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David and Dana Pump Respond to Yahoo! Sports Story Regarding University of Kansas Ticket Investigation
LOS ANGELES, May 28 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The following is released on behalf of Dana and David Pump: Yahoo! Sports published an article Wednesday, May 26 regarding an investigation conducted by the University of Kansas into the unauthorized sale of tickets by certain campus employees. This article contains allegations regarding us by David Freeman, a three time convicted felon reportedly facing an 18-month prison sentence on a bribery charge.
500 in custody after Jamaica violence
Kingston, Jamaica (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Police in Jamaica have more than 500 people in custody, the government said Wednesday, after a failed attempt to arrest a suspected drug kingpin resulted in violence that left dozens of people dead. Some semblance of calm appeared to have taken hold in Kingston, though, after four days of gun battles between security forces and supporters of the alleged drug lord.
Floyd Landis shows up at Tour of California (AP)
LOS ANGELES – Floyd Landis emerged at the Tour of California time trial on Saturday and hung out in a sponsor’s tent days after accusing Lance Armstrong of doping. Landis didn’t speak to waiting reporters and sat with his back to the course much of the time.
Jesse James: I threw away an amazing marriage
( PEOPLE.com ) — Jesse James breaks down in tears as he finally speaks publicly about the demise of his marriage to Sandra Bullock. “I took a pretty amazing life and marriage …
Armstrong denies new doping accusations (AP)
With the cycling season kicking into high gear, the strongest doping allegations yet against Lance Armstrong surfaced Thursday in a barrage of detailed messages from Floyd Landis, the disgraced rider and former teammate who finally confessed to years of cheating himself. In a series of e-mails sent to sponsors and sports officials, Landis alleged Armstrong not only joined him in doping but taught others how to beat the system and paid the former president of the International Cycling Union to keep a failed test quiet.
Vulcan Materials to pay $40M to settle Ill. suit
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Vulcan Materials Co. said Tuesday it will pay $40 million to the state of Illinois to settle in a lawsuit alleging the company had damaged a…
Reeling Virginia teams now must prepare for NCAAs (AP)
The Virginia men’s and women’s lacrosse teams both anticipated playing for a national championship this month. They just never expected it to be like this.
Autopsy inconclusive for baby as DCFS investigates
CHICAGO (CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM) — Police are investigating the death of a 17-month-old boy as the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigates the family on allegations of neglect. Jordin Woods, of the 12100 block of Vincennes Rd.
Justice Department Settles Citizenship Status Discrimination and Intimidation Claims Against Argosy University in Nashville, Tennessee
WASHINGTON, May 6 /CHICAGOPRESSRELEASE.COM/ — The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with Argosy University in Nashville, Tenn., and its parent company, Education Management Corporation (EDMC) of Pittsburgh, to settle allegations that Argosy refused to hire a lawful permanent resident because he is a non-United States citizen and intimidated him for reporting the school’s refusal to hire. Under the terms of the out-of-court settlement, Argosy and EDMC have agreed to provide full back pay of $7,100 to the lawful permanent resident, to modify their policy on employing foreign nationals to require equal treatment of work authorized non-citizens, and to train Argosy employees on federal protections for workers against citizenship status and national origin discrimination and retaliation.
US Catholics debate defrocking abusive priests
Much of the recent scrutiny of the Roman Catholic Church’s response to clergy sexual abuse has focused on whether the Vatican — and the man who is now pope — acted quickly enough to kick perpetrators out of the priesthood. But church officials, experts in abuse prevention and even some victims’ advocates question whether the time-consuming church process known as laicization, often called defrocking, is the right benchmark in abuse cases.