Archive for August 16th, 2009

Milwaukee mayor recovers from pipe attack at fair (AP)

Written by on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 in Latest News.

AP – Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was recovering Monday from wounds he received after a man beat him on the head with a pipe after the mayor tried to help a grandmother screaming for someone to call 911.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Reuters – Kenneth Feinberg, the Obama administration’s pay czar, said on Sunday he has broad and “binding” authority over executive compensation, including the ability to “claw back” money already paid, and he is weighing how and whether to use that power.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Crippling Bay Area rail strike averted (AP)

Written by on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 in 300835.

AP – A potentially crippling commuter rail strike in the San Francisco Bay Area was averted Sunday as management and unionists reached an agreement hours before a strike deadline, officials said.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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