Five years and a number of personal injury lawsuits and wrongful death lawsuits have passed since an apartment porch collapse accident killed 13 people on the city's north side. Porches are very popular in Chicago, often the focal point of
The investigation into the horrific semi truck accident at the CTA's Cermak red line stop last week continues. Currently, the Chicago Police Department is investigating the truck crash to determine if any foul pay was afoot, if the driver's fatigue
A Marysville, CA nursing home is facing a $100,000 fine from the State Department of Health and Human Services after an 84-year-old resident was found dead in May 2007, her head stuck between her bed and a bed rail. According
Based on what is working among organizations with the fewest data losses, the IT Policy Compliance Group report identifies several practices that can assist businesses with improving IT compliance results, reduce business downtime, and reduce data loss and theft. These
Driven by increasing regulatory scrutiny and the need to protect key corporate assets such as intellectual property, compliance and issues surrounding data leakage have risen to the top of the list of priorities for today s corporate executive.Federal US legislation
BURNED BY ENRONESQUE ACCOUNTING scandals, investors and governments are imposing rigorous reporting requirements to keep companies on the straight and narrow. These reactions are a symptom of a fundamental force in the economy: a crisis of trust among stakeholders of
One of the biggest challenges in continuity planning is identifying and protecting essential elements. An effective plan must be departmentally broad, and consider the needs of the entire enterprise. The goal is to understand what is critical, and to encompass
The recent news headlines related to subprime mortgage crisis, rogue traders, and corporate fraud have highlighted that despite investment in risk assessment and risk management disciplines, significant risk failures persist. While isolated incidents of one-time governance failures are bound to
Minnesota's drunk driving rate is the third highest in the nation, according to a recent government report. Midmorning explores the Midwest drinking culture and the role of DWI enforcement.
The 18-year-old student told police that two men confronted her in a stairwell and forced her into a restroom early Sunday, where one of them assaulted her.
A judge has refused to free a former1970s radical and longtime fugitive who was sent back to prisondays after state corrections officials released her by mistake.
Congolese officials and UN peacekeepers should take swift action to enforce the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against a rebel leader accused of forcibly conscripting child soldiers and of other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.
Over 200 MDC supporters arrested by the regime last week have been released without charge. However, the police are still holding three others on allegations of engaging in political violence.
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns raids by military intelligence personnel on the headquarters of the privately-owned fortnightly The Independent and the home of its publisher in Kampala on the 26 April, and the arrests of the publisher and two of
On Tuesday, 29 April 2008, the International Criminal Court (ICC) made public its case against Bosco Ntaganda for alleged crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is the fourth arrest warrant unsealed within the context of the
The stories of children who travel alone in Southern Africa tell of beatings at the hands of the authorities, of their possessions being taken, of forced labour, and their vulnerability to sexual abuse. But a new publication by Save the
MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti was set to address a closed-door session of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Tuesday, amid an escalation of attacks against party supporters by Zanu-PF militia.
Businessman Ayob Abdul Satar, owner of the now defunct foreign exchange bureau Unicambios, on Tuesday denied any involvement in the 1999 attempt to murder one of Mozambique's top lawyers, Albano Silva.
It has been reported that the group of 129 Zimbabwean exiles who were arrested during a demonstration at the Chinese Embassy in Pretoria on Friday, were separated and taken to various police stations.
