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Boxer Pacquiao settles defamation suit against de la Hoya
LOS ANGELES--Manny Pacquiao has settled his defamation lawsuit against Oscar de la Hoya and his Golden Boy promotions chief Richard Schaefer over allegations the Filipino fight king used performance-enhancing drugs. Terms of the settlement were not
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:36P
Developer looks to build 80 homes on Half Moon Bay land
If Rick Lafferty has his way, he'll erect an 80-home subdivision on land now owned by Nurserymen's Exchange, a decorative plant wholesaler that declared bankruptcy last week. Lafferty's company, RL Communities of San Ramon, is in exclusive negotiations
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:36P
Lorne Gunter: Hells Angels freed as justice fails
A Quebec judge decided Wednesday to release more than two dozen people — alleged members of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang and purported criminal associates — without even trying them for the crimes they are accused of. His rationale?
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:36P
Fathers file petition against Israel in UNHRC
Collectively, the petitions allege that Israel's family laws and practices violate international conventions, deny men involved in divorce cases their basic human rights and accuse state-run authorities and courts of purposely disengaging fathers from
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
High court stays IGI development fee for 3 weeks
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna, however, refused to adjudicate on the validity of ADF itself. The bench asked the petitioners to challenge the same before an aviation tribunal.
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Cell Phone Law One Year Old
"You may not notice traffic stopping ahead of you, you tend to weave in your lane, you tend to drive excessively slow or excessively past, it's very much like a drunk driver," says Capt. Schneider. Police say using a cell phone while dirving can lead
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Chris Rickert: Pridemore's immigration bill seems misguided
Don Pridemore's immigration bill become law just to show how misguided its premise is and how reluctant most of the criminal justice system would be to implement it. The bill requires police to detain anyone who is arrested on a civil or criminal
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Chris Rickert: Pridemore's immigration bill seems misguided
Don Pridemore's immigration bill become law just to show how misguided its premise is and how reluctant most of the criminal justice system would be to implement it. The bill requires police to detain anyone who is arrested on a civil or criminal
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Engineers disagree about damage, danger of 99-year-old Margate firehouse
All this, meanwhile, comes after a lawsuit over renovations at the city's other firehouse left that project in limbo and even inspired legislation in Trenton. So how did all this come to pass - and what will happen now?
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
Judge rules Napa red-light cameras are illegal
Daugherty fought back in traffic court, but the judge ruled against her. Then she appealed her conviction. In her opinion reversing Daugherty's conviction, Price zeroed on the 2008 contract. State law, Price said, prohibits that a contract between a
Updated: 06/01/2011 09:35P
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