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AKP Accused of Threatening to Cancel Social Aid
While many still support the Justice and Development Party, or AKP, locals strongly favor the independent candidates supported by pro-Kurdish groups Thousand of locals on Thursday filled the main square of Siirt, where Prime Minster Recep Tayyip
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:02A
Fired school workers go to trial five years later
the destruction of Hurricane Katrina led to huge changes in the way public schools are run in New Orleans, a trial is about to begin in a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for thousands of school employees who lost their jobs after the storm.
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:01A
Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of Colorado's TABOR amendment
In a case that could affect citizen initiatives nationally, a bipartisan group of current and former state legislators and local officials is expected to file a lawsuit today in federal court challenging the constitutionality of
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:01A
Colorado divorce rate plummets during recession
Wives generally got the houses, and pilots took the retirement fund — then woke up one morning to find their pensions were gutted when the company went through bankruptcy, Fox said. "The problem now is much more difficult and across the spectrum," he
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:01A
Colorado divorce rate plummets during recession
Wives generally got the houses, and pilots took the retirement fund — then woke up one morning to find their pensions were gutted when the company went through bankruptcy, Fox said. "The problem now is much more difficult and across the spectrum," he
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:01A
Aims Community College's aviation program stays aloft for new generation of pilots
These days, students can get a two- year degree in air-traffic control or as a helicopter pilot, an airline pilot or a general-aviation pilot. In general aviation, a graduate will get private and commercial pilot certificates and instrument rating.
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:01A
Creating a 4th Amendment loophole
The 8-1 decision came in the case of a search of an apartment in Kentucky by police who suspected illegal drugs were being destroyed. The police, who said they smelled marijuana near the apartment, had knocked loudly on the door and shouted,
Updated: 05/23/2011 03:00A
Cokie and Steven V. Roberts: Rape often remains crime of blame-the-victim
Victims often chose silence over justice because they feared that the criminal system would reject their accusations or, worse yet, blame them for the assault. The “blame-the-victim” syndrome is so pervasive that even an honorable institution like the
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:58A
'Soft skills' seen as key to employability
Meanwhile, more than two-thirds believe that their countries' education systems are either not at all successful or not very successful when it comes to developing financial and entrepreneurial skills amongst young people. The survey was carried out by
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:58A
Hopedale man questions regional dispatch service
At a Hopedale selectmen's meeting on May 2, Hopedale resident Don Howes recounted a hit-and-run car crash the week before before when the regional dispatcher did not contact local police. Reading from notes, Howes detailed the crash in the center of
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:57A
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