Kathleen Blanco's administration to sell the remaining 40 percent of Louisiana's legal settlement with the tobacco industry continued its march toward approval on Friday, when a legislative panel signed off on the financing plan despite opposition from public health groups and the state's outside financial adviser. Kathleen Blanco's administration to sell the remaining 40 percent of Louisiana's legal settlement with the tobacco industry continued its march toward approval on Friday, when a...

Authorities who confiscated 155 boxes of cigars, cigarette tobacco and snuff from a Canton convenience store want to keep all the stuff. A winner-takes-all bid is open to other tobacco dealers in the state if a local judge grants the Ohio Department of Taxation s request. The stash includes enough cigar flavors to fill a fruit bowl with brands such as Phillies Blunt peach, berry, strawberry, honey berry, sour apple and pi a colada, peach and grape and banana cigarillos, as well as Swisher...

Home-based program helps parents prepare their children for school Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Jennifer Torres Record Staff Writer May 19, 2007 6:00 AM Alfredo's teacher visits on Thursday mornings with a bag of books, a stack of activities and insight to offer the 3-year-old's mother. Home-based program helps parents prepare their children for school Print this Article Email this Article Text Size: A . A . A By Jennifer Torres Record Staff Writer May 19,...

Phani Kumar Last Update: 9:41 PM ET May 20, 2007 MUMBAI (MarketWatch) -- The week of the monsoon rains' predicted arrival is here, and investors in several Indian industries will likely be hoping, along with millions of farmers, that the rain gods don't spring many negative surprises this year. Phani Kumar Last Update: 9:41 PM ET May 20, 2007 MUMBAI (MarketWatch) -- The week of the monsoon rains' predicted arrival is here, and investors in several Indian industries will likely be hoping,...

Ten percent would be set aside for health-related programs and the remainder would go toward the jail expansion and other Sheriff's Department facilities. Provided anticipated funding falls into place, El Dorado County officials expect to complete a $20 million jail expansion project by September 2009 and to open a new $24 million sheriff's administration building a year later. If the proceeds were not spent within three years of issuance, interest earned on the money would be subject to...