International Business News - in 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 A 22-year-old man was back behind bars about 12 hours after he was released from jail, accused of stealing a car and beer and leading police on a high-speed chase. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/man-arrested-just-12-hours-after-release-from-jail.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:17:24 EDT Indiana's human services agency is considering further changes in the way it processes food stamps that likely would cost some clients their benefits, agency chief Mitch Roob said after lawmakers questioned him about the proposal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/ind-official-proposal-may-affect-food-stamps.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:34:24 EDT Indiana will make $3 million in federal training funds available to recreational vehicle industry workers who lost their jobs because of layoffs caused by the struggling economy and high gasoline prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/indiana-to-fund-training-for-displaced-rv-workers.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:41 EDT The Lake County sheriff is behind bars--voluntarily. Sheriff Mark Curran said his goal is to talk to inmates so he can see the jail from their perspective. That way he can try to solve potential problems, such as safety issues, and better understand the inmate experience, he said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/illinois-sheriff-does-jail-time-_-voluntarily.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:17:59 EDT Two little girls from New Jersey were reunited with their father Thursday and could be returning home within a few days after being trapped by violence in the Republic of Georgia for two weeks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/113539-trapped-in-georgia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/congressman-trying-to-rescue-nj-girls-in-georgia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080821/congressman-trying-to-rescue-nj-girls-in-georgia.htm Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:56:38 EDT Three New York youngsters are on their way home from visiting relatives in war-torn Georgia after missing a bombing by just hours. The two girls, ages 13 and 19, and their 7-year-old brother are the children of Khatuna Baghaturia (kah-TUH'-nah bah-gah-tuh-REEH'-ah) who owns a Georgian restaurant in Brooklyn. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/ny-kids-make-it-out-of-war-torn-georgia-safely.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:15:30 EDT A New Jersey congressman has arrived in the Republic of Georgia in an effort to bring home two young girls stuck overseas since the conflict with Russia began. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/nj-congressman-in-georgia-to-help-trapped-sisters.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:05:51 EDT Portwood Williams didn't know what kind of reception the children in his car would receive when they sat down at a segregated lunch counter in downtown Oklahoma City to order some soft drinks. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/112172-sit-in-anniversary.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/50-years-after-okla-sit-in-participants-honored.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/50-years-after-okla-sit-in-participants-honored.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:28:28 EDT A New Jersey congressman is on his way to the Republic of Georgia to help two girls unable to leave their grandmother's farm because of the conflict with Russia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/nj-rep-on-way-to-georgia-to-help-trapped-sisters.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:24:53 EDT Opera-lovers in Belgium and France will be able to watch performances of the New York Metropolitan Opera live on movie screens, a Belgian cinema group said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/belgian-french-fans-to-see-met-operas-live.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:03:20 EDT The Indiana Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear a lawsuit filed by the state attorney general seeking to force a development group that has received $16 million in casino subsidies to open its books. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/ind-high-court-to-review-casino-subsidies-case.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:46:25 EDT The uncle of two New Jersey girls trapped in the war-torn Republic of Georgia has reached the home where his nieces are staying, but the children aren't leaving yet, said a congressman who has been helping the family. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109660-georgia-russia-nj.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/uncle-reaches-nj-girls-trapped-overseas-in-georgia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/uncle-reaches-nj-girls-trapped-overseas-in-georgia.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:40:09 EDT Indiana lost 16,500 jobs in July, more than any other state except Florida and Georgia, and the 0.6 percent erosion in its labor force was the second highest in the nation, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/ind-shed-16-500-jobs-in-july-only-2-states-worse.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:45:50 EDT Three boys are doing fine after spending 40 terrifying minutes locked in a gun safe at a sporting goods store in Salt Lake City. Firefighters drilled air holes into the 4-by-4-foot safe Thursday, then used tools to rip a steel panel from the back. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/3-boys-locked-inside-utah-gun-safe-for-40-minutes.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:44:05 EDT When the fighting broke out in Georgia, it was Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and not Russia's new young president who stepped up to lead the country's tough response. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/109075-russia-georgia-south-osetia.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/war-shows-that-putin-is-running-things-in-russia.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/war-shows-that-putin-is-running-things-in-russia.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:13:21 EDT Two months after flooding swamped many Indiana farms, the state's corn crop is in the midst of an "amazing" rebound after weeks of good weather that revived once waterlogged fields. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/ind-crops-recover-after-flood-new-threat-looms.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:33:57 EDT The Texas Board of Criminal Justice approved a contract Thursday that will allow prisoners to use telephones on a prepaid and collect call basis, ending the last ban on state prisoner phone use in the nation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/texas-prisons-board-oks-contract-for-inmate-phones.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:14:02 EDT The Indiana Division of Aging reminded seniors and other Indiana residents Wednesday that they still have until Oct. 15 to file a tax form that will allow them to receive economic stimulus payments from the federal government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080813/indiana-reminds-seniors-to-seek-stimulus-payments.htm Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:29:50 EDT Khatuna Baghaturia has spent countless hours in the last week on the phone with relatives in her native country and watching the bloodshed on TV. The sight of Russian troops laying waste to Georgia was all the more horrifying because her three children are there now--on vacation. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/107915-georgians-in-america.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/georgians-in-america-watch-the-violence-back-home.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/georgians-in-america-watch-the-violence-back-home.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:47:11 EDT The number of women in state government leadership positions is on the rise, with the percentage nearly mirroring their representation in the general population in six states, a study has found. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/study-women-rise-in-state-government-leadership.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:59:49 EDT