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Harris Sherline: Legislation Not the Answer to Eliminating Prejudice
For a century, California went out of its way to enshrine anti-Chinese sentiment in law. Even The Sacramento Bee promoted that disgraceful agenda. So why not just let history go and move on? Americans seem to have a penchant for self-flagellation over
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:12A
Harris Sherline: Legislation Not the Answer to Eliminating Prejudice
For a century, California went out of its way to enshrine anti-Chinese sentiment in law. Even The Sacramento Bee promoted that disgraceful agenda. So why not just let history go and move on? Americans seem to have a penchant for self-flagellation over
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:12A
Grand prize turns into lawsuit
Four years later, the high of winning has dissolved into the headache of a lawsuit, slated for mediation this week. The developer folded. The home was never built. No prize money was awarded. Hedberg still lives in an apartment in northwest Cape Coral.
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:12A
SKorean court begins trial for 5 Somali pirates
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court has begun a trial for five Somali pirates captured during a raid on a hijacked ship in the Arabian Sea. The five were arrested in January after a team of South Korean commandos raided the seized South
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:12A
JPMorgan, Strauss-Kahn, Lehman, HSBC, Galleon in Court News
Section 1031 of the US Tax Code permits the owners of certain types of property used for business or investment to exchange them “for property of like kind,” without recognizing a loss or gain for tax purposes. Jennifer Zuccarelli, a JPMorgan Chase
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:12A
Widow wins sperm battle
In the New South Wales Supreme Court today, Justice Robert Allan Hulme ruled that Jocelyn Edwards is entitled to possession of the sperm recovered from the body of her late husband, Mark Edwards. "Although there is no direct evidence, the clear and
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:10A
Woman recounts parasailing accident
Amanda Goodsell is happy to have survived a parasailing accident off Kewalo Basin on Saturday. Goodsell says it was her second time up that day, when about a minute into the ride the line broke. "It's not like we hit the ocean very hard.
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:10A
Family of motel mogul in squabble over estate
While the matriarch of one of Myrtle Beach's most influential families was dying of cancer, a son and her estranged husband were scheming to steal her money, car, jewelry, real estate holdings and other assets, according to a lawsuit
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:09A
James Hellman
James Hellman, 24, Bismarck, ND, drowned Friday, May 6, 2011, as a result of an accident on Apple Creek in Bismarck. Memorial services are scheduled for today, May 23, 2011, at 11 am, in Lord of Life Church in Bismarck, and Wednesday, May 25, 2011,
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:09A
Court: New trial for soap scum case
The Michigan Appeals Court has overturned a $62000 verdict and ordered a new trial in the case of a woman who fell after rinsing her swimsuit at a Lansing YMCA in 2003. Milagros Dascola of Dimondale said she later noticed the floor was slippery from
Updated: 05/23/2011 01:09A
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