On the Records: Fielding inquiries from city employees in need of guidance, the Conflicts of Interest Board’s legal arbiters consult the city charter and render their decisions.
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City Room: On the Records: N.Y.C. Conflicts Board Weighs In
Sylvia Robinson, who set up trail-blazing rap label Sugar Hill Records and was known as the mother of hip-hop, dies at the age of 75.
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Rap pioneer Sylvia Robinson dies
The SEC, which was accused this week of continuing to destroy investigative records in violation of federal law , on Wednesday directed its enforcement staff to stop purging the records at issue. SEC general counsel Mark D. Cahn sent a memo to staff members saying they should stop disposing of documents from closed cases until further notice. The action came one day after enforcement lawyer Darcy Flynn alleged that the SEC was routinely getting rid of records from formal investigations, including cases that were closed without enforcement action and those that led to either settlements or litigation with accused wrongdoers. Read full article > >
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SEC orders staff to stop destroying records
The husband of Viola Drath, a popular 91-year-old Georgetown socialite who was found slain in her home Friday, was taken into police custody Tuesday evening. The two had a tumultuous and sometimes violent relationship with her much younger husband, court documents show. Drath obtained several protective orders against Albrecht Gero Muth during their 21-year marriage, according to D.C. Superior Court records. In 2006, Drath told police that Muth had become violent during an argument, attacked her with a chair, sat on her and held her captive in her home, the records show. Drath was 86 at the time; Muth, 42. The case was dropped when Drath decided not to pursue it in court as the trial approached. Read full article > >
Microsoft has sold more than 10 million Kinect sensor systems since launch on 4 November and – according to Guinness World Records – is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record.
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Microsoft’s Kinect sensor system is the fastest-selling consumer electronics device on record, Guinness World Records says.
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Kinect ‘fastest-selling device’
On the Records: A cache of court documents opens a window into the state’s debt collection practices.
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City Room: Lifting the Veil on the Practice of Billing Patients Who Sue
Newcomer Trevor Bayne became the youngest-ever winner of the Daytona 500 on Sunday in a wild race that saw other records broken as well. Eight additional laps were added to the race due to crashes-including a 17-car pileup early on-and the lead changed…
The federal government is poised for the first time to make public thousands of complaints it receives each year about safety problems with various products, from power tools to piggy banks.
A new chapter in Sienna Miller-gate: Ian Edmondson, senior journalist and News of the World executive, was suspended for allegedly hacking into the actress’ phone. Documents now held in the High Court and other records found by police indicate that…
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News of the World Suspends Journo
A victory for hockey fans everywhere: A Saturday game between Michigan and Michigan State broke the all-time attendance for the sport, drawing 113,411 fans to Michigan Stadium. Representatives from Guinness World Records were on hand to certify the…
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Michigan Game Breaks Hockey Records
House and Senate candidates have already shattered fundraising records for a midterm election and are on their way to surpassing $2 billion in spending for the first time, according to new campaign finance data.
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Records broken for fundraising
Fifty percent more voters cast their ballots early in this year’s primary elections compared to the midterm primaries in 2006, USA Today reports. The newspaper reviewed the records of 13 states, and found that 6 million people voted early, 2 million…
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Early Voting Up 50 Percent
Scottish singer Susan Boyle has been given three different entries in the new Guinness World Records book.
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Susan Boyle enters Guinness World Record book
Pop stars Pixie Lott and Lady Gaga make their debut in the Guinness World Records for their musical achievements.
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Lott and Gaga break work records
City Room: Lifting the Veil on the Practice of Billing Patients Who Sue
Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
