Bellingham to get tough on parking scofflaws - Seattle Times
For years, the city of Bellingham has ticketed flagrant parking violators, added penalties and referred them to a collections agency when they refused to pay up. But they continue to park illegally downtown. One person has 110 tickets and owes the

Bounty put on escaped terror suspect - News.com.au
SINGAPORE announced a cash reward today of one million Singapore dollars ($757,908) for information leading to the recapture of an alleged extremist leader whose escape stunned the city-state. The bounty on Mas Selamat Kastari, who fled a detention

Morgan Stanley, Dresdner to Sell $7.6 Billion of HBOS (Update1) - Bloomberg
July 21 (Bloomberg) — Morgan Stanley and Dresdner Kleinwort Ltd. are selling 3.8 billion pounds ($7.6 billion) of HBOS Plc shares after 92 percent of investors shunned the U.K. bank’s rights offering. The two brokers are offering 1.38 billion shares

San Francisco to vote on prosecuting prostitutes - Miami Herald
A measure that aims to keep prostitutes from facing criminal charges has qualified for the November ballot in San Francisco. The measure would bar authorities from spending money to investigate or prosecute people for engaging in prostitution. The

Obama spends less in June, saves resources - Chicago Tribune
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama reversed a two month trend in June by raising more money and spending less, a tangible result of clinching the Democratic nomination. Obama continued to raise money for the primary stage of the election, a noteworthy showing

SNAPSHOT-Indian stocks, gold, bonds, rupee, money at 3 p.m. - Reuters India
The 2018 bond yield at 9.06 percent from its previous close of 9.09 percent, as soft oil prices raised expectations of slowing inflation, but tight cash conditions in the money market and political uncertainties weighed on sentiment

Bloom’s off the brick row house - Boston Globe
Jonny Moore’s fantasy about living in Boston involved stepping out the wide door of an elegant brownstone and on to a picturesque, tree-lined street. When his employer transferred him here from Dallas, Moore followed his real estate agent up the

Unveiling of benefit changes scheme - Croydon Guardian
Radical plans to get hundreds of thousands of people off benefits and into work are being launched by the Government. The controversial reforms were hailed by Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell as the biggest shake-up of the modern welfare

HBOS Investors Shun Rights Offer; Banks Seek Buyers (Update3) - Bloomberg
July 21 (Bloomberg) — HBOS Plc , the U.K.’s biggest mortgage lender, said 92 percent of shareholders passed on buying stock in its rights offering, leaving underwriters seeking buyers for 3.8 billion pounds ($7.6 billion) of shares. Investors purchased

Talking Shop: Theo Paphitis - BBC Entertainment
The series enables people with ideas to pitch to the panel, in a bid to win financial backing from at least one of them. The Cypriot-born businessman, who is chairman of stationary chain Ryman and a former chairman of football club Millwall, reveals

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