| Crash, pal's death, shift Force's focus
There's a photo of Vince Lombardi on a wall in John Force's Yorba Linda, Calif., race shop. But after the most serious accident of his career, Force said he no longer agrees with the legendary Green Bay Packers coach's philosophy that "Winning is the only thing." "I don't want to go against Lombardi," said Force, winner of a record 125 NHRA Funny Car races. "But maybe he never had anybody die on the playing field." .
INQUIRER guide to free operating systems
So, you're thinking of having a look at Linux, but are bamboozled by the hundreds of flavours and don't want to spend a weekend discussing it with disturbingly intense bearded men in socks and sandals. So here is the Inquirer's guide to Linux: quick, clear, opinionated and unfair. There are scores and scores of minor players but only about half a dozen big ones that are worth looking at. We'll ignore all the single-floppy efforts, mini-CDs, routers and firewalls, security toolkits and so on, because they're specialist and there are too many to enumerate. Which leaves the big, general-purpose distros, the one-size-fits-all, do-anything offerings. But first, ask yourself some questions. Are you willing to pay? If so, a bit or a lot? Another significant difference is the desktop.
Litigation Department of the Year: Kirkland & Ellis
Grace & Co. against a Justice Department Clean Air Act prosecution in Libby, Mont.; serving as trial counsel for GlaxoSmithKline plc in litigation involving diabetes drug Avandia; representing Navistar International Corp. in a multimillion-dollar dispute with Ford Motor Co. involving the supply of diesel engines for Ford Trucks. Kirkland tried 30 cases to verdict, winning more significant trials than any other firm in our contest. "The whole culture in the litigation group is, 'We're trial lawyers. We try cases,'" says intellectual property partner John Desmarais. .
Leachville's money problems still hot topic
Heated controversies continued Monday evening, Aug.7, between Leachville Mayor Ralph Wells and councilman Bruce Wilson as they entered into discussions on regulating the city's cash flow and payment of back taxes. City clerk Ruth Ann Keith gave the treasurer's report, detailing balances in each city department account. Account balances included: General Fund, $49,256.91; Street Fund, $9,302.86; Melody Theatre, $1,028.93; Industrial Account, $8.76; Police Car Donations, $23.60; Fire Department, $3,040.66; Act 837 Money, $7,533.75; Firemen's Pension, $12,715.72; and Cemetery Funds, $45.91. "We are keeping some accounts open just in case we receive extra funds," Keith said. "We can't touch the trust money given to the cemetery, only the interest. We have two CDs for the funds set aside for the proposed settlement of the tax debt to IRS.
WWII sailor's remains identified
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 The remains of a U.S. sailor missing since World War II have been identified, the U.S. Department of Defense said Friday.
The remains of Seaman 1st Class General P. Douglas of Newcomb, Tenn., will be returned to his family for burial and full military honors, the department's POW/Missing Personnel Office said in a news release.
Douglas was one of more than 150 servicemen who were missing when the USS Helena was torpedoed July 6, 1943, by Japanese destroyers off the coast of Kolombangara Island in the Solomon Islands. In 2006, a resident of Ranongga Island in the Solomons, contacted U.S. officials that he found human remains and Douglas's dog tag.
Douglas was identified by dental records, circumstantial evidence and other forensics testing, the department said.
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