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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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settlement stories: 64 news summaries

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EPA Wins Record $4.6B
Acid Rain Settlement

Power company must install equipment to drastically reduce emissions

Oct 9, 07 7:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - American Electrical Power will spend $4.6 billion to drastically reduce  harmful emissions at coal-burning plants in five states in the largest pollution settlement in Justice Department history, CNN reports. Under the deal, to be announced today, the Ohio-based company must also pay an additional $60 million on cleanup and... More »

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environment • Department of Justice • Environmental Protection Agency • lawsuit • power plant • settlement • American Electrical Power • Janet Reno

Laity, Clergy Asked to Defray Sex Abuse Costs

San Diego bishop draws support from pulpit, less backing from pews

Oct 8, 07 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The San Diego Diocese is turning over every stone to pay its $198.1 million settlement to sexual abuse victims, asking both priests and parishioners to chip in. Clerics are apparently willing—many will donate a month’s salary—but parishioner responses are far less positive, the LA Times reports.... More »

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bankruptcy • Rome • Vatican • San Diego • priest sex abuse • settlement • Catholic • laity • San Diego Diocese

Nuns' Home Will Fund Priest Sex Abuse Payment

LA archdiocese, facing $660M settlement, issues eviction notice

Sep 7, 07 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The LA Archdiocese has notified three nuns that their Santa Barbara convent will be sold to help pay the $660 million settlement with victims of sexual abuse by priests. They received only a letter requesting they vacate by year's end, the Los Angeles Times reports. “We're not even worth... More »

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Los Angeles • sexual abuse • nuns • priest • archdiocese • Santa Barbara • settlement • eviction

Lawsuits Settled for $13M in
RI Club Fire

Agreement with relatives still needs approval by a judge

Sep 6, 07 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Relatives of those killed in the 2003 Rhode Island nightclub fire have tentatively agreed to a $13.5 million settlement with several of the defendants sued over the blaze. A hundred people died and 200 others were injured. The companies involved in the settlement include the manufacturer of the foam... More »

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fires • nightclub • Station nightclub • settlement • Rhode Island

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