REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limo driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told the crowd of partying women.
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Limo driver: Deadly fire took just 3 minutes to become inferno, claim lives of 5 women
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limo driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told the crowd of partying women.
Limo driver: Deadly fire took just 3 minutes to become inferno, claim lives of 5 women
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. - First came the tapping. Over the blasting music, limo driver Orville Brown heard someone in the backseat crowd of partying women knock on the partition behind him, saying something about smoke. No smoking allowed, he told them.
Limo driver: Deadly fire took just 3 minutes to become inferno, claim lives of 5 women
SAN FRANCISCO - A California agency probing a deadly limousine fire that killed five women is considering whether to fine the limo company $7,500 per day for misrepresenting the limo's seating capacity.
Calif. agency: Utility should pay $2.25B fine for deadly 2010 San Francisco-area gas explosion
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators recommended Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pay a record $2.25 billion fine for decades of negligence that led to a deadly gas pipeline explosion that levelled a San Francisco Bay Area neighbourhood.
Calif. agency: Utility should pay $2.25B fine for deadly 2010 San Francisco-area gas explosion
SAN FRANCISCO - California regulators recommended Monday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. pay a record $2.25 billion fine for decades of negligence that led to a deadly gas pipeline explosion that levelled a San Francisco Bay Area neighbourhood.
California Supreme Court says local governments have authority to ban medical pot shops
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry.
California Supreme Court says local governments have authority to ban medical pot shops
SAN FRANCISCO - The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that cities and counties can ban medical marijuana dispensaries, a decision likely to further diminish the network of storefront pot shops and fuel efforts to have the state regulate the industry.
Senate passes bill letting states tax Internet purchases, siding with traditional retailers
WASHINGTON - The Senate sided with traditional retailers and financially strapped state and local governments Monday by passing a bill that would widely subject online shopping - for many a largely tax-free frontier - to state sales taxes.
Pocklington settles securities fraud case with Arizona commission
CALGARY - Former Edmonton Oilers owner Peter Pocklington and an associate have been ordered to pay more than $5 million to settle a securities fraud case in Arizona.
Parti Quebecois government raises mining royalties, slightly
MONTREAL - The Parti Quebecois government plans to raise mining royalty rates by only a fraction of the levels set out in last year's election platform.
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