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Consumers spend and earn more, layoffs slow
WASHINGTON AP - Americans earned more and spent more last month, and the number of people applying for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in more than two years. At the same time, demand for long-lasting manufactured goods fell off.All told, the latest government data released the day before Thanksgiving suggest an improving picture of the economy.Coke Puts GC Back in the Bottle
Coke puts GC back in the bottle ... Med-mal boutique mired in long, nasty goodbye ... Thou shalt not covet Alabama's legal tab ... Nothing crazy about psychiatric holdingsIll. governor expected to name Obama replacement
CHICAGO AP - Embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich is expected to name former Illinois attorney general Roland Burris to President-elect Barack Obama's vacated Senate seat.State Senate President Emil Jones said Tuesday that Burris told him about the appointment. Burris did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.Bush Picks Judge Chertoff as Homeland Security Chief
President Bush on Tuesday chose 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Michael Chertoff to be his new Homeland Security chief. Chertoff headed the Justice Department's criminal division from 2001 to 2003, where he played a central role in the nation's legal response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Chertoff is the president's second pick for the job. Former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik withdrew as nominee last month, citing immigration problems with a family housekeeper.
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What Does Miers' Withdrawal Mean for Future Nominees?
The failed Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers was, in the words of one legal scholar, the perfect storm: the convergence of a bad nomination, a weakened president and an infuriated political base. A president's withdrawal of a Supreme Court nomination is an "extraordinary act," notes one professor. And now scholars and others are wondering how the judicial confirmation process itself will weather this particular storm.
House, Senate property insurance bills differ
As the House prepares to vote today on a property insurance bill that seeks to address what insurers say plagues the industry - from re-opened hurricane claims years after a storm to questionable sinkholes - the issue may be up against the legislative clock.States Are Looking for New Ways To Gauge Judges' Performance
As public interest in judges' professional performance grows, states' use of judicial performance evaluations has been on the rise.Conviction Affirmed in Theft From Mayor
Haggerty was sentenced to an aggregate prison term of 1 1/3 years and ordered to pay $750,000 in restitution in December 2011.Trending Stories
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