A Car Sale Gone Wrong, Then a Grim Discovery

The owner, Akeem Ajimotokan, worked in the procurement office at Columbia University. He was the original owner of the car, and he was asking $46,000. The prospective buyer, identified on a bill of sale found inside the BMW as Barion A. Blake, was an ex-convict with previous arrests for stealing BMWs. He apparently had a different price in mind. After a series of events that included a police car chase and a collision with a yellow cab, the BMW was found in Upper Manhattan on Wednesday Read more [...]

Katy Perry tickets go on sale Saturday

Tickets for Katy Perry’s June 7 California Dreams Tour stop at the Arena at Gwinnett Center go on sale Saturday. Tickets, listed at $40, will be available through Ticketmaster and the Gwinnett Center box office, beginning at 10 a.m. Perry’s “Teenage Dream” album has sold more than 5 million copies since its release last year and has spawned three No. 1 singles — “California Gurls,” “Teenage Dream” and “Firework.” Read more [...]

Richard Hamilton: Hamilton officially listed as questionable

Richard Hamilton is officially listed as questionable for Friday's game against the Heat due to the flu.We don't really believe that Hamilton has the flu, he just doesn't want to come to the arena and get embarrassed by another DNP-CD. And the Pistons can save face by saying he is sick. It's become a terrible situation and the Feb. 24 trade deadline can't get here soon enough for Hamilton. Jan. 27 - 2:54 pm et Source: Chris Iott on Twitter Read more [...]

Labour slams Hide as 525 council jobs listed

Related Boag "misled the public" over super city jobs Super city puts jobs on the line watch Labour is accusing Rodney Hide's razor gang of going too far in firing 1200 Auckland Council staff, after 525 new positions were advertised with the council. Labour's Auckland Issues spokesman Phil Twyford says Rodney Hide's Auckland Transition Agency rushed the process and shed jobs unnecessarily. He says a lot of skills and experience have been lost in the council with the job losses. Hide said Read more [...]

Cape May Placed on Watch List of Historic Landmark Districts

Columbia Avenue/Fichter CAPE MAY — The Cape May National Historic Landmark District has been placed on the "Watch List" of the National Park Service. The "Watch List" is for National Historic Districts that face anticipated actions or circumstances that likely would cause a loss of integrity. A city remains on the list until “impending actions or circumstances are mitigated or eliminated." Criteria for being placed on the Watch List may include, Read more [...]

Tim Lincecum Listed 94th In Bloomberg’s Top 100

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Spanish banking giant La Caixa to list banking business

By David Williams (AFP) – 3 hours ago MADRID — Spain's biggest savings bank La Caixa announced Thursday a complex deal to list its 9.48-billion-euro retail banking operations on the market, part of a major industry shake-up.The bank said the boards of the firms involved agreed to an outline deal transferring La Caixa's retail banking business into its listed investment arm, Criteria, to be known as CaixaBank.La Caixa, with 27,000 employees, 10.5 million clients and 5,300 branches, is the giant Read more [...]

Guide to hotels and villas in Portugal: holiday planner 2011

Scott Dunn (020 8682 5440; www.scottdunn.com) Five luxurious catered Algarve villas designed for family holidays, with chef, nanny and maid service. The new Quinta do Esperanca, which sleeps 16, comes with two nannies and has a heated pool, large games room and floodlit tennis: £16,440 a week in high season including all meals. The company also features villas at the Sheraton Pine Cliffs resort where it runs its own children’s club. The Villa Agency (01273 747811; www.thevillaagency.co.uk) Carefully Read more [...]