Oct 1st, 2008 · The Chicago Cubs are in the playoffs, seeking their first World Series in 100 years. We're not saying that Cubs fans might have trouble restraining themselves. We don't have to. The city of Chicago says it. The city persuaded bar owners to a temporary ban on alcohol around the Cubs' Wrigley Field. It also applies to the White Sox' U-S Cellular Field. In either case, if there's a title-clinching game coming to an end, area bar taps go dry.
Keywords: city · Chicago · temporary · Alcohol · Playoff · voluntary · applies · World Series · Cubs · cutoff · Chicago Cubs · persuading
Aug 29th, 2008 · A civilian jury in Riverside, Calif., has acquitted a former Marine on charges of voluntary manslaughter. Jose Nazario Jr. was accused of killing unarmed Iraqi detainees in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004.
Keywords: Iraq · civil · detainees · Marine · Calif · jury · 2004 · voluntary · Fallujah · Riverside · manslaughter · Jose Nazario Jr
Aug 23rd, 2008 · Operation Scheduled Departure — an experimental program designed to convince illegal immigrants to turn themselves in for voluntary deportation — ended Friday. The pilot program had operated in five cities since early August, but it doesn't look as if many immigrants availed themselves of it.
Keywords: immigration · illegal · cities · voluntary · Operation Scheduled Departure
May 18th, 2008 · For many people, buying carbon offsets has become a way to go personally "carbon neutral." But these voluntary efforts are entirely unregulated and in California, that's beginning to change. The Golden State is trying to bring credibility to carbon credits using a forest of old trees where Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nancy Pelosi have bought credits to off-set their air travel.
Keywords: California · Arnold Schwarzenegger · carbon · voluntary · unregulated · Credibility · Nancy Pelosi · Golden State
Mar 28th, 2008 · Airlines are wrapping up voluntary re-inspections of MD-80 aircraft that forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights on Wednesday and Thursday. Lapses on inspections of Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s triggered the audit.
Keywords: inspections · Airlines · Md · voluntary · aircraft · FAA · Southwest Airlines Boeing 737s
Mar 13th, 2008 · The Bush Administration unveiled its plan Thursday for overhauling the vast regulatory system to prevent another crisis in the nation's credit markets. It said banks, mortgage companies, investors and credit-rating agencies all share in the blame, and it proposed that mortgage brokers be licensed and added new voluntary guidelines.
Keywords: national · Investor · crisis · companies · license · agencies · voluntary · Bush Administration · Mortgage · regulatory · overhauling
Feb 12th, 2008 · The Bush Administration is promoting another plan to help homeowners avoid foreclosure. It would expand voluntary efforts by major banks to modify loan terms for struggling borrowers. But housing advocates doubt the move will keep a large number of people in their homes.
Keywords: housing · Homeowners · voluntary · Bush Administration · Foreclosures
Dec 14th, 2007 · Robert Steel, the Bush administration's point man on solving the subprime mortgage crisis, was behind last week's announced plan to bring together lenders and borrowers to work out voluntary agreements to avoid foreclosure. Steel says the plan will help 1,200,000 people.
Keywords: administration · agreement · bailout · crisis · voluntary · Mortgage · treasury · lender · Foreclosures · Subprime · Robert Steel
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