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Santa Rosa man arrested in hit-and-run crash into motorcyclist
A passing motorist who saw the crash followed the other driver and called Santa Rosa police dispatch to report where he was headed. The driver, later identified as Adan Garcia-Salome, 23, of Santa Rosa, crashed into a pole down Dutton Avenue at
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Fair-Housing Fight Renewed
(The Wall Street Journal) -- A New York City nonprofit housing group on Tuesday asked a district court in Manhattan to step in and enforce a 2009 consent decree that settled a lawsuit over Westchester County's alleged failure to enforce federal
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
ACLU Plans to Challenge Immigration Law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia plans to file a legal complaint against Georgia's new immigration law, known as House Bill 87. The next step will be to file an injunction to stop the law, attorneys say.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
ACLU Plans to Challenge Immigration Law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia plans to file a legal complaint against Georgia's new immigration law, known as House Bill 87. The next step will be to file an injunction to stop the law, attorneys say.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Drug Tests For Welfare Recipients, State Workers Ignites Debate In Florida
"Requiring job applicants to 'pee in a cup' to test for drugs and randomly selecting current public employees to do the same is unconstitutional, attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday after filing a federal lawsuit to stop the
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Multinational Panel Calls for Tougher 'Stress Tests' of Nuclear Plant Safety
In a letter to the International Atomic Energy Agency in advance of the IAEA meeting later this month on the Fukushima Daiichi accident, the 17-member ad hoc group also urges that safety requirements for new nuclear plants be reviewed.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Wells Fargo compensates deaf customers over discriminatory phone services
The bank has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that also includes a $55000 civic penalty and the payment of $1 million to non-profits assisting Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with disabilities. The settlement, under the Americans with
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Reckless driving charges filed in fatal crash
COEUR d'ALENE, Idaho (AP) ” A 20-year-old Filer man is charged with reckless driving for his alleged role in a crash near Twin Falls that killed two College of Southern Idaho students last September. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports Twin Falls County
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Searchers trying to recover Ga. plane crash bodies
The plane, a Beechcraft Bonanza, was reported missing Monday. Three of the occupants were from north Georgia and the fourth was from Ohio. Joyner says the crash site was spotted by a Georgia State Patrol helicopter Wednesday.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
Lawsuit calls for full environmental review of hydrofracking
An environmentalist and Canandaigua Lake watershed educator says the state attorney general's litigation to seek a full environmental review of the hydraulic fracturing process is an important step.
Updated: 06/02/2011 10:33A
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