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Keating calls for native title changes
Mr Keating backed comments made by the Chief Justice of the High Court, Robert French, two years ago. Justice French suggested lifting some of the burdens of proof from Aboriginal native title applicants, so that instead a challenger might instead have
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:17A
A slice of life for the average EJ organizer
Many people wonder what keeps a Sierra Club environmental justice organizer busy. We could ask my fellow EJ organizers around the country and most would tell you that the times around and after Earth Day are frequently the busiest.
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:16A
Geno Ford seeks to have lawsuit by KSU dismissed
Geno Ford asked a Portage County Common Pleas judge to dismiss a $1.2 million lawsuit Kent State University filed against him and award him attorney's costs in court documents filed Friday. KSU filed the suit against its former men's basketball coach
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:16A
LI Sex Assault Survivor Leads Project Against Rapists
A sexual assault survivor who waited 15 years to see her assailant brought to justice, Alexenko — who is featured in an upcoming HBO documentary on sex crime prosecutions — insists authorities often have the evidence to convict predators,
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:15A
New minimum wage goes into effect today
A lawsuit filed on behalf of four individual workers and three groups representing low-wage employees claimed Florida's Agency for Workforce Innovation violated the state constitution by keeping minimum wage at the $7.25 federal rate, where it was last
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:15A
Eva to pay 132 million in price fixing probe
As a result of an investigation by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), a total of 22 airlines and 21 executives have been charged with price fixing in violation of the Sherman Act. According to a one-count felony charge filed in the US District Court
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:15A
Deception and Disorder in Immigration Court
WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing two weeks ago on the immigration courts, the Justice Department's appeals system for aliens challenging deportation. To contribute to this reassessment of an
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:14A
High gas prices jeopardizing our economic recovery
He also renewed his calls for legislators to give the Department of Justice authority to crack down on foreign oil cartels, and a release of product from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). “Slight but sharp changes in prices at the pump are hard
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:14A
Complaints to Children's Ombudsman up by 65%
The Annual Report of the Ombudsman for Children is being launched in Dublin this morning at the end of its first full term of office. Last year the Ombudsman dealt with 1223 complaints in the areas of childrens' education, health, justice and housing.
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:14A
Poole council worker took her own life after being conned by fraudster
An inquest recorded a suicide verdict. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Miss Mulliner had met Michael Grey, 23, at Rochester prison in 2007. Following his release she separated from her husband and they moved to the South Coast to make a fresh start.
Updated: 06/01/2011 07:13A
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