| Ex-publisher sues Trump
Former Chicago Sun-Times publisher F. David Radler, who testified against his former boss Conrad Black in the trial stemming from the alleged looting of the company, is suing Donald Trump for refusing to sell Radler a condo in the new Trump International Hotel & Tower at a discount. Crain's Chicago Business reported the story in today's edition. .
JOB CLASSIFICATION: Stripper lawsuit gets OK Court says lawyer can ...
People pass the Girls of Glitter Gulch topless club Thursday on Fremont Street. The state Supreme Court said Thursday that a Tucson, Ariz., lawyer may pursue a class-action lawsuit that would force strip clubs to classify dancers as club employees and pay them wages.
Photo by Jeremy Lyverse/Review-Journal.
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Parking mad policies only harm the Capital
Councillors elected to provide facilities and officials employed to organise and manage them consistently fail to meet Edinburgh's parking needs. The council's recent study on parking availability suggests that councillors don't distinguish between high demand in George Street and low demand in Regent Road and Johnston Terrace. Yet they included these off-centre streets to improve apparent parking availability.Four kinds of driver try to park in the centre of Edinburgh – tourists, commuters, shoppers and those who are stopping briefly. Only the latter needs on-street parking for a quick visit – the others would be better served by off-street car parking with payment on departure, removing the risk of a fine. The council recognises this, otherwise why periodically dust off and promote old plans for underground car parks? An automated car park is now planned under Chambers Street – but why only 100 spaces and why there when it could be built under the city streets – for which the council's own study shows high demand? Or, as happens in Europe, why not build downward under squares and public gardens to provide central and unobtrusive high volume parking which would neither encroach on to building space nor reduce amenity?In 2005-6, George Street produced £1.3 million in parking fine income, the UK's highest outside London, but while the council upped its charges, the result of that was to dramatically reduce occupancy.
Delegate Resigns After Authorities Search Home
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Delegate Robert A. McKee, chairman of the General Assembly's western Maryland delegation, resigned Friday, releasing a statement saying he has "entered treatment" after investigators searched his home during a child pornography investigation. The FBI's cyber crimes unit will help Washington County authorities analyze materials seized from McKee's home near Hagerstown, an FBI spokesman said Friday. "For me, this is deeply embarrassing," McKee said in a statement faxed to news organizations. "It reflects poorly on my service to the community as a state delegate and as executive director of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Washington County. Accordingly, I am resigning today from both positions." .
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Here we go again! See what's in store for Dusty Baker's squad as Enquirer reporter John Fay takes an in-depth look at the team before pitchers & catchers report Saturday. 5 PLAYERS TO WATCH Here are five players not on our projected 25-man roster who could have an impact in the future: RHP Johnny Cueto: The 21-year-old could make the club out of spring training. There are people in the Reds baseball department who like him better than Homer Bailey. Cueto generally pitches at 90-93, but he can dial up a 96 mph fastball when he needs to. .
Key West: The southernmost slump
At Key West's quaint Tropical Inn on Duval Street, the communal microwave is heating a lot of food these days. ''More guests have been bringing back leftovers from the restaurants,'' said Jane Lowe, owner of the inn. ``Instead of going out for dinner and lunch the next day, they'll eat those leftovers for lunch. We see a lot of people cutting corners.'' Most of the 312 businesses and 39 kiosks now operating on Duval Street are feeling the pinch of the penny-pinching vacationers. Some are struggling to survive in what normally would be considered high season. ''It's slow on Duval Street, but it's slow all over the country,'' said Virginia Panico, executive vice president of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. ``There are times when we don't feel it, or are the last to feel it.
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