Teacher's dumb blonde slur ends in confidential payout

" A PRIMARY school teacher accused of calling a pupil a "dumb blonde" is among those to be hit with discrimination complaints. A confidential payout and apology was made after the girl's furious mother consulted Victoria's discrimination watchdog, the Herald Sun has...

Getting Lucky in New Orleans- Winning Powerball ticket purchased in Gretna

"by The Times-Picayune, Monday June 02, 2008, 8:02 AMFor the second time this year a winning Powerball ticket has been purchased in the New Orleans area.The latest, worth $34.1 million, was sold in Gretna. The ticket matched all the numbers in the Saturday drawing, state...

Wounded Iraqi is given £2m payout

There have been an increasing number of reports of payouts for civilian deaths and injuries in Iraq."An Iraqi teenager accidentally shot by a British soldier is to receive £2m, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed.The man - who cannot be named for legal reasons - will...

Deal or No Deal

"Deal or no Deal Test your nerve against the mysterious banker and bring this hit TV show into your own home. "

Web Debit Card's Payoneer Raises $4M

Greylock is putting some scratch into Payoneer.  These guys are doing some interesting stuff:"Founded in early 2005, New York-based Payoneer has raised $4M in Series A funding. Greylock Partners led the deal, and was joined by seed backer Crossbar Capital plus some angels."

Archdiocese settles abuse cases for $60M

"The nation's largest Roman Catholic archdiocese said Friday it will pay $60 million to settle 45 sex abuse lawsuits, the largest payout yet by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and among the biggest resulting from the molestation crisis that has plagued the church. The cases...

Mayor Rejects Firefighter's Dog Food Payout

"California - Flexing his veto power for the first time, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday struck down a $2.7 million settlement in the case of a black firefighter tricked into eating dog food at a Westchester fire station."