Word: sues
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Associated Press writers Allen G. Breed, Vicki Smith, Sue Lindsey and Justin Pope in Blacksburg, Va., Matt Barakat in Richmond, Va., and Colleen Long and Tom Hays in New York contributed to this report...
...inevitability of death. Vonnegut - who died Wednesday night at the age of 84 from injuries suffered in a fall - had the Tralfamadorian attitude. "I've been smoking Pall Mall unfiltered cigarettes since I was 12 or 14," he told Rolling Stone last year. "So I'm going to sue the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, who manufactured them. And do you know why? Because I'm 83 years old. The lying bastards! On the package Brown & Williamson promised to kill...
...know Kevin Costner had a band? Probably not. That's why Costner is suing his music promoter for, well, nonpromotion. "The lawsuit should have profound implications ... leaving promoters leery of ever taking on another [celebrity band]," notes blogsite DEFAMER, "lest Richard Gere and the Dolly Llamas sue them." SCORE...
...lenders, Citibank this month became the first student loan provider to adopt this code of conduct, which also expressly bans revenue-sharing arrangements in which lenders route a percentage of student-loan revenue back to the schools that steered them the business. Cuomo announced last month his intention to sue Education Finance Partners for paying schools to include it on their list of preferred lenders. Since then, several universities have agreed to adhere to Cuomo's code and also to reimburse students nearly $3.3 million gleaned from revenue-sharing...
...first instinct we have when we see or hear something disturbing is to talk about it with someone, but jurors are told not to do that," says Sue Covey, an employee assistance manager with APS Healthcare, who helped King County set up its debriefing system. Jurors who have suffered through the silence often have post-traumatic stress symptoms, nightmares and dreams, spontaneous crying and depression, even thoughts of suicide. Recognizing those symptoms and being told where to seek help is vital, Covey said...