Judge reduces jury award in livestock case 9:58 AM By Russ Oechslin Journal correspondent 1 comment(s) . Share . Small . Large SPENCER, Iowa -- A Spencer attorney and his client are considering the alternatives of a recent order by District Court Judge Patrick Carr that calls for the reduction of a jury award and the possibility of a new trial. Judge reduces jury award in livestock case 9:58 AM By Russ Oechslin Journal correspondent 1 comment(s) . Share . Small . Large SPENCER, Iowa -- A...

That age-old admonition against casting "pearls before swine" was borne out in spades at the 2007 Miss Universe competition in Mexico earlier this week. Smith was booed repeatedly by the raucous thugs, providing a perfect rejoinder against George Bush's naive amnesty argument that goes something like this: America should grant amnesty to 12-30 million more Mexican illegal aliens because they have the same values as we Americans. Of Miss America and Mexican Boo-birds: Cast Not Pearls Before...

THE Solomon Islands earthquake and tsunami on April 2 destroyed or severely damaged more than 6000 hosues, the country's disaster management office says. BIRD flu has been spreading among ducklings in Vietnam's northern region this week, the government said, as the country also copes with its first confirmed human cases since November 2005. SIXTEEN people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a KLM passenger jet hit turbulence soon after take-off from a western Japan airport today, a...

After Tuesday's closing bell, Borders (BGP) posted yet another quarterly loss, reporting that its first-quarter deficit was nearly double that in per-share terms vs. Excluding legal and accounting expenses associated with the stock option investigation and the related restatement, among other items, earnings were $5. Chico's (CHS) is expected to report first-quarter earnings of 26 cents a share, according to a survey of analysts by Thomson Financial. The Minneapolis-based provider of...

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