20-year-old gets 40 years for burning travel agency building

20-year-old gets 40 years for burning travel agency building
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Prosecutors agreed to dismiss the unrelated burglary charges in exchange for the plea. The juvenile was sentenced to serve time at youth commission center.
Source: www.star-telegram.com

MPs call for £40,000 pay rise to make up for loss of expense
Daily Mail - MPs are demanding a hike in their salaries - up to £100,000 - in exchange for sacrificing lucrative allowances. Calls for the bumper pay rise come as MPs were lambasted after it was revealed they are allotted £22,110-a-year to spend on kitting out
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

County attorney scrutinizes land sale
El Paso Times - Flores also plead guilty to accepting money in exchange for her vote on: The commissioner's court contract that extended the county's healthcare benefits administration contract.
Source: www.elpasotimes.com

Office for Mac | 2008 update improves usability as well as looks
Seattle Times - An "office" version, with support for Microsoft's corporate Exchange server, is $399.95, and one with the Expression Media multimedia file manager runs $499.95.
Source: seattletimes.nwsource.com

Mayor Lim's son, two others arrested in PDEA buy-bust ops
ABS-CBN - The suspects were caught after allegedly trying to sell approximately 100 grams of shabu in exchange for P340,000 to an undercover PDEA agent.
Source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Wall Street dodges a bullet Q&A: BEHIND THE BEAR STEARNS MESS
Tacoma News Tribune - Officials from the Fed and the Securities and Exchange Commission held conference calls throughout the day Thursday to assess the potential impact on the broader economy, according to a Treasury official who spoke on condition of anonymity because of
Source: www.thenewstribune.com

High Wheat Prices Raise Grocery Costs
Newsday - But this week, futures of spring wheat -- which produces the flour used in hearth breads, rolls, croissants, bagels and pizza crust -- were close to $18 a bushel on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange.
Source: www.newsday.com