Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Childhood favorite wins cookie contest (Fond du Lac Reporter)
Lori Hewitt of Eden probably has a lot of reasons to thank her mom. But on Sunday, Moms Super Soft Chocolate Chip Cookies helped Hewitt win the top prize in the second annual Festival Foods Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Contest, which took place during Chocolate Fantasy at Moraine Park Technical College.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Asbestos â new legal hope for South Cumbrian workersâ claims (North-West Evening Mail)
A UNION boss hopes a legal case in Scotland might help restore the right to damages for Furness shipyard and industrial workers whose lungs were scarred by workplace asbestos.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Mayo Clinic Raises $1.35 Billion in First-Ever Comprehensive Philanthropy Campaign (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
ROCHESTER, Minn.----Mayo Clinic announced today that it raised $1.35 billion in its first comprehensive fundraising campaign, surpassing the goal of $1.25 billion.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Court Rejects Claim That Firm Practiced 'Judicially Sanctioned Extortion' (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance)
A California appeals court has ruled that leading asbestos litigation firm Waters & Kraus did not engage in "judicially sanctioned extortion," as a Los Angeles trial judge contended when finding the firm intentionally re-filed a case in California as a means of forcing a settlement.
