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UPDATE: Spanky Macher sentenced to 30 months in prison
Roanoke businessman Roland "Spanky" Macher was sentenced to 30 months in prison this morning but will get credit for time served. His attorney believes Macher will end up serving about two years in a federal prison. When Macher gets out of prison, he...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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UPDATED: Spanky Macher pleads guilty to federal charges
Roland "Spanky" Macher pleaded guilty Monday to federal fraud and tax evasion charges. Macher faces up to 30 years in prison when he's sentenced in June.
According to the United States Attorney's office, Macher pleaded guilty to one count of tax...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Court Preliminary
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Spanky Macher charged with fraud
An embattled Roanoke businessman is now in even more trouble with the law.
Roland "Spanky" Macher was charged with food stamp fraud in a federal indictment on Thursday.
The indictment says the former restauranteur falsified applications to obtain more...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Financially Distressed Companies, Crimes
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LAPD reviewing Manson follower tapes in hunt for new clues
After a lengthy battle, Los Angeles Police Department detectives and prosecutors have decades-old audiotapes that could shed new light on other cases potentially connected to the Charles Manson killing spree. LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith said the department'...Tags: Scientology, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Judges, Prosecution
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Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker -sources
Reuters* One of two competing offers in play * Fisker cofounder teams up with investors trying to buy U.S. loan * Group may offer between $25 mln and $30 mln for loan * Sources caution figures are changing, on the rise * DOE considering ramifications of...Tags: Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Vehicles
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Henrik Fisker joins Hong Kong tycoon to salvage Fisker: sources
ReutersDETROIT/BEIJING (Reuters) - Henrik Fisker is working with an investor group to salvage Fisker Automotive, the "green" car company he co-founded nearly six years ago that is now struggling to stave off bankruptcy, people familiar with the matter said...Tags: Passenger Cars, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Vehicles
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Battling a Motion to Strip or Motion to Value in Bankruptcy Court
Blog Sponsored by Taylor & Carls, P.A. The association has finally obtained its foreclosure judgment for nonpayment of assessments. A sale date has been set. Then, the owner files bankruptcy. What does the association then do? Historically, and...Tags: Tampa, Financial and Business Services, Orlando, Financially Distressed Companies, St. Petersburg (Pinellas, Florida)
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U.S. Justice Dept opposes AMR's $20 mln severance for CEO Horton
Reuters* Says severance payment violates bankruptcy law * Horton's proposed severance has been controversial By Nick Brown May 24 (Reuters) - A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from...Tags: American Airlines, Inc., Air Transportation Industry, Manhattan (New York City), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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Justice Department opposes AMR's $20 million severance for CEO Horton
Reuters(Reuters) - A plan by American Airlines' parent to exit bankruptcy and merge with US Airways Group is coming under fire from the U.S. Department of Justice over nearly $20 million in severance pay earmarked for outgoing boss Tom Horton. In court papers...Tags: Air Transportation Industry, American Airlines, Inc., Manhattan (New York City), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Restructuring and Recapitalization
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Christian Brothers settle suit with 400 sex abuse victims
The Roman Catholic religious order that runs Brother Rice High School in Chicago and St. Laurence High School in Burbank didn't want Brother Edward Chrysostom Courtney in Chicago any longer. So in the early 1970s, the Irish Christian Brothers shipped...Tags: Cook County Government, Abusive Behavior, Roman Catholic Sex Abuse Scandal, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice
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Allentown's fiscal problems are bad, but Harrisburg's are even worse
Allentown has a $200 million red ink problem, which, it seems, is the fault of any city politician not currently in office, and a population of 118,000 as of the 2010 census. That $200 million, split 118,000 ways, comes to less than $1,700 per person....
Tags: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Arts and Culture, Elections, Primaries, Allentown
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During Art Nouveau period, lamps featured sensuous, curvy women
Electric lights were first marketed to the public about 1880. It is said that Louis Comfort Tiffany's famous lily lamp with glass shades for light bulbs was the first lamp with a shade that projected light down, not up, like a candle flame. Other lamps of...Tags: Czech Republic, Psittacosis , Toy Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, China
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