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Fewer students apply to top schools
Fewer people applied to law schools for the upcoming academic year, and the number of minority enrollments dropped, according to information released by 19 of the country's top schools.Benefits Reinstated for Teacher Bitten While Breaking Up Fight
A Pennsylvania appellate court panel has ordered reinstated the benefits originally awarded to a Philadelphia schoolteacher who said she suffered psychologically after she was bitten on the arm while breaking up a fight between two fourth-graders. A workers' compensation judge awarded Bartholetti lost wages and medical benefits, but the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed the wages award. A Commonwealth Court panel reinstated the benefits, ruling that the teacher had "shouldered her burden."
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Tell legislators, to support term-limits or leave now
The public is mad as hell at Washington: at the corruption, the underhanded deals, the earmarks, the sense of entitlement that comes with lifetime employment. If we don't want to take it anymore, we can do something about it. We the people of the United States need to make clear to our representatives in Congress, or their challengers, that our vote in November is contingent on what's-his-name's support for term limits.
Pa. Judge Rules Out Punitive Award in Prempro Case
A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that punitive damages may not be assessed against Wyeth following a $1.5 million jury verdict against the company earlier this week. The plaintiffs, a married couple, alleged that use of the hormone drug Prempro led to the woman's breast cancer. The jurors' verdict found Wyeth's conduct to be "malicious, wanton, willful, or oppressive, or showed reckless indifference," but the judge ruled the evidence at trial was insufficient to justify a punitive damage award.
$5 million granted to Royal Palm Beach hotel owner
Paradise Bank made the $5 million loan on the 162-room hotel built in 1958 on 6.62 acresInsider Trading Rules About to Change
Starting Oct. 23, a little-noticed Securities and Exchange Commission rule will permit employees to legally trade their company's shares even if they are aware of material inside information. The catch: Trades must be made under a written plan created before the insider knew of the stock-sensitive development. The rule could be a boon for corporate executives and employees of smaller companies.Trending Stories
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