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Company Says "Standard Practice in Our Industry" to Reward Top Performers By JOSEPH RHEE Oct. 8, 2008 The CEO of the giant AIG Insurance Company, Edward Liddy, today defended spending $440,000 on a retreat at a luxurious California resort as "standard practice in our industry" because it rewarded independent insurance agents who were ...

The War With Georgia Has Many Calling for North and South Ossetia to Unite By FRED WEIR VLADIKAVKAZ, Russia, Oct. 4, 2008 Boris Samoyev, a driver from war-torn South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali, pulls his car over to allow a convoy of Russian military trucks to roll past. The trucks are heading south ...

Militant Jews living near outposts increasing attacks on Palestinians By Joel Greenberg | Chicago Tribune correspondent October 5, 2008 SAMUA, West Bank — Midhat Abu Karsh, a teacher in this Palestinian village, got down on the floor to demonstrate how he had been tied to a telephone pole by militant Jewish settlers, a ...

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON |  Associated Press Writer 11:13 PM EDT, October 3, 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) _ The brother of Congresswomen Loretta and Linda Sanchez and his girlfriend were missing Friday after their boat was apparently destroyed, possibly in a collision with a barge outside the nation's largest port complex. A debris ...

Amanda Welch |  Sentinel Staff Writer October 4, 2008 Elaine Edwards had one question for the Orange County deputy sheriffs who came to arrest her last month: "What for?" Deputies told the 41-year-old single mother they had a warrant for her arrest but didn't say — and they didn't have to — that ...

Although Bush has opposed such hikes, bailout will block any cuts By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau Oct. 3, 2008, 10:55PM WASHINGTON — President Bush has long opposed singling out oil and gas companies for higher taxes. But he has signed a bill into law that will do just that. The massive financial ...

Ex-Warren Township educator must register as sex offender, spend 4 years on probation By Jon Murray Posted: October 4, 2008 The 15-year-old boy's foster parents noticed improved study skills, better behavior and a more positive attitude during the few months he worked with Sheila Vasquez. But in May, the discovery of a field trip ...

BY ALISON GENDAR, MIKE JACCARINO and TRACY CONNOR DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Friday, October 3rd 2008, 10:49 PM Hours after accompanying Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to a midtown party, an NYPD sergeant went on a drunken rampage and shot up a cash machine, sources said. Sgt. John Hynes, 35, was arrested and suspended after ...

Huge swings force some to sidelines By Walter Hamilton, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 4, 2008 Less than an hour after the stock market closed Monday with a record 777-point drubbing in the Dow Jones industrial average, financial planner Mark Wilson got an anguished call from a longtime client. The client, a woman ...

The former football star is convicted on all counts, including robbery and kidnapping. He'll be sentenced Dec. 5. By Ashley Powers, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer October 4, 2008 LAS VEGAS -- las vegas -- A jury convicted O.J. Simpson of armed robbery and kidnapping late Friday night, 13 years to the day ...