Judge rejects challenge to $9 Billion Actos verdict
Posted by Law.com – Newswire on Aug 29, 2014 in Legal News A federal judge on Thursday refused to toss out a $9 billion verdict in the first federal bellwether trial over claims that taking Actos increased the risk of…
Alleged ‘Atomic Spy,’ 98 [year old woman], seeks exoneration
By Dan Mccue From Court House News Service MANHATTAN (CN) – A 98-year-old woman this week asked a federal judge to vacate her McCarthy-era conviction on an atomic espionage charge, claiming recently released documents show the government knew the testimony…
LIAT’s Evans offers advice…
By Vernon Khelawan From Trinidad & Tobago Newsday LIAT’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David Evans took time off from running the airline to offer some advice to Caribbean leaders about solving the perennial problem of air connectivity in the region…
Vampire Ball at Cayman Islands Rugby Club/ Summer Mixed Touch Rugby League
Get your tickets to the Elite Marble & Granite International Women’s sevens and the official after party Vampire Ball, at the Rugby Club. Limited quantities available. $75 each. This includes entry to the sevens, Vampire Ball All U can drink…
Guyana: GFF names 18-man squad for Caribbean Cup qualifiers
From GuyanaTimes The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) on Friday announced an 18-man squad to represent Guyana at the Caribbean Cup qualifiers early next month, focussing primarily on locally based players. The Guyanese, drawn in Group Six, are down to face…
Don’t be distracted by the Sharks. Look for the Snails!
By IBM From CIO Protect against high-profile, low-risk threats—the sharks—and the really dangerous ones with IBM Endpoint Manager Shark Week is really a genius idea. Shark Week is an annual event on The Discovery Channel of nothing but shark-related programming,…
As planet warms, 20 coral species added to endangered species list
By Becky Oskin, LiveScience Senior Writer From The Christian Science Monitor The US government listed 20 new corals as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, bringing the total number of threatened coral species to 22. A tenfold increase in the…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartooni “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Labor Day hurricane/JW Marriott’s 1st Caribbean hotel
Caribbean convection & Labor Day Hurricane. History of the Bonus Army & the Vets washed out to Sea.. From BobbiStorm From Hurricane Harbor Friday, August 29, 2014 In the Gulf of Mexico there is a large area of convection that…
Ferguson police drove over a Michael Brown Memorial after their dogs peed on it
By Joe Coscarelli from new York Mag By now the image of 18-year-old Michael Brown’s dead body lying in a Ferguson street for four hours under the summer sun is well known, if no easier to stomach. Invoking the American…