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Masons clinch stunning win
In fact, the word "remarkable" hardly does justice to an effort which saw them drop from ninth in Saturday's morning first stage to 18th in the third because of a turbocharger failure in their Subaru Impreza WRX. By lunchtime the Masons were three
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:09A
Three B.C. drug traffickers killed after crossing the Greeks gang, court hears
Favell said four of five men charged in the slayings were senior members of the Greeks' hierarchy, including alleged leader Peter Manolakos. Manolakos, Dale Sipes, Leslie Podolski and Sheldon O'Donnell each had special rings signifying their position
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:08A
Chiquita sued over Colombian rebel payments
Cincinnati-based Chiquita in 2007 pleaded guilty to similar criminal charges brought by the Justice Department and paid a $25 million fine. But if the lawsuits succeed, plaintiffs' lawyers estimate the damages against Chiquita could reach into the
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:08A
Stockton's woes mirror those of Vallejo
Development fees, property taxes and sales taxes from new shopping centers poured into city treasuries. Officials responded with lavish contracts for city employees, especially police and firefighters, when unions applied pressure.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:08A
Open thread for night owls: Administration goes after big-city police for
by Meteor Blades for Daily Kos In a marked shift from the Bush administration, President Obama's Justice Department is aggressively investigating several big urban police departments for systematic civil rights abuses such as harassment of racial
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:07A
Maine lawyers group sues Bank of America
In the most recent lawsuit, the nonprofit membership association describes a "scheme of embezzlement" between 2006 and 2010 in which Higgins allegedly forged executive director Steven Prince's signature on 220 unauthorized checks.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:07A
Murder-suicide ultimate form of control for obsessed men
Men who are driven to murder-suicide are obsessed and controlling, leading them to take drastic measures when women decide to leave, say experts in domestic violence. "The perpetrator thinks and believes he
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:06A
Japan gears up an international human rights complaint system
The Justice Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, and the rest of the concerned government agencies are working out the details and they intend to obtain Cabinet consent on the matter by the end of the year. The individual complaint system is based on
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:06A
Case manager gets Windsor Terrace condo
Ms. Bealler is senior case manager at Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions, LLC, provider of integrated technology solutions for the legal profession. Before she joined Epiq Bankruptcy, she worked with McKinsey & Company in their Boston Office.
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:05A
Welcome to Post-Legal America
It's easy enough to explain what I mean. if, in a country theoretically organized under the rule of law, wrongdoers are never brought to justice and nobody is held accountable for possibly serious crimes, then you don't have to be a constitutional law
Updated: 05/31/2011 12:04A
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