Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:54 PM EST
A wood pallet recycling company caught in a national crackdown on hiring illegal immigrants has agreed to pay a record sum of almost $21 million to settle charges lodged by federal prosecutors in upstate New York.
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Thu Oct 9, 2008 5:02 AM EDT
The U.S. financial meltdown is creating brighter job prospects for at least one occupation: tax collector.
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Tue Aug 12, 2008 12:19 AM EDT
The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found.
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Fri Aug 8, 2008 12:33 PM EDT
It's been a fixture on kitchen counters, refrigerator tops and junk drawers for decades.
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Sun Jul 20, 2008 5:15 PM EDT
Stethoscope? Check. Bandages and medications? Check. Money for fuel? Uh-oh.
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Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:21 PM EDT
Bob Lingyak's job is a lot easier these days.
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Wed May 7, 2008 10:21 AM EDT
As other cars zipped by at 70 mph or more, Mike Papin and his wife, Joann, kept rolling along just below the 65 mph limit as they made their way from their winter home in Florida to a summer place in Vermont.
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Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:19 PM EST
A 31-year-old man accused of killing three young people was depressed and had been drinking and smoking marijuana when he shot them in the head, police said.
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Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:59 PM EST
A utility should have been aware of unsafe conditions before an underground steam pipe exploded in New York City last summer, state regulators said Wednesday, and they might not allow the company to pass repair costs on to consumers.
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Fri Jan 4, 2008 7:42 PM EST
The New York Board of Elections on Friday gave a federal judge a timetable under which it plans to replace all of the state's lever-action voting machines by September 2009.
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