Your Personal Assistant News for 12/12/2008



Executive Personal Assistant - Bizcommunity.com

Executive Personal Assistant
Bizcommunity.com, South Africa - Dec 10, 2008
Our client, a broadcasting corporation based in Sandton seeks an Executive Personal Assistant to assist the CEO, CFO, COO and Head of News and Current .
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Poll: 51% of Ohioans say economy down, but personal finances OK (The Columbus Dispatch)
Virtually all Ohioans agree the state and national economy is in the dumper, but a surprising 51 percent in a new poll out today say their personal finances are OK...

Weather forecast revised: Less snow, more wind
The National Weather Service has changed its winter-storm forecast for today and this weekend to reflect a greater chance of high winds and less snow...

Lawmaker jokes about indictment
A former Republican assemblyman joked Thursday that legislators should try to have one of Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto's top staffers indicted because an audit found the office committed minor ...

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : How to Downsize Your Nanny
From household managers to butlers, nannies, personal assistants, drivers and cleaners, the vast army of workers hired over the past decade to feed and care for the wealthy are getting downsized. An article in The Wall Street Journal ...

Friend laid off? Here's what to say
When he heard that an acquaintance had recently been laid off, Stuart Sidle's first impulse was to offer her a list of possible job leads...

A Perfect Female Companion: Project Aiko
Aiko is a humanoid robot with a built in Biometric Artificial Intelligence Neural System designed by Le Trung in Canada...

Where Does the FCC Get its Information?
DCW reported last week that the FCC was going to hold hearings next week on potentially free broadband, with the catch that there would have to be "network-based filtering" to "protect children and families." ...

TAX OFFICE SCANDAL Personal Shopper for Walters Gets One-Year Term - Washington Post

TAX OFFICE SCANDAL Personal Shopper for Walters Gets One-Year Term
Washington Post, United States - 19 hours ago
Assistant US Attorney Jonathan Su asked for a sentence of 12 months for Yoon -- the low end of the range recommended under the federal sentencing guidelines .
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In Holland, Cannabis Politics Heats Up
Despite the bluster of some of its members, the governing coalition in Holland is not going to touch cannabis policy...

Interim assistant police chief arrested - KATC

Interim assistant police chief arrested
KATC, LA - 9 hours ago
LaFargue said Pine was off duty at the time and was driving his personal vehicle. He said he did not know the details of how the accident occurred but that .
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MSP to issue paperless boarding passes (BizJournals)
Travelers at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport will soon be able to use downloaded electronic boarding passes on their cell phones or personal digital assistant devices as they pass through security and get onto airplanes, the Transportation Security Administration will announce Friday. (DAL)..

Girls fired for bathing in restaurant basin
New York: Three KFC teenage workers have been sacked for turning the restaurant basin into their personal hot tub...

Lawyer Charged With Huge Fraud Is Denied Bail - New York Times

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Lawyer Charged With Huge Fraud Is Denied Bail
New York Times, United States - 17 hours ago
. and those of the law firm that bear his name, have been put under the control of a receiver, Mr. Streeter, an assistant United States attorney, said. .
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Bodybuilder Not Getting Reduced Sentence - KLAS-TV
Convicted killer and former professional bodybuilder Craig Titus has lost a bid to get his sentence reduced. Judge Jackie Glass says Titus should have been aware that she was allowed to sentence him to more than 17 years after he pled guilty to ...

Personal assistance companies come to rescue for small businesses - The Birmingham News - al.com

Personal assistance companies come to rescue for small businesses
The Birmingham News - al.com, AL - Dec 11, 2008
But six months ago he found some relief in the clerical field when he contacted a local company that offers "personal assistant" services to address .
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St. Clair Projects $5.5 Million Budget for 2009
City department heads sat down with the board of aldermen and city administrator to finalize the 2009 city budget...

Social workers want personal assistants to be regulated
EXCLUSIVE: Survey reveals groundswell of opinion in favour of compulsory criminal...

Judge Denies Reduced Sentence For Titus - KXNT.com
District Judge Jackie Glass denied the request for a reduced sentence from a convicted killer and a former professional bodybuilder. Judge Glass also refused to allow Craig Titus to go to trial. Titus pleaded guilty to second degree murder for his ...

TAYLOR: Mayor will fight recall attempt
A petition to recall Taylor Mayor Cameron Priebe has been submitted to the Wayne County Clerk's Office Election Division by resident Jeffery French...

NV judge rejects ex-bodybuilder's request - KTVN.com
LAS VEGAS (AP) - A Nevada judge has rejected former bodybuilding champion Craig Titus' request to cut four years from his prison sentence or let him go to trial in the 2005 slaying of his personal assistant. Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass ...

Racial, jurisdictional disparities among reasons cited by panel
Problems with the death penalty run so deep that anything short of its outright abolishment would fail to address the issues, the chairman of a state commission on capital punishment said Friday in releasing a ...

Boarding passes go paperless at MSP International - Pioneer Press
Passenger check-in at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is going paperless today, as Delta and Northwest Airlines start offering an electronic boarding pass. The technology, unveiled today at the airport, allows passengers on those airlines ...

Houston chiropractor sent to prison for money laundering
A Houston area chiropractic clinic owner has been sentenced to federal prison for money laundering...

Personal Shopper for Walters Gets One-Year Term (Washington Post)
The Neiman Marcus saleswoman who was a personal shopper for the official at the center of the D.C. tax office scandal was sentenced yesterday to a year behind bars...

Derek Miles Wins Jim Thorpe Award - KELOLAND TV
The University of South Dakotas assistant track and field coach and Olympian, Derek Miles, was awarded the annual Jim Thorpe Award at the 2008 USA Track & Field Annual meeting on Dec., 6, 2008. The Jim Thorpe award is given annually to the ...

Top city official says dismissed assistant fire chief's actions amounted to 'job abandonment' (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
Former Assistant Fire Chief Lyle Daniel had been warned about doing personal business during working hours as early as 2005, the city's top official testified this morning - a revelation that appears to damage Daniel's claims that he should have been given a second chance before being indefinitely suspended in May...

New key to prevent cell phone use while driving
UTAH: More accidents are being caused by people talking or texting while driving...

Nevada judge rejects ex-bodybuilder's request - Riverside Press Enterprise
A Nevada judge has rejected former bodybuilding champion Craig Titus' request to cut four years from his prison sentence or let him go to trial in the 2005 slaying of his personal assistant. Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass on Thursday said ...

Attorneys face off over assistant fire chief's suspension (The San Angelo Standard-Times)
The work practices of the San Angelo Fire Department's top administrators came under scrutiny Wednesday during an arbitration hearing into the indefinite suspension of former Assistant Fire Chief Lyle Daniel - a process likely to last two more days...

Interim assistant police chief arrested (KPLC Lake Charles)
Associated Press - December 12, 2008 7:14 AM ET DERIDDER, La. (AP) - State police say interim Assistant DeRidder Police Chief Lt. Walter K. "Kenny" Pine Jr...

Assemblyman said he was joking about indicting an attorney general staff member
A former Republican assemblyman joked Thursday that legislators should try to have one of Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto's top staffers indicted because an audit found the office committed minor ...

President Tsvangirai's former Personal Assistant abducted - The Zimbabwean

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President Tsvangirai's former Personal Assistant abducted
The Zimbabwean, Africa - Dec 9, 2008
Former Personal Assistant to President Morgan Tsvangirai, Gandhi Mudzingwa was yesterday afternoon abducted while talking to a relative in Msasa, .
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