| Norlarco says approximately $52 million lost, 1,500 members gone
Norlarco Credit Union continued to bleed deposits and depositors five weeks after federal regulators confirmed they had seized the organization and dismissed its board of directors. Norlarco lost $20 million in deposits and nearly 900 members from Aug. 31 to Sept. 30, according to the statement of financial condition released Tuesday. .
Police face big change in Phila.
Ramsey has ordered his top commanders, including some district captains, to begin attending 90-minute meetings each morning to review the previous night's crime trends. "We'll begin Monday meeting with the top command - senior commanders, deputy commissioners - on a daily basis to kind of give everybody a broader view of what's going on in the city, not just their little piece of it," Ramsey said in an interview Friday in his office, where the bookcases were bare but his desk was already cluttered with reports. As word spread last week of the morning meetings, some commanders privately groaned about the new workload. The meetings, first slated to begin at 7:30 a.m., were rescheduled to start an hour later to accommodate the commanders. Most of the initial changes in the department's operations last week were largely cosmetic: Mayor Nutter declared a symbolic "crime emergency" after he was sworn in Monday, and the commissioner vowed to increase the department's visibility by wearing a uniform and driving a marked squad car himself.
Independents Help McCain in Michigan
He pulled in more than 1,000 people at Clawson High School on Saturday , one sign read "Independents for McCain" , and another 1,000 on Sunday at the Crystal Garden Hall in Howell. One woman stood up and asked him why he has the reputation for being the "most liberal of all the conservatives." "I'm entertained by it. I will match my record with anyone. I am pro-life, pro-defense, anti-regulation, anti-taxes, by any conservative measure you have," McCain said. He then acknowledged instances when he's broken with the Republican Party. "There have been times where I put the country ahead of my party, and I will continue to do that as president of the United States." The line drew hearty applause. In Warren on Saturday, one couple , neither Republicans , stood on the edge of some 400 people at a banquet hall.
Carl's struggles continue
If he can keep his car together the whole race, I think he might have his best chance to win on an oval. — Branden from Pittsburgh, Pa. A: Welcome to FOX. Montoya's not my favorite, but I think he's a solid top-10 choice, especially with his excellent qualifying effort. Flexible schedule? Q: Bruton Smith proved that money can buy anything, i.e. the drag strip at Charlotte. Now, he does it again by buying the N.H. track and wanting to take a race away from there and giving it to Vegas. How are race dates and places determined and by whom? — Mary Anne from Panama City, Fla. A: Great question. NASCAR decides where races are awarded. It has been flexible with track owners who have multiple facilities in terms of letting them shuffle dates around, but it's up to NASCAR and NASCAR alone to decide.
Lekota arrested for speeding south of Joburg
A Reiger Park resident has told 702 Eyewitness News illegal drag racing in the area is out of control.
The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, says drag racers are using residential areas, placing other motorists and pedestrians' lives in danger.
Late last year, a child was critically injured after being run over in a drag race. The resident says that incident was by no means isolated. Back to headlines .
Behind the Edwards Surge: Right Message at the Right Time
Much was made of Illinois Senator Barack Obama's superb speech to a huge crowd of Iowa Democrats at the mid-November Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Des Moines. Without a doubt, it helped to propel Obama ahead of New York Senator Hillary Clinton in polls conducted in the weeks after the event. But Obama's speech in November may not turn out to be the definitional statement of the fight for Iowa. What could turn out to be the most critical comment of the campaign came from John Edwards in the last debate between the Democratic contenders — and the former senator from North Carolina may well claim the caucus-night victory that is the reward for delivering the right message at the right time. It wasn't a great rhetorical flourish. It wasn't even a new statement.
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