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Supreme Court dismisses lawsuit by terrorism witness
By From staff and wire reports | The Daily Tar Heel WASHINGTON, DC (MCT) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously threw out a lawsuit against former Attorney General John Ashcroft that had accused him of misusing his power to arrest suspects as
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:21P
Civil settlement reached in Greenbrier animal cruelty case
The estate of a man charged with cruelty and the Greenbrier County humane officer have settled a lawsuit over about 180 horses and cattle seized in the case. Under the settlement, all the miniature horses and cattle that were seized from the late Grady
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:20P
Sombre Libyans contemplate Gaddafi's future
Hours before the performance outside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound, broadcast live on state television, a Tripoli resident renders a different verdict on the fate of the capital after ten weeks of Western bombing. "We are finished," says a
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:20P
How Twitter is upending British privacy laws
Two hours after that, interest reached such levels that Twitter broke its traffic record in the country, with 1 in every 200 British Web surfers racing to the site, according to Web measurement firm, Experian Hitwise.
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:20P
Chicago to allow 'Felony Franks' sign
However, Andrews filed a First Amendment lawsuit and reached an agreement with officials this week in federal court stating Fioretti and other officials will not "oppose, interfere or obstruct" his permit application, the Chicago Sun-Times reported
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:20P
Editorials from around Pennsylvania
Maybe that's why a Harrisburg attorney wants to see the DUI manual used to train so many Pennsylvania police officers. But it's no surprise that some high-level police officials are trying to stymie him on that effort. Attorney Justin J. McShane,
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:19P
House committee rejects concealed weapons on campus, stalls proposal for
Ernest Wooton, an independent from Belle Chasse and chairman of the Administration of Criminal Justice Committee, said his bill would help preserve the constitutional right to bear arms. But other committee members said Wednesday that the bill would
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:19P
President refuses to sack Raj Kumar Chauhan
Expressing displeasure to the president's letter, lok ayukta Justice Manmohan Sarin told DNA, “It is my duty to fulfil the statutory mandate and make recommendations without fear or favour. This is a process of evolution in the system and such set
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:18P
Forestry services employee appears in court on arson charges
and 56 counts of endangering or causing personal injury to human life during the commission of a felony. First Assistant District Attorney Jack Thorp said Malenski admitted to setting the fires which burned more than 10000 acres in 2010 and 2011.
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:18P
If you build more roads, more people will drive
Writers, politicians, and especially real estate developers constantly argue that we need to widen more highways and build new ones in order to alleviate traffic. I've often suspected this was false. I see traffic congestion as a price -- a price of
Updated: 06/01/2011 03:18P
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