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August 14, 2008

Judge crushes “recyclers” attempts to avoid new law . . . upholds metal theft law

Judge upholds metal theft law U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate ruled against their request for an injunction. Wingate’s decision came late Wednesday. The law went into effect this week. Wingate had stayed its effective date while he considered the legal challenge. Metal recyclers have protested provisions that require them to tag and hold certain metals,…
News  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
August 14, 2008

2 beef plant figures plead on attempts to influence

The Clarion-Ledger, 8/14/8 Two Georgia businessmen have pleaded guilty in federal court in Oxford of trying to influence a public official over the failed Mississippi beef plant. The beef plant in Oakland cost taxpayers $55 million. Nixon Cawood, president and chief operating officer of Smyrna, Ga.-based The Facility Group, pleaded guilty to providing a $25,000…