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Beating of couple is part of shocking burst of violence by juveniles in Des Moines
The May 12 incident began with what Cheryl Fogle said was a common sight: Youngsters walked down the middle of a street, blocking traffic, seemingly enjoying the inconvenience they were causing. Leonard Fogle was driving to a relative's house and saw
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:08A
State Government settles out of court with woman assaulted in Maroochydore
Picture: Graeme Parkes Source: The Courier-Mail THE victim of a watch-house sexual assault by two disgraced former Maroochydoore police officers has won a damages payout from the State Government on the eve of a Supreme Court lawsuit hearing.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:08A
Supreme Court rejects whistleblower's attempt to use FOIA to forage for False
Justice Ginsburg, dissented, joined by Justices Breyer and Sotomayor. Justice Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision in the case. The opinion – the Court's third on the public disclosure bar in as many terms – is noteworthy for several
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:07A
Supreme Court time travels with an ERISA case
In the opinion written by Justice Breyer, the Court reminds us of the significant distinction between the plan sponsor function of establishing plan terms, and the plan administrator function of communicating to participants through the summary plan
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:07A
Tory insists that he earned his job
The document details how Michel's son, Yves, is executive assistant to Justice Minister Marie-Claude Blais and how Michel's brother, Georges, has been appointed by the Tory government to the New Brunswick Insurance Board. The genealogy drawn up by the
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:07A
Incredible that our police should be cast as villains
The authorities in Spain then applied Spanish law in a part of the sea which is not Spanish. Given what has happened in the past, it is imperative that the statutory obligations and jurisdictional competence which Gibraltar exercises over its
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:06A
Court news : Wheel of Gold Ltd claims Rs 100 M damages
the advice of the Government not to issue the relevant gambling licence on the alleged ground that it was the Government's policy not to issue any gambling licence is arbitrary, unjust, against the rules of natural justice and constitutes a “faute.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:06A
Two attorneys running for judge
Mr. McClusky, who has been a town of Watertown justice since 2002, is seeking the seat held by Judge Hugh A. Gilbert, who has reached the mandatory retirement age of 70 for judges. Mr. Young, a former Lewis County district attorney, is vying for a seat
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:06A
Ex-IMF leader to be released on $1m bail
The 62-year-old French banker and diplomat briefly wore an expression of relief after Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus announced his decision in a packed courtroom. Later, Strauss-Kahn blew a kiss toward his wife. The ruling didn't immediately
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:05A
Review ordered in jail assault
Justice Minister Ross Landry has ordered a review into why it took staff at a Dartmouth jail 4½ hours to let Halifax Regional Police know that an inmate had been seriously assaulted. "I'm not alarmed at the time
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:05A
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