| Governor To Announce Wastewater Response
BENTONVILLE -- Gov. Mike Beebe will respond to a $33 million request for a regional wastewater facility today, his office confirmed Tuesday.U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., will also attend the governor's announcement on the Northwest Arkansas Conservation Authority request at 10 a.m. at the Bentonville Public Library.The conservation authority is a coalition of Benton County towns that requested low-interest bond assistance for a regional center to eventually serve all the cities' wastewater needs.The authority has requested both state and federal aid for the project in recent months, noting that the group was encouraged to form and build the regional plant to help the local environment and ease an ongoing battle with Oklahoma over phosphorus levels in the Illinois River.The regional approach has been touted as better for the environment because fewer plants will have to be built and stricter standards for wastewater can be met on a regional basis.Without the funding to pay for the pipeline system for the four initial users of the regional plant, customers of the system will pay an estimated additional $252 per year for sewer service for the first five years and an estimated $192 per year for 10 years after that.
Lender faces class action suit
A St. Louis woman has filed a class action suit against Advance America, a major payday loan lender, accusing the company of predatory lending, according to a news release by Simon-Passanante P.C., a St. Louis law firm. The firm represents Cynthia Williams, the lead plaintiff, in this lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Cole County. .
Fried Frank Elects Nine New Partners
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that nine lawyers have been elected to the Firm's partnership. As of September 1, 2007, the new partners are Peter Guryan, Francois Hellot, Barbara Levy, Richard C. Park, Brian D. Pfeiffer, Tiffany Pollard, Damian P. Ridealgh, Joshua Wechsler, and Eli Weiss. In a joint statement, Valerie Ford Jacob, Fried Frank's Chairperson, and Justin Spendlove, Fried Frank's Managing Partner, stated, "We are very excited and proud to have these colleagues as partners of the Firm, and we look forward to their role in the continued growth and success of Fried Frank." Peter Guryan, an attorney in the Antitrust Department in the Firm's New York office, focuses his practice on antitrust counseling, government and regulatory review of mergers and acquisitions, and litigation.
New Zealand Stocks Advance
(RTTNews) - Tuesday, Wellington stocks were gaining, on reassurance that a global meltdown was not underway. The benchmark NZX 50 Index was adding 3.79 points or 0.09% to 4,073.95, while the NZX All Capital Index was advancing 2.77 points or 0.07% to 4,106.16. New Zealand retail sales for the second quarter declined a seasonally and inflation adjusted 0.6% from the prior quarter, the first decline in volumes since the December 2005 quarter. When just seasonally adjusted, sales for the June quarter were up 0.4% from the previous quarter. Seasonally adjusted retail sales for the month of June declined 0.4% on lower furniture and vehicle sales. Market heavyweight Telecom improved 0.23%, while Contact Energy declined 0.22% and Fletcher Building lost 0.25%. Telecom said on Monday that it would allow TelestraClear, a subsidiary of Australia's Telestra Corp., to offer a mobile phone service over its network.
FEMA to help trailer dwellers relocate
FEMA trailer dwellers concerned about formaldehyde fumes can request a new place to live without having to prove harm from the chemical or even that the chemical is present, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said Monday. "If people in trailers are feeling distress, if they feel unwell, if they simply feel anxiety or they want to get out of the travel trailer, FEMA will work to get them out of travel trailers," Chertoff said. "No ifs, ands or buts." Though he promised replacement housing, he didn't specify what type, and he also warned that finding alternate living arrangements might take time and require moving some distance from where a trailer now sits. "There's a limited amount of housing that's available in this area," he said.
4 Judge: Fen-Phen lawyers owe at least $62 million to former clients
Three attorneys accused of bilking their clients in a diet drug settlement must repay at least $62.1 million in settlement funds and interest, a judge ruled Friday.Special Judge William Wehr ordered William J. Gallion, 56, Shirley A. Cunningham Jr., 52, and Melbourne Mills Jr., 76, to repay $42 million taken from the settlement and $20.1 million in interest. Wehr said the interest was 8 percent over the six years the attorneys had the funds.The attorneys are being sued by about 400 former clients who claim the lawyers took too much money as part of a $200 million fen-phen settlement.Gallion and Cunningham own a 20 percent stake in Curlin, who won the second leg of the Triple Crown in May.A federal grand jury indicted the attorneys last month, charging them with conspiring to commit wire fraud in representing more than 400 people in a lawsuit over the diet drug.
Ft. Dix case going nowhere fast
A judge is adamant the trial of six men accused of plotting to attack soldiers at Fort Dix take place this year so the high-profile case can be resolved and the suspects, if they are not guilty, can get on with their lives. The lawyers for the men say they cannot move so fast. The reason: The government's voluminous evidence, much of which must be translated from Arabic and Albanian. In court Friday, U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler pushed back the start date of the trial from Oct. 9 to Nov. 5 and told defense lawyers he would authorize spending for more translators. Defense lawyers had asked that the trial be delayed until at least May 2008. The six men -- all foreign-born and in their 20s -- were arrested in May and accused of plotting a raid on the New Jersey military installation.
Man severely injured after flipping car on Interstate 79
A man was severely injured this morning when his car flipped into the median of Interstate 79. Several emergency crews were on the scene after a car bearing Ohio plates flipped out of the southbound lanes and into the median about 6:30 a.m. Northbound lanes were closed because of the wreck. The driver, in his early 30s, was pulled from his vehicle and was "semi-conscious," said Lt. Mike Oakley of the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department. .andersA { font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #AAAAAA; } .andersHighlight { font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: black; } .andersViewed { font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: #CCCCCC; } .andersThumbs { font-size:16px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; background: #e4e4e4; color: gray; margin: 10px; } .andersGallery { width: 470px; padding: 5px; margin: 9px 0px 9px 0px; background: white; text-align: center; float: left; border: 1px solid #666; } .andersPicture { max-height: {maxdepth}px; max-width: {maxwidth}px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background: white; float: none; text-align: center; border: 1px solid black; } .andersCaption { margin: 5px auto 0px auto; padding: 0px 9px 0px 9px; text-align: left; font-size:12px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; color: black; } .andersTitle { padding: 0px 9px 0px 9px; font-size:20px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; color: black; } .andersByline { padding: 0px 9px 0px 9px; font-size:10px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration: none; color: gray; text-align: right; } .hideme { display: none; } .
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