In Detroit news, today is the day that the Detroit budget is in for a battle at City Hall. Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is suggesting that public services (Fire Department, Police) take huge budget cuts. The City Hall is suggesting that the mayor take a huge clothing budget cut.
An Ex HP CEO chairwoman recently said, after losing her job in February, that nobody is entitled to work including her. Fiorinia has a severance package of at least 21.1 million dollars that is entitling her not to work currently.
More side effects have been found in the cholesterol-lowering drug Crestor. The drug has been shown that it can cause more kidney and muscle problems than rival medications. An unidentified source said that at least nobody has died from it...yet.
In Jackson, Mississippi, lawmakers return to the Capitol today for the fourth day of a special session to address the state's budget crisis. The lawmakers are very upset and in a hurry to resolve the situation since this is conflicting with their Summer Break vacation.
In Houston, Texas, Gov. Perry signed a bill intended to curb the number of lawsuits for asbestos- and silica-related illnesses. It is designed to allow only those with "serious illnesses" to sue the companies. Effective immediately, only people who have died twice consecutively via asbestos illnesses will be covered.
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