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Is anti-bullying law having an impact?
TANYA BREEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER 160000 children skip school every day due to bullying. – National Education Association 37 percent of all students don't feel safe at school because of bullying. – US Department of Justice A third of students in sixth
Updated: 10/15/2011 08:55P
Law firm for poor in leadership limbo
Five months after a committee of top lawyers from across the state recommended three attorneys to run the office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel that serves Broward and Palm Beach counties, Gov. Rick Scott asked it to start again
Updated: 10/15/2011 08:48P
Egypt military approves law to punish discrimination
CAIRO: Egypt's ruling military approved on Saturday a law to punish discrimination after clashes between soldiers and Christians killed 25 people in the country's worst violence since a revolt this year. The amendment to the criminal code states a
Updated: 10/15/2011 08:18P
Faults found at Easton Hospital
Easton Hospital could not document that it conducted complete criminal background checks on prospective employees as required by Pennsylvania law and health regulations, a state inspection found.
Updated: 10/15/2011 08:14P
Defending free speech
It hasn't been amended yet, and some people still believe in it. Whatcott doesn't quietly believe homosexuality is wrong. He's noisy about it. He hands out literature on the subject. He's not diplomatic; some of his flyers are downright rude.
Updated: 10/15/2011 08:07P
Egyptian law to punish discrimination
Egypt's ruling military has approved a law to punish discrimination after clashes between soldiers and Christians killed 25 people in the country's worst violence since a revolt this year. The amendment to the criminal code states a punishment of a
Updated: 10/15/2011 07:34P
Former polygamous sect leader challenges Texas bigamy law
Unlike other Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints men charged in Texas, 70-year-old Wendell Nielsen is not accused of marrying underage girls. Instead, the three felony bigamy charges against him are focused on women ages 66,
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:54P
State-backed law firm struggling; Gov. Scott wants to restart from scratch
Five months after a committee of top lawyers from across the state recommended three attorneys to run the West Palm Beach-based office of the Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Gov. Rick Scott asked it to start again from scratch.
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:44P
Kline ethics case unlikely to affect his teaching
A state professional ethics panel recommended last week that Kline's Kansas law license be indefinitely suspended because of his conduct during criminal investigations of abortion providers. Kline has denied any wrongdoing, but others said he allowed
Updated: 10/15/2011 06:00P
KCTV 5Kline ethics case unlikely to affect his teaching
Entertainment News from AP KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The dean of the Liberty University School of Law says former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline's ability to teach at the Christian school is unlikely to be affected by the outcome of an ethics case.
Updated: 10/15/2011 05:48P