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Audit Finds UNCG Official Misused State Money (WGHP Greensboro)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) — A UNCG official violated state hiring policies and misused more than $431,000 in state money, according to a report from the state auditor s office released Thursday. The report claims the vice chancellor for Information Technology Services used $431,925 in state funds (including $212,000 in student fees) to bypass university policy and inappropriately hire a …

Roswell budget includes more money for police (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Roswell is proposing a $116.5 million city budget that includes more money for police and transportation but leaves tax rates unchanged. The proposal will be presented in a series of public meetings in June. The tax rate would remain at $5.657 for each $1,000 of assessed property value, if the council adopts the budget June 16. The average property tax bill in Roswell, for a $300,000 home, would …

Woman abducted, robbed of ATM money, assaulted (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By MITCH MITCHELL A 66-year-old woman’s house was burglarized early Friday after she was taken from her home, forced to withdraw money from her bank account and sexually assaulted. A man abducted the woman about 1:30 a.m. while she was outside her home in the 500 block of Elm Street, forced her into her vehicle and drove a few blocks to the Chase Bank at Border and Second streets. The woman was …

Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford received interest in property without investing money, later used land for collateral (Birmingham News)
Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford received an interest in a Hoover property without putting any money into the deal, land that he later said was collateral for $150,000 in loans Langford received from a lobbyist in 2003.

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Grandfather of soldier shot dead by Basra sniper asks Blair to donate after dinner speech money to Army charity (Evening Standard)

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Grandfather of soldier shot dead by Basra sniper asks Blair to donate after dinner speech money to Army charity (Evening Standard)
The grandfather of a soldier killed by sniper in Basra challenged former Prime Minister Tony Blair to donate money from one after dinner speech to an Armed Forces charity.

Marshall Loeb’s Daily Money Tip: How to find the right summer rental (Market Watch)
Summer is nearly here. And if you re planning on going on vacation during the next few months, one option you should consider is a rental home. Rental homes can be a great way to save money if you have a large group to chip in.

Your Money (The Jamaica Observer)
Research has shown that only about one per cent of the population achieves exceptional wealth. Is this because the other 99 per cent are missing some crucial information, such as an ancient guidebook on wealth creation? Is there a hidden secret to making money?

Former Dallas ISD official pleads guilty in money laundering, bribery case 3:49 PM CT (Dallas Morning News)
William Coleman, a former top Dallas ISD administrator indicted along with two others in a money laundering and bribery scheme, pleaded guilty this afternoon to one count of attempting to influence a grand jury.

Money may mar planned CME-Nymex marriage (Chicago Tribune)
Chicago-based CME Group Inc.’s quest to buy a prominent rival may have hit a wall as traders at the New York Mercantile Exchange seek bigger payout The $9.5 billion CME Group bid to acquire the New York Mercantile Exchange hinges on appeasing a group of disgruntled Nymex members who want more money and distrust their current leadership.

B.C. Lottery Corp. tackles money laundering at casinos (CBC)
The B.C. Lottery Corp. is reviewing its procedures to help prevent money laundering in casinos, according to the province’s solicitor general.

TV review: Finding lots of money but little to envy (Stuff)
There seems no end to the number of books, magazine articles and high-priced conferences offering the secrets to millionaire-ness, so it would have been futile to bait one’s breath for Prime’s Money Envy.

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May 27, 2008

Foundation raises money in wake of Summit Fire (San Jose Mercury News)

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Foundation raises money in wake of Summit Fire (San Jose Mercury News)
A 26-year-old community foundation is raising money to help mountain residents recover from the Summit Fire, which broke out Thursday and chewed through 4,270 acres of wildland.

Councilman pleads not guilty in drug money case (The Tennessean)
CHATTANOOGA Chattanooga City Councilman John "Duke" Franklin Jr. pleaded not guilty in a cocaine money laundering case and a federal judge set an Aug. 5 trial.

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May 25, 2008

Money no obstacle to Honda F1 success - CEO (F1-Live.com)

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Money no obstacle to Honda F1 success - CEO (F1-Live.com)
”But it’s not a problem that money can solve” The CEO of the Japanese automobile giant Honda Motor Company is determined the carmaker’s UK-based Formula One team ultimately succeeds…

RUSSIAN LEAGUE GIVING NHL RUN FOR ITS MONEY (New York Post)
THIS from an agent who represents an impending free agent who this week received a staggering offer from a team in the seriously emerging Russian Super League: "I’m telling you, it was for more money tax-free than he’ll be able to get here before…

Money restricts riverfront project (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
A city agency is pressing ahead with plans to redevelop several miles of New Orleans’ east bank wharves, but questions are growing about where it will find the money to carry out the nearly $300 million "Reinventing the Crescent" project.

All that’s needed to save hunting woes: time and money (Austin American-Statesman)
Time and money: give us enough of both and we could rule the world. Or, even better, just go hunting.

Money may buy happiness (or not): economists renew debate (AFP via Yahoo!7 News)
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The saying goes that money can’t buy happiness.

Kolhapur boy cons authorities to get money for NASA trip (IE via Yahoo! India News)
Parading as a deprived talent recognised by the NASA with a research scholarship, a class 12 boy in Kolhapur managed to hoodwink authorities to get money by producing fake documents, official sources said on Saturday.

Money-Saving LED Lighting Is a Tough Sell (US News & World Report)
Lights burn less money over their lifetime, but $40 or $100 is a stiff entry fee.

Money may buy happiness (or not): economists renew debate (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The saying goes that money can’t buy happiness. But inquiring economists have been working for decades trying to prove or disprove the notion.

USS Intrepid, war museum, faces new peril money (AP via Yahoo! News)
Once it was Japanese torpedoes and kamikaze suicide planes. Then, the threat of the wrecking ball. Now, it’s money or the lack of it that could imperil the future of the USS Intrepid.

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GOP can’t rely onmoneyadvantage now

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