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The license of a St. Charles psychologist accused of practicing witchcraft on patients has been placed on probation because of claims that she lived with, traveled with, and engaged in social relationships with patients.Letitia Libman received the one-year license probation earlier this month, state records show. She may practice during that time, but she also must take ethics classes, meets with a supervisor, and follow other requirements set by the state to complete her probation.There are several pending lawsuits in Kane County, filed in 2005 and 2006, that accuse Libman of using witchcraft as therapy, making sexual advances on patients, and other inappropriate behavior. Libman, who once practiced at a St. Charles facility run by Delnor-Community Hospital, has denied the allegations.Attempts to reach Libman and her attorney, Richard Barrett, on Friday were unsuccessful.Libman’s probation began after a 60-day suspension when she could not practice, according to the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-08-07 08:02 GMT: SKorean share prices closed slightly higher; subprime woes persist - UPDATE
SEOUL (Thomson Financial) - South Korean share prices closed up slightly on Tuesday, but well off their early highs, with investors wary of further global fallout from the US subprime mortgage woes.
Investors were also loathe to position aggressively ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee's latest policy meeting today and the Bank of Korea's meeting on Thursday.
After early gains inspired by Wall Street's strong rebound overnight rebound, the market gave back much of its upside in line with weakness elsewhere in Asia. Sentiment took a hit from news that Japan's Shinsei Bank reported sizable losses stemming from its exposure in the subprime loans market. The KOSPI index closed up 4.77 points or 0.3 percent at 1,859.82, after trading between 1,888.76 and 1,849.68.
Student loan holders sue to block Blunt's college building plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A lawsuit by student loan holders seeks to block Gov. Matt Blunt's $350 million plan to finance college construction projects by taking money from the state's student loan authority. The lawsuit against the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority claims the agency is violating both its state-mandated mission and its fiduciary duty to students by allowing its money to go buildings instead of better deals for its borrowers. .
Matt Damon tops Hollywood value poll
Star reputations suffer as Forbes' payback survey separates A-list from D-list
Dan Glaister in Los Angeles
Wednesday August 8, 2007
The Guardian
Matt Damon in the latest Bourne film, which made him one of Hollywood's most profitable actors
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Dollar Thrifty Cuts Jobs
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. on Thursday announced a reorganization plan designed to cut costs in the face of higher fleet and vehicles financing costs. As part of the plan, Dollar Thrifty will eliminate 25 percent of the management positions at its Tulsa, Okla., headquarters, as well as other support staff. .
Deal ends library suit Ex-director fought firing
A former deputy director at Greenwich Library has won an undisclosed amount of money by settling a federal lawsuit that claims town employees violated her civil rights.
Greenwich paid 64-year-old Inga Boudreau $25,000 to settle the suit she brought against the town, Greenwich Library, the library's Board of Trustees and three library officials, according to Roland Geiger, the town's budget director. The suit charges those defendants with breach of contract, defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
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Transcript of U.S. House Judicary Committee's debate on Patent Reform Act of 2007
MORNINGSIDE PARTNERS, LLC 1 MARKUP OF APPROVAL OF ASSIGNMENT TO SUBCOMMITTEE VACANCIES; AND H.R. 1908, THE "PATENT REFORM ACT OF 2007" Wednesday, July 18, 2007 House of Representatives, Committee on the Judiciary, Washington, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:27 a.m., in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. John Conyers [chairman of the committee] presiding. Present: Representatives Conyers, Berman, Boucher, Nadler, Scott, Watt, Lofgren, Jackson Lee, Waters, Delahunt, Wexler, Cohen, Johnson, Gutierrez, Sherman, Weiner, Schiff, Davis, Wasserman Schultz, Ellison, Sutton, Baldwin, Smith, Sensenbrenner, Coble, Gallegly, Chabot, Lungren, Cannon, Keller, Issa, Pence, Forbes, Fenney, Franks, Gohmert, and Jordan.
Parents sue Princeton schools alleging delay on action against teacher, coach
The parents of a John Witherspoon Middle School student who was the object of sexual advances from his teacher filed a lawsuit against the Princeton Regional School District in federal court claiming district officials failed to act for 81 days after they were noti fied about the teacher's behavior. The teacher, Kathleen Bowler, 29, who now lives in Rhode Island, was a long-term substitute at the school and taught a class called "modern living," similar to home economics during the 2004-05 school year and also coached boys' wrestling. Bowler, who was named as a defendant in the lawsuit, pleaded guilty to two counts of endangering the welfare of a minor and was sentenced in April to a four-year suspended sentence. According to the lawsuit Bowler, who served as the head wrestling coach, did "touch, grope or grab" the eighth-grade boy's genitalia on Jan.
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