I Don’t Care What The Law Says
Wal-mart sucks (via Obsidian Wings): A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank’s care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank’s former emplo
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by hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl
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by hilzoy Via Bitch Ph.D., the WSJ: "A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care. Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former empl
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Download | Play Download | Play (h/t Heather) All worthy choices for the GOLD as Keith explains, but Wal-Mart’s behavior to Debora Shank is unconscionable. Deborah Shank’s story would have been sad enough, considering the devastating injuries she suffered in a traffic accident seven years ago. Nevertheless, Wal-Mart found a way to add a brutal coda. Wal-Mart started out as one of the good guys in this story, paying almost $470,000 of her initial medical bills. But three years after Shank
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Community Calendar: 03/27/08 Mar 27, 2008 | Calendars, Community | 0 Comments Special Events UNC Friends of the Library Book Sale — Thu, Mar 27, 5-8pm: Friends of the Library preview; Fri, Mar 28, 9am-8pm: Public sale; Sat, Mar 29, 9am to noon: $3 per bag. American Legion Building, 1714 Legion Rd, Chapel Hill. Benefit the University Library Endowment. 962-4207 or www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/BookSale.html for more info. Fishy Fourth Friday — March 28, downtown Pittsboro. Art, food and a
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God Help Us, They're Learning... Posted by Jay Tea Published: Mar 29, 08 03:00 PM One of the hardest things for most people to grasp in the War On Terror is that we are dealing with a very clever, very adaptive enemy. No one strategy or plan is guaranteed to work, because they'll simply find a way around it. Victory will come not with the magic plan, but with us simply outlasting them and coming up with more plans than they can counter. And here's a bad sign: they're learning how to challen read
US Warplanes Widen Airstrikes in Iraq BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. jets widened the bombing of Basra on Saturday, dropping two precision-guided bombs on a suspected militia stronghold north of the city, British officials said. AP | March 29th, 2008 | Continued Breaking News #2 Sehwag hits fastest triple ton as India reaches 468 for one against SA A belligerent Virender Sehwag presided over a bowlers’ bloodbath and blasted an unbeatean 309 as India responded emphatically to South Africa’s massive read
We're heading to Mankato and Rochester this morning for a full day of convention speeches, door knocking and phone banking by Democrats in the First, though we'll probably take in some birding in the Minnesota River valley and Nicollet County's Swan Lake. The Austin edition of the Post Bulletin reports Walz frustrated with state of Veterans Affairs. From the sounds of it, the forum was well-attended: Veterans need to know they're going to be taken care of by their country, Walz said. But the read
Wisconsin Badgers (31-4) vs. Davidson Wildcats (28-6) When: 7:10, tonight Where: Detroit WISCONSIN BADGERS 1. Bo Ryan has written the book on the Swing Offense. Long before he was roaming the sidelines in as a head coach in Madison, Coach Ryan was perfecting his Swing Offense at D-III UW-Platteville, where he won four national titles and had two undefeated seasons. As a matter of fact, Ryan wrote the book on the Swing Offense. There is a video as well. Description for the video is as follow read
Sehwag hits fastest triple ton as India reaches 468 for one against SA A belligerent Virender Sehwag presided over a bowlers’ bloodbath and blasted an unbeatean 309 as India responded emphatically to South Africa’s massive first innings total in the first cricket Test in Chennai on Friday. Agencies | March 28th, 2008 | Continued Breaking News #2 Tibet Monks Disrupt Tour by Journalists A group of monks shouting there was no religious freedom disrupted a carefully orchestrated visit for fo read
