SAN DIEGO – The Alsco Laundry in San Diego’s Little Italy neighborhood has been cleaning linens for the city’s top hotels and restaurants for more than 50 years. But now, says general manager Mike Scacco, they’re being hung out to dry, thanks to a new assertion of eminent domain. “We …
Read More »Google Files to Sell $4B in Stock
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Google Inc. plans to sell another 14.2 million shares, raising about $4 billion, but the search-engine company isn’t providing many clues about how it will spend the money. Some analysts speculated Mountain View-based Google (search) might be devising a bid for the Chinese search firm Baidu.com …
Read More »Hundreds Remember Publisher John Johnson
CHICAGO – Pioneering black publisher John H. Johnson (search) was remembered as a generous entrepreneur who provided what many say was American media’s first positive window into black culture. Hundreds of people filed past the Ebony (search) and Jet founder’s casket on Sunday, six days after his death at age …
Read More »Harrah's Buys Imperial Palace Casino
LAS VEGAS – Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (HET), the world’s largest gambling company, has agreed to buy the aging Imperial Palace hotel-casino on the Las Vegas Strip for $370 million. Harrah’s said it has no immediate plans for “substantial operational changes” at the Asian-themed Imperial Palace once it takes control. The …
Read More »Sisters Charged in U.K. Bomb Probe
LONDON – British police investigating the botched London subway attack of July 21 said Thursday they had charged two women under anti-terror laws. Weshshiembet Girma (search), 29, and Muluemebet Girma, 21, of separate addresses in south London, were charged with failing to disclose information that could have helped police secure …
Read More »The No-Equity Loan Trap
Don’t fall prey to home-equity loans that allow you to borrow more than your house is worth. THANKS TO SOARING home prices and the fantastic mortgage rates we’ve seen over the past few years, millions of homeowners have tapped their home’s equity to pay off bills or fund a remodeling …
Read More »Last-Minute College Planning
I’m a high-school senior, and my parents haven’t saved a penny for my college tuition. What can I do? Don’t panic — the government wants you to go to college, earn a degree, get a good-paying job and enjoy a long, productive life in the U.S. work force. It’s the …
Read More »Nicole Kidman Takes Sick Boy to Movies
Nicole Kidman (search) stepped out on a special date Saturday — going to the movies in Manhattan with a 6-year-old Australian boy who suffers from a rare form of cancer. Kidman — who read about Dylan Hartung’s (search) battle with neuroblastoma (search) in the New York Post — arranged the …
Read More »Timeline: Israel's Gaza Settlements
History of Israeli settlement in Gaza: June 1967 — Israel captures the Gaza Strip from Egypt and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol declares that the coastal area will “never be returned to Egypt.” Late 1967 — Eshkol plans the establishment of Jewish settlements in Egypt to form a Jewish buffer …
Read More »Iraq Troop Numbers Likely to Go Up, Before Coming Down
WASHINGTON – Before the Pentagon begins reducing troop levels in Iraq (search) next year it probably will increase them this fall to provide extra security for a planned October referendum and a December election, a Pentagon official said Monday. Lawrence Di Rita, Defense Department spokesman, noted that troop levels were …
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