US prosecutors tell jurors ex-police officer strangled woman who was carrying his baby

A former police officer in Ohio went on trial Monday on charges alleging he strangled a woman who was pregnant with his child, dumped her body, then lied to investigators as crews of thousands searched for her body.

The 2 1/2-year-old son of the victim and the defendant gave investigators some of their first clues after his mother disappeared, saying: "Mommy's in the rug."

Bobby Cutts Jr. was feeling the pressure of his crumbling marriage, financial debt and supporting several children, Stark County assistant prosecutor Chryssa Hartnett said in her opening statement at Cutts' trial.

"We are here because of physical pressure _ the …

State rejects all Sox arena bids // Team mulls a $10 million contribution

The state Monday rejected all four bids for construction of anew White Sox stadium as team officials mulled a $10 millioncontribution to ease the crisis caused by higher-than-expected costs.

The Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will spend this weeknegotiating with construction giants Gust K. Newberg and Dugan &Meyers in an attempt to reduce their $129.9 million low bid by 15percent to 20 percent.

The joint bid submitted Friday by Newberg/Dugan was $30 millionhigher than stadium authority officials had anticipated.

Officials aid the price must be cut by at least $19.5 million orthe stadium project cannot go forward. The Sox will be free to …

FFBH - Bulgaria Morning Update - Mar 8, 2010.

MARKET WRAP-UP

The last trading session of last week finished colored in green but with insignificant volume. The total turnover was BGN 0.88m, where 31% were formed from the three most traded names - Albena (6AB, 2 387 volume, BGN 42,49, -1,19%), Monbat (5MB, 15 354, BGN 6,53, 1,24%) and Insurance Company Euroins (5IC, 53 951, BGN 1,5, 2,67%). Another 27% came from the bond sector. SOFIX (425.84 points, 0.9, 0.21%) and BGTR30 (328.25, 0.54, 0.16%) moved lightly up led by Orgachim (5ORG, 125, BGN 81,809, 4,88%). BG40 (118.05, 0.52, 0.44%) advanced the most, led by gainer Technology and Innovation Corporation Saedinenie (5T3, 32 850, BGN 0.189, 6.18%). Only three names in BGREIT (44.09, 0.01, 0.02%) were traded and the index took the direction of gainer FairPlay Properties REIT (6F3, 4 000, BGN 0.40, 1.27%).

    Sofix BG 40 BGREIT BGTR30 Value   425.84 118.05 44.09 328.25 1-day change (%) 0.21 0.44 0.02 0.16 7-day change (%) 0.49 -0.03 -1.21 0.53 90-day change (%) -5.93 -2.42 -9.82 -4.10 365-day change (%) 58.58 35.75 9.40 68.88 BSE … 

MORE MEAT NEEDED, PLEASE.(BUSINESS)

Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries says it changed dispensing techniques for ease of sandwich-making, but the bottom line is this: Customers were getting less meat.

Regular patrons were finding that sandwiches had just two slices of meat, rather than three or four. Apparently there were enough complaints that the company will go back to the old way of making sandwiches. In other words, the squeaky meal gets the meat.

``What was going on was, instead of weighing by the ounce, they were looking at going by the slice,'' said Manuela Eckert, director of marketing for franchise owner Flour City Bagels LLC of Fairport. ``We are now going back to the ounces. It looks as …

Sandretto now sells machines from Taiwan.(INJECTION MOULDING)

MACHINES from the biggest manufacturer in Taiwan are now available in Britain from Sandretto UK. The company has taken on the agency for Fu Chun Shin, better known as FCS Machinery, which builds around 2,800 machines a year at two factories in China and one in Taiwan. The range stretches from 30 to 3,500 tonnes.

FCS machines are no strangers in the UK. They were once sold here by Mike Smith International, and the FCS web site still shows JET Industrial Services as the British representative. What Sandretto reckons to offer that previous agents didn't have is the size of support operation which makes it one of the bigger injection machine sales companies in Britain: it …

Memorabilia dealer testifies at Simpson hearing, saying football star burst into hotel room

A memorabilia dealer accusing O.J. Simpson of robbing him testified that the former American football star burst into a hotel room with a handful of other men, including one wielding a gun, and carried off hundreds of collector's items.

Bruce Fromong, one of two dealers allegedly robbed, said he had expected to meet with an anonymous buyer on Sept. 13, when Simpson arrived with others "in a military invasion fashion" and shouted that the items belonged to him.

"O.J. was screaming, 'This is all my s---. This all belongs to me. You stole this from me. Let's pack up. Let's get out of here,'" Fromong said.

Simpson, 60, and two …

Hurd. (Vinyl Windows).

Monument vinyl windows come in white and almond and feature fusion-welded mitered corners and multiple hollow chambers for strength, says the firm. The windows …