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Transgender widow's marriage voided by Texas judge
The ruling Tuesday comes in a lawsuit filed by the family of the firefighter, who died while fighting a Wharton County egg farm fire last year. The suit argues the widow should receive none of his benefits because she was born a man and Texas doesn't
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:47P
Chrysler repays $9.5 billion in government loans
On Tuesday, it retired a $5.9 billion balance on the US loans and $1.7 billion to the governments of Canada and Ontario. "Chrysler's repayment of its outstanding loans to the US Treasury and American taxpayers marks a significant milestone for the
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:46P
NY trooper charged with running over man in road
District Attorney Louise Sira says an autopsy showed Finch had a blood alcohol level above the legal limit, but investigators may never know how he ended up lying in the road while walking home from a nearby restaurant. Finch's blood and tissue were
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:46P
Justices to consider deportation for tax crimes
By Lawyers USA The US Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether filing a false statement on a tax return is an aggravated felony, rendering a defendant deportable under federal immigration law. The defendants in the case, a Japanese married couple who
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:46P
New Bedford man gets trial for allegedly supplying, leaving overdosing girlfriend
By Kevin P. O'Connor A man accused of abandoning his girlfriend as she overdosed on drugs, and stealing from her as he left, will face trial on the charges in Superior Court. Christopher Anderson, 48, of Foxboro Street, New Bedford, was indicted last
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:45P
Bank of America makes settlement
The preliminary settlement follows a class action lawsuit involving around one million clients. A US district court in southern Florida will now have to give final approval of the settlement which is expected to take place later in the year.
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:45P
NLRB V Boeing – Corporations Fear Law Itself
The corporate right says the NLRB complaint is an example of "the federal government dictating private business decisions." Yes, exactly. That is what law is: government dictating private business decisions. Law is "government dictating private
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:43P
Lawyer Pleads No Contest In Hunter Death
The no-contest plea is treated as a conviction, but can't be used against Manilla in a wrongful-death lawsuit. Police say Manilla was hunting recklessly in November with his uncle — a former district attorney — when he killed 52-year-old Barry Groh of
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:43P
Romney Claims Credit for Auto Rescue He Opposed
In the 2008 article, Mr. Romney wrote, “A managed bankruptcy may be the only path to the fundamental restructuring the industry needs.” That sounds like an endorsement of the rescue package that Mr. Obama eventually put in place in his first few months
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:42P
US regulators accuse Arcadia Petroleum traders of manipulating global oil prices
TRADERS, including an Australian, at an international oil-trading company manipulated global oil prices as they soared to record highs in 2008 by tightly controlling the flow of oil in and out of a major US storage hub, according to a lawsuit filed
Updated: 05/24/2011 07:42P
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