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Terry Goddard demands Health Net notify customers of security breach
(Phoenix, Ariz. -- Nov. 20, 2009) Attorney General Terry Goddard today called on Health Net, a Connecticut-based insurance company, to immediately notify its Arizona policyholders whose personal, medical and financial information was either lost or stolen in a data breach that occurred six months
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Dysfunctional Movie Thanksgivings Make Us Grateful for Our Families, According to Blockbuster Survey
DALLAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- If your family gives you more indigestion at Thanksgiving than the turkey, Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBI) (NYSE: BBI.B) has a list of movies that will help you see it's all relative. In a recent poll conducted on blockbuster.com, movie fans named which films
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Seeing Red: The Budget Deficit - Past, Present and Future
Iwan Morgan is the author of The Age of Deficits: Presidents and unbalanced Budgets from Jimmy Carter to George W. Bush, which is published this month by the University Press of Kansas.
In Fiscal Year (FY) 2009, the United States government incurred its largest ever peacetime budget deficit
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Recognition of veterans and those who contributed to patriotic ceremonies in Superior mingle at Veterans’ Day event last week
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Mr. Edward Garcia, a U.S. military veteran who at age 99 is the oldest member of both the Superior VFW and American Legion posts, was honored at the November 11 Veterans’ Day ceremonies with an award. (Cindy Tracy photo)
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A very special veteran of the United States military was honored at Veterans’ Day ceremonies at Fairview Cemetery on November 11.
Dressed in his dark, spic and span uniform, Superior resident and U.S. veteran Edward Garcia appeared at the event and was recognized for his service to his country.
At 99 years young, Mr. Garcia is the oldest member of both veterans’ organizations that are active in Superior, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. He sat with the dignitaries waiting to speak to the large crowd that had gathered at the cemetery to honor the
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Planning underway for Miracle on Main holiday event, community encouraged to participate
Christmas is just around the corner and the Superior Optimist Club is making its list of things to do and checking it twice. The Optimist Club will host the 5th Annual Miracle on Main Street Christmas light parade and festival on Saturday, December 5.
Plans are currently underway and the
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Deputy hurt in Monday accident
Pinal County Sheriff’s Deputy Jeff Parkhurst was injured Monday in a car accident while on duty.
According to PCSO Public Information Officer Tamatha Villar, the Oracle resident “sustained major but not life threatening injuries.”
He is currently at University Medical
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Bowersock resigns from Oracle School Board; applications sought to fill post
The Oracle Elementary School District Governing Board has a vacancy due to the resignation of Board Member David Bowersock.
Orlenda Roberts, Pinal County School Superintendent, is accepting applications for this open position on the Oracle Governing Board. Any eligible resident
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Smelter closed until November 22nd
ASARCO LLC shut down its Hayden copper smelter on Nov. 11 for maintenance.
A press release from the company said that 72 operations employees would be on furlough, or leave without pay, during the shutdown. That represents leave for about 12 percent of the smelter’s employees. Maintenance staff will continue working.
The smelter is being shutdown, “to replace key components and auxiliary equipment in the oxygen plants and in the wet gas handling system for the flash furnace,” according to Doug McAllister, ASARCO executive vice president.
The smelter will
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Judge confirms Grupo’s plan for ASARCO
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The future seems uncertain for Asarco now that the company's bankruptcy judge has made his ruling. (Lana Jones photo)
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In a ruling released Friday, US District Court Judge Andrew Hanen confirmed the reorganization plan proposed by ASARCO LLC parent Grupo Mexico, SAB.
Hanen agreed with the earlier recommendation of the Bankruptcy Court. The bankruptcy case, ongoing for more than four years, may now be resolved by the end of the year.
Hanen addressed multiple objections to the Bankruptcy Court’s recommendation of Grupo’s plan but didn’t find reason to disagree with the earlier court’s recommendation.
Among the objections was the valuation of Sterlite Industries’
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Scientific Link to Autism Identified
JACKSON, N.J., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- During its research into the application of neuroscience in business, a New Jersey based think tank, The Center for Modeling Optimal Outcomes®, LLC (The Center) made an inadvertent and amazing discovery.
The Center examined the neuroscientific
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