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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 top performers for the company. The event, at the St. Regis Resort and Spa at ... Full story

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 into the Roki Tunnel, which connects the republics of North and South Ossetia. "The Russians have ... Full story

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 rope around his neck and leg, then kicked by a settler as Israeli soldiers stood ... Full story

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 field found in the ocean contained fragments from the 26-foot boat Henry Sanchez was aboard ... Full story

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 she was in trouble because her handicapped son missed too many days at Robinswood Middle ... Full story

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 bailout package approved by the House on Friday and quickly signed by the president blocks ... Full story

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 to the Warren Township schoolteacher's home for a tryst brought an end to Vasquez's career ... Full story

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 his bar-hopping escapade on the upper East Side ended in gunplay, the police sources said. Hynes, ... Full story

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 in her late 50s who was nearing retirement, had become so frightened by the market's ... Full story

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 after he was acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles. Simpson and ... Full story