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Wis. budget panel approves more Internet agents
(AP) - The state Justice Department would get nearly a dozen more people to help fight Internet crimes against children under a provision the Legislature's budget panel has approved. The Republican-controlled committee voted 12-4 Tuesday to approve $1
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:37P
US, Virginia Say Appeals Court Has Authority in Obama Health-Care Cases
The Justice Department, in a reversal of arguments made before lower courts, said in a filing today that the court has jurisdiction over the case because Congress didn't intend to dictate a single route to judicial evaluation of the law.
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:36P
Prosecutor suing GlaxoSmithKline over diabetes drug Avandia
COLUMBIA - British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline PLC improperly marketed the diabetes drug Avandia to South Carolina consumers, hiding the medication's harmful side effects, according to a lawsuit filed by the state's top prosecutor.
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:36P
Lagos vs Al-Mustapha: Court nullifies application to re-open case
Trial judge in the matter, Justice Mojisola Dada, in her ruling on the application, held that same lacked merit and was an attempt by the prosecution to make the court reason alongside its path, and to defeat an earlier order of court.
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:35P
Redistricting amendments clear another hurdle
The US Department of Justice has given initial clearance for Florida's new constitutional amendments aimed at stopping overt gerrymandering of congressional districts and legislature districts. The DOJ had to review the legislation to
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:35P
Kenya: School Gets 10 Days to Respond in Hijab Case
Justice Musinga, who was scheduled to hear submissions from both parties, yesterday had to adjourn the case because the principal and the board have not responded to the suit from March this year. The case was instituted November 2010.
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:35P
Glassy Condos on Park Avenue Sell
The buyers all closed on the same day under orders from a bankruptcy judge, as the building at 1055 Park Ave. worked out a foreclosure threat. A sixth and final apartment in the building on the corner of East 87th Street also is due to close in the
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:34P
Whiplashed Snooki Rocks A Neck Brace Look
But our Snooki sure knows how to do it justice. You would think that the Princess of Poughkeepsie would bling out her brace, but instead she's chosen to minimise its impact with volume in other areas, namely the boots and with her patented hair poof.
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:34P
Ratko Mladic extradited to face war crimes trial
A court in Belgrade rejected Mladic's appeal against the extradition and Serbian justice minister Snezana Malovic signed his transfer order shortly afterward. Mladic, 69, is accused of committing war crimes during the Bosnian war in the 1990s,
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:33P
Schepansky Bound Over to Circuit Court on Single Gun Charge
In ordering a Wayne County Circuit Court hearing for Schepansky, 35th District Court Chief Justice Michael Gerou said he would drop two of three charges against the Plymouth High School military history teacher. Gerou discussed his ruling during
Updated: 05/31/2011 08:33P
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