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Pa.'s $540 million budget debate
Pennsylvania lost a $850 million medical malpractice lawsuit that the Rendell administration appealed; the state expects a decision on that case this year, said Miller. Putting surplus money into the 2011-12 budget would be "disingenuous and not right
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:04A
Cuomo Pulls New York From Secure Communities
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he is suspending the state's participation in a program reviled by immigration advocates that sends the fingerprints of anyone arrested to immigration authorities. New York began participating in the
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:04A
VOICES: Race, immigrants and the 2012 presidential election
Would-be president Newt Gingrich calls Barack Obama our "most successful food stamp president," Santana gets booed at the "Civil Rights" baseball game in Atlanta for criticizing Georgia's new immigration law, and politicians
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:03A
Aberdeen University to introduce parking charges
A spokeswoman for Aberdeen University said: “The university also has an obligation to reduce the social and environmental impacts associated with staff and student travel. These impacts can include local traffic congestion, reduced air quality and long
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:03A
Jurors urged to find labourer guilty of raping and killing mother-of-three
Trial: Jurors expected to be sent to consider their verdict on Friday. A jury has been urged to convict a labourer of raping and murdering Dundee mother-of-three Mary McLaren. Patrick Rae, 41, denies killing the 34-year-old after meeting her on a night
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:02A
Citizenship and Immigration
First, on balance some two million Americans have lost their jobs to illegal migrants at great cost to the nation in terms of the unemployment and welfare benefits redistributed from taxpayers to the jobless. Those costs outweigh the economic benefit
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:01A
Gatineau man identified as victim in fatal Hwy. 17 crash
A 32-year-old Gatineau man has been identified as the victim of a fatal crash on Highway 17 that kept the highway closed for hours in Arnprior. Police say Karlinton Boothe was killed when his transport truck rear-ended another tractor trailer in a
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:01A
Lawsuits.com Goes Up For Sale
Lawsuit.com (singular) is already a lead generation site for lawyers. In this case I'm not sure if the singular or plural is better. I've been keeping my eye on Lawsuit.com because the ownership information changed in January to DNStinations,
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:01A
Two from Springfield killed in I-70 crash near Greenville
Two Springfield residents died in a crash with a semi truck on Interstate 70 near Greenville Wednesday afternoon, according to the Illinois State Police. The driver, a 44-year-old woman, has not been identified pending notification
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:01A
Supreme Court Ponders Cell Phone-Cancer Lawsuits
The Supreme Court today asked the Justice Department to weigh in on whether the Court should hear a formerly dismissed class action lawsuit against 19 telecoms. The suit accuses companies like AT&T and Nokia downplayed the dangers of cell phone
Updated: 06/02/2011 11:01A