Laval broke safety rules: Quebec - Montreal Gazette
Last winter’s snow clearing is costing Laval more than its residents might know. The city faces about $10,000 in fines and 10 charges of violating a provincial law that limits the number of consecutive hours truck drivers can work, The Gazette has

Hollywood has gone comics crazy - Calgary Sun
Today’s comics-to-movies boom has studios, producers and stars inking deals with lesser-known publishers in the hopes of making the next Wanted or Hellboy. Yet even by those standards, upstart Radical Publishing is a stand-out. The company, whose

Drug-ring bust nabs Canuck customs officer - Calgary Sun
MONTREAL — A Canadian customs officer was among eight people arrested in connection with an RCMP investigation into an alleged cross-border drug smuggling ring. Police claim James Munro, 26, took a $20,000 payment to ease the passage of several

RRSPs now safe if you go bankrupt - Toronto Sun
If you find yourself in financial trouble and have to declare bankruptcy, your registered retirement savings are now safe from your creditors. Recent amendments to Canada’s Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act now rule that for bankruptcies occurring after

Border guard charged after alleged plot to smuggle cocaine - Globe and Mail
MONTREAL The border guard’s alleged job in the smuggling ring was to just look the other way as the midnight shipment of Colombian cocaine slipped through his post into Canada. James Munro, a 26-year-old border agent posted to the Saint-Bernard

Missile launch crew falls asleep in North Dakota - Toledo Blade
WASHINGTON - Three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering a probe by military and National Security Agency experts, the Air Force said yesterday. The probe found

Verizon Wireless offers divestitures to buy Alltel - Forbes
Verizon Wireless has offered to sell cellular operations in North Dakota, South Dakota and parts of 16 other states to win regulatory approval of its proposed purchase of Alltel Corp. In a letter to the Federal Communications Commission, Verizon said

Missile crew slept holding code devices - Baltimore Sun
WASHINGTON Air Force officials say three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep while holding classified launch code devices this month, triggering an investigation by military and National Security Agency experts. The probe found

Employees sue Horizon’s Edge cruise line - Miami Herald
More than 70 former employees of Horizon’s Edge Casino Cruises filed a federal lawsuit this week against the company for failing to give 60 days notice before ceasing operations at Miami’s Bayfront Park in May. The employees are each seeking 60 days

Foreclosures Rise For Two Straight Years - ABC News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Friday. Home foreclosure

ACLU backs petition votes - San Francisco Gate
The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada says the state Supreme Court should let voters have their say on two initiative petitions seeking to divert Las Vegas convention authority room tax revenue to state needs, including education. The group is

Nevada’s fiscal woes among worst - San Francisco Gate
Nevada’s economic downturn now ranks as one of the worst among the 50 states, according to a National Conference of State Legislatures report. The report said tax revenue in Nevada fell by 7 percent in the fiscal year that ended June 30 compared with

U.S. Foreclosures Double as House Prices Decline (Update1) - Bloomberg
July 25 (Bloomberg) — U.S. foreclosure filings more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier as falling home prices left borrowers owing more on mortgages than their properties were worth. One in every 171 households was foreclosed on

Nevada Supreme Court says worker comp benefits can be paid in suicide - KTNV
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - In a precedent-setting case, the Nevada Supreme Court says worker comp benefits can go to families of people who kill themselves if an industrial accident broke down their “rational mental process” and left them suicidal. The

Baylor University regents oust former UNR president - Reno Gazette
The Baylor University Board of Regents ousted President John M. Lilley on Thursday, saying he was unable to unite the school’s students, faculty and administrators. Lilley served four years as president of the University of Nevada, Reno. Board

Foreclosure filings jump 121 percent - MSNBC
NEW YORK - Home foreclosure filings rose 14 percent in the second quarter, the eighth consecutive quarterly climb, and more than doubled from the same period a year-earlier, real estate data firm RealtyTrac said on Friday. Home foreclosure filings