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San Diego GOP chairman sues redistricting commission
The Republican Party chairman of San Diego County filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to reseat the San Diego Redistricting Commission.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:26P
Court orders California to free prisoners
They remain uncorrected," Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote. Cash-strapped California has had a problem with prison overcrowding for years: the US state has about 148000 inmates housed in 33 jails designed for 80000 prisoners, according to its own figures.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:25P
Air France flight slowed to a stall before crash: report
France's BEA air-accident investigation bureau, which also declined to comment, said it plans to issue a factual statement May 27 on its preliminary findings. Nelson Marinho, who represents families of the Brazilian crash victims, said the group would
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:25P
Pilot injured in helicopter crash east of Slave Lake
Heke said the crash scene was in marshy terrain, approximately 30 metres from a helipad at a work site. Four other commercial helicopters were at the scene to provide assistance. Although Calling Lake is only about 100 kilometres east of Slave Lake,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:25P
Ib Hansen, pilot in Erie crash, was 'skilled,' plane 'beautifully constructed'
Emergency personnel make a walk through of a field near the site of a fatal plane crash at the Tri-County Airport in Erie Sunday May 22, 2011. The partial wreckage of the plane is seen in the trees.
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:25P
Parents of twin girls killed in 2009 car crash have bid for adjournment of
A REQUEST to adjourn the inquest into four deaths, including five-year-old twins Grace and Jessica Hornby, which resumed on the Sunshine Coast this morning, has been rejected. The twins' parents Kelly and Michael Hornby sought an adjournment after it
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:25P
False Claims Lawsuit Settled
Quest Diagnostics has settled for $241 million settlement in a whistle-blower lawsuit filed against the company over fraudulent Medi-Cal charges. The settlement was the largest in the California False Claims Act. On top of the fraudulent charges,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:24P
Chuck E. Cheese lawsuit moving to Superior Court
As a result, Denise Keller asked last week for her lawsuit to be dismissed from federal court, which no longer has jurisdiction, so that it could be refiled in Superior Court, according to a news release from the law firm Krause, Kalfayan,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:24P
Schwarzenegger former housekeeper hires lawyer
AP Enterprise: States' immigration efforts fizzle LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman identified as the mother of former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's out-of-wedlock son has hired a Los Angeles law firm. Lawyer Michael Saltz confirms that Mildred Patricia
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:24P
Omar Khadr settles, US Supreme Court rules against him
The decision said Justice Elena Kagan, who previously worked as Obama's top Supreme Court lawyer, “took no part in the consideration or decision” of the Khadr petition. In a sentencing deal, Khadr pleaded guilty last October to five war crimes,
Updated: 05/23/2011 09:24P
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