| Murder suspect's lawyer wants change of venue
Because of the extent of pretrial publicity, the lawyer for accused murderer Karen Bodden wants her trial moved from Douglas County.
Attorney James Wilson of Carson City filed a motion set to be heard Wednesday by District Judge Dave Gamble that �a fair and impartial trial cannot be had in Douglas County."
Wilson said in the motion filed Monday more than 50 stories about the case which unfolded in August 2006 have been published in the media including The Record-Courier, Nevada Appeal and Reno television stations.
�To determine what information potential jurors have received and the effect the information had on their ability to be fair, they need to be questioned about the news reports and what they have heard and talked about in the community,� Wilson wrote in the motion.
Japan stocks pare losses but credit clouds outlook
TOKYO, Nov 21 - Japanese stocks were down but off earlier lows on Wednesday after profit-taking erased the previous session's late gains, with exporters such as Honda Motor Co suffering from a slightly stronger yen. Gains made by Wall Street on the back of strong energy prices were not enough to cancel out concern about the long-term course of the U.S. economy and credit fears, especially as new concerns emerged about the housing market. .
Anatomy of a panic
Shortly past 8 a.m. on an already sweltering August Monday, a small team of financiers hurried down a flight of stairs in one of Montreal's most historic office buildings to watch a modern disaster unfold. The men, senior executives with National Bank Financial, were hurrying to a cavernous room on the main floor of the beaux-arts Sun Life building where more than 100 traders buy and sell billions of dollars of stocks, currencies and debt instruments every day. Leading the group was Ricardo Pascoe, a wiry, soft-spoken derivatives specialist who was named co-chief executive officer of National Bank of Canada's securities arm a year earlier. At his side was his top legal executive, Brian Davis. Mr. Pascoe whisked the group past long lines of noisy trading desks to a normally quiet corner where a half dozen men and women were feverishly working the phones.
Housing, credit likely to sap '08 economy
Washington - The painful collapse of the housing market along with the credit crunch will weigh down economic growth in the final three months of this year and cause economic activity to lag in 2008. It all means that the risk of a recession has increased, economic forecasters say. The latest look-ahead from the National Association for Business Economics says the gross domestic product is on track to expand at just a 1.5 percent pace from October through December. If that proves correct, it would mark a sizable decline from the July-September rate of 3.9 percent. The group's new fourth-quarter projection compared with September's prediction of a 2.5 percent growth rate. The GDP - the value of all goods and services produced in the United States - is considered the best barometer of the country's economic fitness.
Women’s Work
If Human Development Indicators are anything to go by, the Middle East isnt doing so bad. While poverty and the inequality that fosters it pervade much of the region with little improvement since the 1980s, the most recent UN-issued Human Development Reports show solid progress in areas like child mortality, (womens) education and life expectancy. These, quip neoliberals, are the fruits of a gloriously free market. Perhaps. But as we approach new economic horizons, we drag old social baggage with us. How are economic growth and a vital investor climate reconciled with increasing economic disparities and entrenched cycles of social exclusion? Among the poor, women can be especially vulnerable during times of economic transition. And as regional leaders brag about the privileged place of women in their societies and erect very-serious-sounding institutions for their benefit, the gender gap continues to throw grim shadows over the celebrations.
No Orlando Sergeant Promotions After Possible Cheating Scandal
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Eyewitness News has learned the Orlando Police Department will not promote any officers to sergeants until next year because of a possible cheating scandal. Eyewitness News first reported last month about a sergeant who was removed from the exam committee. The promotions test to become sergeants was taken by 211 officers. During the process, two officers complained a sergeant had discussed parts of the exam with test-takers. Orlando officials decided the sergeant violated a confidentiality agreement. Now, the Civil Service Board is postponing all sergeant promotions until an internal investigation is completed. The internal investigation will most likely be completed in December. The Civil Service Board will review the report in January.
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