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Justices tap former aide for clerk of court
THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA has selected Therese "Tee" Barnes, a longtime judicial law clerk who has served two of its members, to be its next clerk of court.Barnes, 49, will replace Sherie M. Welch, the court's clerk since 1992 and one of its longest-serving clerks ever. The court announced Welch's retirement, effective at the end of July, in April.Bill gets to bottom of brownfield sites
Proposed legislation would streamline state law to spur the redevelopment of blighted, abandoned properties, perhaps leading to the creation of more mixed-use developments like Atlantic Station, according to supporters.But the same legislation also carries the risk of saddling contaminated property with legal language that could prevent the land from ever being fully cleaned of pollutants, two environmental groups say.Ex-American Home CEO settles with SEC for $2.45M
WASHINGTON AP - The former head of American Home Mortgage Investment Corp. has agreed to pay nearly $2.5 million to settle federal civil charges of accounting fraud and concealing the company's deteriorating finances as the subprime mortgage crisis hit in 2007.The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the settlement Tuesday with former American Home Chairman and Chief Executive Michael Strauss, the company's founder.Calif.'s Nazi loot recovery law fails again
Citing precedent, federal judge rules in suit to recover Pissarro painting that U.S. foreign policy pre-empts state lawLatest business trend could be gold mine or money pit
A SHOE MANUFACTURER, a former telephone company and a onetime shrimp farmer are among Asia's 10 best performing stocks this year. Their new focus: mining. Shares of Nority International Ltd., a Hong Kong shoemaker that last week bought a stake in an iron ore explorer, have soared 6,411 percent in 2007. Mongolia Energy Ltd.Calif. AG files charges against 5 in HP scandal
Group: South Florida top 'judicial hellhole'; Ill.'s Madison County falls from list
EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. AP - Ann Callis knows Madison County's court system has taken mighty public knocks from President Bush to a special-interest group.As the county's chief judge, Callis didn't let such image-tarnishing depictions drive the reforms she's pushed. She's got new proof that her changes are quelling the critics.Rescue plan sows seeds of new kind of capitalism
It is October 2017. The Bureau of Economic Analysis has just reported that the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1 percent in the third quarter. This is hailed as "very good news" by the president's economic advisers. And it is, relative to the past couple of years. Government spending, which accounted for 17.Too fat to kill Fla. man uses weight as a defense
TRENTON, N.J. AP - A Florida man accused of killing his son-in-law in New Jersey is arguing that he was unable to commit the crime because he was too fat.When Edward Ates takes the stand in his defense Wednesday, he's expected to tell jurors he wouldn't have had the energy needed to climb and descend the staircase where prosecutors say the killer was perched when he shot Paul Duncsak, a 40-year-old pharmaceutical executive, in 2006.Trending Stories
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