International Business News - Family http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. said Thursday its August same-store sales rose 3.6 percent, beating wall Street predictions. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected a same-store sales increase of 3 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080904/family-dollar-august-same-store-sales-rise.htm Thu, 04 Sep 2008 08:47:40 EDT People: Make up your minds. For two days, the chorus from Republicans on TV news and in the halls of the convention has been resounding: Back off and let the Palin family be. "That's out of bounds," said Minnesota's Republican governor, Tim Pawlenty. "There's no need to be intrusive and pry into that." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/122212-republican-convention.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/analysis-gop-contradicts-self-on-palin-family.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/analysis-gop-contradicts-self-on-palin-family.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:48:32 EDT There have been shootings on Princess Avenue before, but residents of the close-knit block say they've never felt tragedy like they did this week, when a longtime neighbor killed his wife, mother-in-law and two of his grown children before committing suicide. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/murders-suicide-stuns-camden-nj-neighborhood.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:45:41 EDT A couple who fled the New Orleans area in advance of Hurricane Gustav will have to return home without their 7-month-old daughter, who died of a rare genetic disorder after becoming stricken at an amusement park. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/sick-baby-dies-in-texas-after-family-fled-gustav.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:05:09 EDT It took Kelsey Galer four weeks at a weight-loss camp to lose 9 pounds. It took her dad just three days to start acting like a "dork." "He wears his pedometer around all the time," said Galer. "He's just really into it with the family workshop he went to." http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/116556-parenting-family-weight-loss.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/weight-loss-camps-invite-families-to-come-along.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/weight-loss-camps-invite-families-to-come-along.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:47:40 EDT When Diamond Emory and her daughter Makaiah arrived at Wal-Mart to buy her fifth-grade school supplies, they encountered much to entice a young shopper. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080826/shopping-for-back-school-can-lesson-itself.htm Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:03:08 EDT Family Dollar Stores Inc. said Thursday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 12.5 cents. The discount retailer said the dividend is payable Oct. 15 to shareholders of record Sept. 15. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/family-dollar-declares-regular-dividend.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:53:53 EDT When police finally searched the squat white mobile home where they say a man held his family captive for three years, the place was so filthy and bug-infested that one officer had to wear a gas mask and another refused to continue. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/108447-family-captivity.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/police-ga-man-held-family-captive-in-squalor.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/police-ga-man-held-family-captive-in-squalor.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 17:11:57 EDT A northeast Georgia man has been charged with holding his wife and four children captive for three years inside their mobile home. Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle says 36-year-old Raymond Daniel Thurmond was arrested Tuesday when he showed up for work. He has been charged with rape, child abuse and false imprisonment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/police-ga-man-held-wife-kids-captive-3-years.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:31:35 EDT Discount retailer Family Dollar Stores Inc. said Thursday that same-store sales increased 4.6 percent for its July period, compared to the same period a year ago. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080807/family-dollar-july-same-store-sales-rise.htm Thu, 07 Aug 2008 08:20:26 EDT A mother who was initially labeled a kidnapping victim was arrested Friday in New York on a warrant charging her with helping her boyfriend flee after a fatal stabbing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080801/girlfriend-held-in-flight-of-mass-murder-suspect.htm Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:31:03 EDT A man accused of killing a woman in Massachusetts and fleeing to New York with his four small children and their mother was being held without bail Thursday after agreeing to be taken back to Massachusetts to face charges, prosecutors said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/nypd-nabs-man-accused-of-killing-woman-in-mass.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:01:26 EDT A man accused of fatally stabbing a woman in a Massachusetts apartment and then fleeing with his four children and their mother was arrested Wednesday by police, who said the siblings and their mother were in good health and apparently had not been taken against their will. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/nypd-nabs-man-accused-of-killing-woman-in-mass.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:36:49 EDT A man accused of abducting his wife and four young children from a Massachusetts apartment where another woman was found fatally stabbed was arrested Wednesday by police, who said the siblings and their mother were in good health. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/101005-family-abducted.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/amber-alert-issued-in-mass-for-4-children.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/amber-alert-issued-in-mass-for-4-children.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:41:22 EDT A teenager accused of shooting his father, mother and two younger brothers will be tried as an adult, a judge ruled Tuesday after a psychiatrist testified the teen was physically and verbally abused by his parents. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/100340-family-killed.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/judge-adult-trial-for-md-teen-in-family-slayings.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080729/judge-adult-trial-for-md-teen-in-family-slayings.htm Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:09:10 EDT A Romanian immigrant has given birth to her 18th child in British Columbia, making her the province's most prolific mother in 20 years. Proud dad Alexandru Ionce said Saturday that his 44-year-old wife, Livia, gave birth on Tuesday. Their daughter Abigail weighed in at seven pounds, 12 ounces. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/99487-canada-large-family.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/woman-44-gives-birth-to-her-18th-child-in-canada.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080728/woman-44-gives-birth-to-her-18th-child-in-canada.htm Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:04:56 EDT Frank "The German" Schweihs, reputedly one of Chicago's most feared mob enforcers, has died while awaiting trial on charges he took part in a conspiracy that included numerous organized crime murders. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/97333-family-secrets.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/reputed-mobster-frank-the-german-schweihs-dies.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/reputed-mobster-frank-the-german-schweihs-dies.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:26:20 EDT A Pennsylvania judge says a teenager who killed three members of a family must serve three consecutive life terms. Judge David Ashworth denied a motion on behalf of 17-year-old Alec Kreider to make the sentences concurrent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/pa-judge-wont-reduce-sentence-for-triple-killer.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:52:34 EDT Police say a man rammed his car into another vehicle several times in Philadelphia, killing his relative and critically injuring four others, including a 1-year-old. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/pa-man-charged-with-murder-after-fatal-crash.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:16:22 EDT A man suspected of killing his wife and two young children in the family's rural home in western Pennsylvania was arrested Thursday after a daylong manhunt and charged in their deaths. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/suspect-arrested-in-western-pa-triple-killing.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:15:59 EDT