"For the good of the people of the state of Illinois and for the Democratic party, I will resign," an emotional Cohen told a crowd of supporters and reporters.
Click on the following for more details: Clout St: Pawnbroker says he's dropping out of race
Danica was born in Beloit and lived much of her life in Roscoe. She now lives with her husband, Paul Hospenthal (a physical therapist) in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Danica Patrick has run her first stock car race, and not only did she not embarrass herself or the sport, she came on strong, weathered a spin, and finished sixth.
Click on the following for more details: Danica Patrick rolls to sixth-place finish in first stock car race - From the Marbles - NASCAR Blog - Yahoo! Sports
As of today’s exchange rate, the cost of the explosion reported here is 103 million yen or $1.15 million.
The following footnote regarding 3rd Quarter Performance was noted on NDK’s recently released (2-5-2010) financial reports, available at: http://www.ndk.com/en/news/2010/index.html {see page 6}
Contingent liabilities
An explosion of an autoclave occurred at a plant of NDK Crystal, Inc. (IL, USA), our subsidiary company in December 2009. At present, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board is investigating the cause of the accident and our company is providing the Board with the full support so that the cause can be
determined as soon as possible. We posted 103 million yen, as extraordinary loss for the 3rd quarter which includes loss and damage in inventory and fixed assets caused by the accident. At this time, we do not know what, if any, additional
costs may be incurred as a result of the accident, and the actual results of this 3rd quarter period do not include any such additional costs.
[see page 4, Income Statement} “ Loss on disaster” - 103
Raging Grannies angry about pro-life Super Bowl ad. Apparently a pro-life ad was sold and will air on the super bowl but a pro-choice ad was refused by CBS executives.
Pro-life paid CBS $3 MILLIION—But CBS may cause pro-choice to receive even more millions in free advertizing from the rest of the media.
Mayor says people voted for pawnbroker, so politicians should let him stay…
"So anybody who's allegedly — who's arrested and the case is thrown out, should not run for public office. Is that right? You want that done? I'm just saying, it's a very complicated issue," Daley said after being asked about Cohen's past. "If I did that, you would write editorials that the mayor is a boss, he's a dictator. That he's telling people who got elected in the primary that they should not be going to the general election."
Click on the following for more details: Daley won't ask Scott Lee Cohen to bow out: Mayor says he was elected by voters - chicagotribune.com
free diabetes tests will be available at Walgreens stores in thousands of communities nationwide through Feb. 18.
Nearly 24 million Americans have diabetes, and an estimated 6 million or so are undiagnosed.
Click on the following for more details: Walgreens starts free diabetes tests today | Crain's Chicago Business
Illinois taxpayers spend more than $122 million a year to care for the mentally ill in privately run, for-profit nursing homes - a system largely rejected elsewhere over costs, concerns about residents' rights and quality of care.
And because the federal government won't match state payments to such facilities
Nearly 5,000 mentally ill people live in Illinois IMD nursing homes
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