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Thursday, July 29, 2010Director of N.C.a s top law agency moves to new job As outside investigators continue looking into the State Bureau of Investigation's crime lab, the SBI director has moved to a new job within state government, North Carolina's attorney general said Thursday. Americans still confused about health reform Will the new health-reform legislation mean higher taxes for the middle class? Will panels decide what care very sick, older people should receive? Not sure? Join the crowd. A nonprofit environmental group has sued the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in "antimicrobial" soap and other personal care products. OSHA: Preliminary investigation finds 2 Illinois grain bin deaths, 1 injury were preventable A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third hospitalized could have been prevented and preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said Thursday. Gay employees are now entitled to unpaid leave to care for a partner's sick child. Labor policy changes you should know about Construction crews work at a site along Interstate 294 near Chicago. Recent developments in construction labor policy will change the labor practices of construction contractors who work on federal projects. OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable A grain bin accident that left two teenagers dead and a third hospitalized could have been prevented and preliminary investigations found one worker was underage and employees lacked safety equipment, a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration spokesman said Thursday. OSHA: 2 Illinois grain bin deaths were preventable The condition of a hospitalized grain bin worker who was injured in an accident that left two other employees dead has improved. Coal Mine Permits Await DEP Protocol Forty-four permits were being held up as of mid-July. That represents about a quarter of all pending coal mine water discharge permits. Citigroup paying $75-million to settle fraud charges Banking titan Citigroup Inc. is paying $75-million to settle civil charges that it misled investors about its potential losses from subprime mortgages as the housing bust hit in 2007. It's a TARP! Fin-Reg Exempts SEC from Transperency Requirements -- By: Daniel Foster "No one will know until this is actually in place how it works." With each passing day, Senator Dodd's appraisal of the Democrats' Fin-Reg bill get truer and truer. Financial 'Reform' Bill Has Provision Exempting SEC... Fox Business is reporting that the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill that President Obama signed recently includes a provision that exempts the Securities and Exchange Commission from responding to Freedom of Information Act requests. |
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