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War on drugs has failed, report finds
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The global war on drugs has failed, a high-level commission comprised of former presidents, public intellectuals and other leaders studying drug policies concluded in a report released Thursday.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:44P
Gores Group Said to Seek at Least Half of Borders Stores
US Bankruptcy Judge Martin Glenn in Manhattan granted Borders's request to extend its period of control over its reorganization by four months, giving it until Oct. 14 to file a Chapter 11 plan. Borders has asked to be given until Dec.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:43P
Bernstein Liebhard LLP Announces Filing Of A Class Action Against Logitech
The company now expects FY 2011 sales in the range of $2.35 to $2.37 billion, down from the previous range of $2.4 to $2.42 billion. FY 2011 operating income is now expected to be in the range of $140 to $150 million, down from the previous range of
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:43P
Support Small Businesses: Death to the "Hook-Up"
These businesses, if supported, will bring respectable traffic to your community. Restaurants, bakeries, law firms, doctor's offices, schools, libraries, and more are all a reflection of the upkeep and character of your community.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:42P
Thanks to Arizona
The professionally outraged announced boycotts. Arizona stood condemned before the world, a byword for hatred and defiance of federal law. And yet the Supreme Court last week implicitly ratified Arizona's leadership role on immigration enforcement.
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:42P
What the dog-whistle debate about asylum seeker "amnesty" ignores
Figures have consistently shown that the numbers of people seeking asylum spike with human rights abuses and conflicts, not because of "pull factors" like changes to immigration law. However, given the dog whistle nature of the debate around asylum and
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:41P
US Rep. Smith's enforcement bill would allow for indefinite detention of
Sovick added that Human Rights First believes that the US needs to improve its immigration detention system to make it more cost-effective and consistent with human rights, strengthening protections under current law to defend due process and
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:39P
Father of Wylie's Angel Addresses Court
Staff Sgt. Jerry Isgregg addressed the court in the trial of Darlene Phillips who plead guilty to murdering her 6-year-old named Gerren Isgrigg and told jurors he failed his son. On Wednesday, Darlene Phillips, the 64-year-old
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:39P
Ogier Is Member of 'Rangers,' a Group of 'Vigilantes'...or Semi-Vigilantes
Historian WW Robinson, in “Lawyers of Los Angeles” (1959), terms the Rangers a “semi-vigilante, semi-social group of a hundred or more men who enjoyed themselves while at the same time trying to chase criminals.” His unexplained description of the band
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:38P
Criminal Justice Center Transitions to State Management
officials said. facilities statewide as a final step in the unification of California's trial courts. The 1970s steel-and-glass structure on Temple Street building on Temple Street is the 24th court facility in Los Angeles to transition to the AOC
Updated: 06/02/2011 12:38P
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