passing on a Chrysler IPO
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Book Reviews:

Lubben on Corporate Finance
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Fraud:

$36 Million Collected For Victims Of Boy Band Impresario's Fraud
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An accountant connected to Madoff arrested
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Soccer:

Messi in Court Shows Tax Collectors Set to Pursue Star Athletes
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Corporate Governance:

Plain Vanilla Veil Piercing Still Alive and Well in New York
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The Sexiest CEOs
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Personal Finance:

How To Crowdfund Your Personal Life
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This Guy Managed To Cut $1,000 From His Household Expenses In 10 Weeks
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Stolen: Millions of Social Security Numbers
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Tech:

Bankruptcy judge approves Endicott sale --- Endicott Interconnect sells to Matthews' owned Integrian
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Gambling:

Caesars sweetens deal for bond, loan investors
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Alternative Energy:

Why the Suntech Bankruptcy Ruling Was Delayed
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Brand-New Polysilicon Factory to be Auctioned
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Infinia Corporation Implements Voluntary Chapter 11 Petition, Seeks Offers
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Debt Collection:

Debt collector accused of posing as law firm will pay $1M in first FTC case over texts
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Infrastructure:

Interstate Closed After Bridge Sags Over River In Wisconsin
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Telecoms:

Shareholders Sue Dish, Charlie Ergen Over $2.2 Billion Spectrum Bid
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For Dish's Ergen, It's Hip to Be LightSquared
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New Bankruptcy Opinions
(7 new opinions today - DBN)

Bankruptcy Court Web/Pacer Site Directory

Chapter 7, 12 & 13 Private Trustee Locator
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Recent Ch. 11 Filings (16 new filings today)
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Recent Ch. 11 Adversary Proceeding Filings (11 new filings today)
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Bankruptcy Code - Prior BK Codes - Bankruptcy Rules
(large downloads)

UCLA-LoPucki Bankruptcy Research Database
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Bankruptcy Jobs:

(1)- (2)- (3)- (4)- (5)- (6)- (7)- (8)- (9)- (10)
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Seminars - (Contact us to list your seminar)

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Bankruptcy Statistics:

Interactive Bankruptcy Statistics Map
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Miscellaneous:

Bill on Bankruptcy : Unprecedented Actions by Two District Judges
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Serial Filing:

Dex Media: A Rare 'Chapter 33' Bankruptcy In The Making
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Avoidance Actions:

Tribune State-Law Fraudulent Conveyance Litigation Update
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Recent Pleadings:

Cengage Judge Appoints Another Judge As Mediator
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Evidence:

Bernie Madoff’s Giant Screw: Is Photoshop A Proper Rule 403 Remedy?
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Litigation:

Mining for eDiscovery Sanctions
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Getting Discovery on a Plaintiff's Motive in Filing Suit
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Batteries:

Exide Seeks to Control Its Bankruptcy Case Through Mid-2014
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Non-Profits:

HandsOn Greater DC Cares files for bankruptcy
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Banking:

FDIC Renews Effort to Sue Auditors Over Colonial Bank Failure
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How The Internet Is Putting Banks Out of Business
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U.K. Prosecutors Said to Plan More Libor Charges in October
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JPMorgan's $11B Extortion? Dimon Should Take The Gov't To Court, Not Settle --- Lessons in Leadership from Jamie Dimon --- Dimon needs to stop settlement bleeding
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Is This Normal? Can I Get a Meeting with the Attorney General?
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Sovereigns:

Argentina Loses Bid to Toss Suit Over Assets at Central Bank (1)
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Mass Torts:

BP Spill Damaged Sea Floor Life for Miles
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Colo. farmers arrested in fatal listeria outbreak --- Little-used charges employed in listeria outbreak
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Hotels:

Trenton's City-Owned Hotel Files For Bankruptcy --- Owes more than $25M
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Firearms:

Creditors approve Airtronic USA's bankruptcy reorganization plan
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Opera:

New York City Opera to Begin Bankruptcy Proceeding If $7M Is Not Raised by Monday --- Will fat lady sing for NYC Opera? --- Bankruptcy After Years of Bungling
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Celebs:

Teresa and Joe Giudice Possible Prison Time: "Why Is this Happening?"
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Brown Hand doc doesn't dodge jail this time
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Media:

Tribune CEO orders $100 million in cuts: report
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Religion:

Facing auction, church throws a Hail Mary
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Food/Beverage:

Papa John's franchisee shutters 8 restaurants
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Judge OK's Aberdeen beef plant's credit request
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Michelin Presents The Best Cheap Eats In New York City
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UK:

UK second-quarter growth unrevised at 0.7%
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Farepak pot has £1m in it
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EU:

Euro-Area Economic Confidence Rises as Recovery Takes Hold
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PIIGS:

'Inch by inch' examination of Tom McFeely's former home
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Greece Plans Foreclosures to Meet Bailout Demands --- Greece does not need third bailout, seeks debt 'reprofiling' - Deputy PM
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Bailed-Out Nations Get Another Four Years of Merkel
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Canada:

Railway in Quebec crash allowed to operate until October 18
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CN to start service on major portion of bankrupt Kelowna Pacific Railway Ltd. rail lines after reaching agreements with bankruptcy trustee, customers and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference units
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Australia:

Insolvency expert's son held for fraud
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India:

Things Americans Should Know About India
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