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• 24: Is it all over for Jack? (Independent)
  Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:04:46 GMT
  The clock is ticking, and this time Jack Bauer really will be lucky to escape. After eight seasons and 192 hours of real-time drama, the daring action hero at the centre of 24 faces one group of adversaries who will always hold the upper hand: the men in suits at his TV network.
  

• Judge isn’t letting banks off the hook — fee suits stand (The Wenatchee World)
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:10:08 GMT
  MIAMI — Major banks lost a bid to quash lawsuits questioning the way overdraft fees were calculated and charged. The lawsuits from around the country, consolidated to federal court in Miami, say that banks went out of their way to charge excessive fees when debit card users made purchases that exceeded their checking account balances.
  

• Removing trade barriers (Vietnam Net)
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:05:19 GMT
  2010 is expected to bode well for Vietnam’s exports as the world economy is showing signs of recovery. However, businesses will have to face trade barriers, especially anti-dumping suits, set up by importing countries.
  

• WITH VIDEO: Suits, complaints pile up in Kleen Energy explosion case (The Middletown Press)
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:13:39 GMT
  MIDDLETOWN — Two lawsuits, one worker’s compensation claim and 21 people. That’s the legal situation Kleen Energy Systems is facing.
  

• Official Named In Crestwood Water Suits Is Fired (CBS 2 Chicago)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:59:38 GMT
  One of three south suburban village officials named in mounting lawsuits related to use of a tainted well has been fired, the SouthtownStar is reporting.
  

• Fashion Alley at the Pier 94 Antiques Show features vintage clothing (The Star-Ledger)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:33:27 GMT
  Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ImagesBrad Pitt sports a vintage-look straw hat.Crisp haircuts, razor-sharp suits and highly polished leather shoes were de rigueur. It was common practice to open doors for women and chain-smoke cigarettes over glasses of Canadian Club. Such...
  

• Leadoff Spot Suits UA’s Kuhn (Arkansas News Bureau)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:35:39 GMT
  FAYETTEVILLE Dave Van Horn had a simple answer when first asked about placing Collin Kuhn in the leadoff spot after two straight losses. The Arkansas coach tossed out something about putting the hot hitter at the top of the order.
  

• Lone role suits Manchester United striker (fansfc.com)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:58:17 GMT
  Wayne Rooney insists he enjoys playing the role striker role for Manchester United Football Club. The England international has often been asked to play out wide in recent seasons for the Reds, to accommodate the Portuguese international Cristiano Ronaldo.
  

• New York to pay $657 million to settle World Trade suits (Detroit News)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:28:25 GMT
  New York -- After years of fighting in court, lawyers representing the city, construction companies and more than 10,000 ground zero rescue and recovery workers have agreed to a settlement that could pay up to $657.5 million to responders sickened by dust from the destroyed World Trade Center.
  

• Exelon to pay $1M to settle leak suits (Chicago Tribune)
  Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:32 GMT
  Tritium-contaminated water seeped into ground around the company’s Braidwood, Byron and Dresden plants Exelon agreed Thursday to pay more than $1 million to settle lawsuits filed by Attorney General Lisa Madigan after the company allowed radioactive tritium to leak outside three of its nuclear power plants.