August 2009


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Taxes are inevitable

Swiss bank UBS to name names Swiss banking giant UBS AG (UBS-N15.51-0.39-2.45%) agreed Wednesday to turn over to the IRS the details of 4,450 accounts suspected of holding undeclared assets by American customers, piercing Switzerland’s…





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Crime or trifle?

Mother of baby left in car faces charges “She was so calm, so indifferent to what I was saying to her, it didn’t seem to have any impact on her,” Landreville said. “I wanted somebody…


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Definition of gift

Stripper 1, Taxman 0 According to a judgment rendered by the Tax Court of Canada, the mystery benefactor, named in court documents as Mr. X, paid Landry largely to keep him company, not to dance….


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Definition of marriage again

‘Lola’ continues fight for common-law alimony Judge Carole Hallee ruled against Lola last month, saying there wasn’t evidence unmarried partners were being discriminated against, and that to recognize all couples in a relationship of permanence…


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Religious accommodation

Sikh not mocked in hard hat row, hearing told A Sikh security guard who would not don a hard hat at a Home Depot store under construction was not mocked or told he could be…


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Death by procedure

US judge ‘ignored death row plea’ The prisoner, Michael Wayne Richard, was put to death hours after she allegedly shut the court, despite being told an appeal was imminent.


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Dragged out trial loses a judge

Judge steps down in B.C. corruption trial Judge Elizabeth Bennett is stepping down as the trial judge in the long-running political corruption trial involving former executive assistants to provincial Liberal cabinet ministers.