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Jury finds Jonas Neiderbach guilty on all counts of child endangerment
(John Gaps III/The Register) Neiderbach's parents, Jon and Mary Neiderbach, left the courthouse without commenting after the verdict — as did maternal relatives of Ethan, the severely brain-damaged son Neiderbach was convicted of abusing.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:59P
Jury cannot reach verdict in excessive force lawsuit against former Jackson
A jury weighing civil allegations of excessive force against a former Jackson police officer could not reach a unanimous verdict this afternoon. Chief US District Judge William Steele set he would put the case on the August docket for a possible
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:59P
Ontario's highways safer, stats show
The three drivers who raced 44 kilometres while zigzagging and blocking other traffic each were jailed. One also faced deportation, while another got a lifetime driving ban and the third was grounded 10 years. Virgoe's death drove a law enforcement
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:57P
Brown Around Town: Alice In PERM Land
Jan H. Brown is a principal in the Law Offices of Jan H. Brown, PC, centered in New York City. He has been practicing immigration and nationality law since 1979 and frequently lectures and writes on the subject of US immigration law.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:57P
Bloggings on Immigration Law
Roger Algase is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He has been practicing business immigration law in New York City for more than 20 years. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the opinion of ILW.COM.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:57P
Boxing hero Pacquiao leads fight against birth control
Almost 80% of Filipinos are Catholic, a legacy of the Philippines' Spanish colonial past, and the church has helped to lead two revolutions over the past 25 years while ensuring abortion and divorce remain illegal. Nevertheless, Pacquiao has had to
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:56P
West Memphis marks one-year anniversary of officers' deaths
Officer DJ O'Clare visits the grave of Officer Bill Evans, one year after Evans and Sgt. Brandon Paudert, of the West Memphis Police Department, were killed in the line of duty on a routine traffic stop. Today marks the first anniversary
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:55P
Trading in Lehman Bankruptcy Claims Set Record in April
A record number of bankruptcy claims against Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. traded hands last month as buyers grew more optimistic about how much they could recover on the claims as the failed investment bank is wound down.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:54P
Angry over unemployment, tens of thousands of protesters defy ban in Spain
Spanish university students and youth groups are protesting against a youth unemployment rate of 40... (Associated Press) Demonstrators as they spend the night in tents in Sol square during a protest in Madrid, Friday May 20, 2011.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:54P
London Evening Standard, Anthony Hilton column
One thing we should have learned from the financial crash is that modern banks are too complicated for even their own boards to understand all that goes on within them. It follows therefore that if the board finds it hard to keep a handle on
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:53P