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Brazil Sues Twitter For DUI Checkpoint Alerts
By Melissa Daniels | Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:51 pm Brazil is asking Twitter to remove accounts alerting citizens to sobriety checkpoints, one of the first challengers to the platform's new policy on restricting tweets that violate local laws.
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:53P
The Catholic Church's Fight Against Obama Is Totally Unprecedented In American
Well, it's true that the Catholic Church opposes legal abortion, it opposed liberalized divorce laws. The current pope and the last one opposed the Iraq War, etc. But in this case, the government will force the Church's institutions (hospitals,
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:52P
Facebook pictures helping police catch criminals
By Christine Hsu Facebook pictures are helping German police catch suspected criminals and find missing persons, according to the state's interior minister. Law enforcement in the German state of Lower-Saxony will soon use social media like their
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:50P
No major injuries in Penngrove big rig crash
The 8:27 am crash was on Petaluma Hill Road at Main Street, near Adobe Road. As many as four vehicles may have been involved as initial reports indicated the big rig driver side-swiped multiple cars. Initial CHP reports also indicated the brakes may
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:49P
Group discusses constitutionality of HB 87
Georgia's law, also known as HB 87, took effect last year. Under the law, many businesses are required to check an employee's immigration status, and it is a felony to falsify documents to try to get around the system. Opponents believe it encourages
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:49P
Delay likely in police discrimination civil trial
24 on criminal charges alleging they violated Latinos' rights through false arrests and unnecessary searches. The officers have pleaded not guilty. Yale Law School's Worker and Immigrant Rights Advocacy Clinic filed a lawsuit in October 2010 on behalf
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:49P
In court for driving charge
Park is charged in connection with a crash on the A15 near the Spridlington turn-off on 19th August last year, when Richard Taylor, 77, from Ashby near Scunthorpe, died. Worsman is due to appear before Lincoln Crown Court on 6th March for trial.
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:48P
Indiana and the last crusade: Do right-to-work acts work?
These are stories Report on Business is following Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Get the top business stories through the day on BlackBerry or iPhone by bookmarking our mobile-friendly webpage. This isn't directly related to the controversial shutdown of the
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:48P
7 San Antonio officers investigated over wreck
McManus says the sergeant, who apparently had been drinking, has been put on administrative leave over last Thursday's accident. The patrol car struck a highway wall. The other six officers are on administrative duty. McManus says there was an attempt
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:47P
Anticipation mounts as Prop. 8 decision nears
A three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that considered the question plans to issue its long-awaited opinion 18 months after a trial judge struck down the ban following the first federal trial to examine if same-sex couples have a
Updated: 02/07/2012 12:47P
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