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Georgia Law Enforcement Officials Get Training and Guidelines on What They Can
AP Georgia law enforcement officials are undergoing training on how to handle the new immigration law. Law enforcement officials in Georgia are preparing for a new immigration law that is to take effect on July 1. The new law authorizes law enforcement
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:32P
Justice Department to meet with BCS officials
AP WASHINGTON — The Justice Department's antitrust division will meet with the BCS this summer, following up on concerns the department raised with the NCAA about college football's postseason format. Bowl Championship Series executive director Bill
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:32P
Bill 185 Official! September 28 Proclaimed British Home Child Day - June 2, 2011
Queen's Park ON - On June 1st, 2011, MPP Jim Brownell's Private Members' Bill, Bill 185- An Act to Proclaim British Home Child Day, received Royal Assent by the Chief Justice of the Province of Ontario, the Honourable Mr. Justice Warren K. Winkler.
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:31P
Court orders new trial for man convicted of murder
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ” The state appeals court has ordered a new trial for an Indianapolis man convicted of murder, saying the trial judge erred by refusing to issue a jury instruction on self-defense without the man's testimony.
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:31P
Midday open thread
Looks like we've officially lost the War on Drugs: The Global Commission on Drug Policy, which includes several former heads of state and UN officials, has released a report calling the global war on drugs a failure.
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:31P
2008 Senate candidate joins protest
A handful of protestors shouting "liberty and justice for all" walked onto the House floor Thursday as lawmakers debated legislation. Members of a same-sex advocacy group that earlier demonstrated outside the Legislative Building said their members
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:31P
Media Arts Preview: Politics, Past and Present
This week's media art theme is politics, featured in the suppression of a key film chronicling the Nuremberg trial from 1945, as well as in a unique, hybrid conference event mixing art, philosophy and performance.
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:31P
Immigration Reform Would Help Economy, Says Labor Secretary
Kent Wong (left) listens intently as Dolores Huerta talks about past immigration reform efforts. Also pictured, Michael Czarcinski. (EGP photo by Mario Villegas) Arizona's controversial immigration law, SB1070; Wisconsin's ban on collective bargaining
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:30P
Mosley convicted of double-murder
TROY - A verdict has been reached in the Michael Mosley murder trial. The jury found Mosley guilty of murder in the first degree and burglary in the double-murder of Arica Schneider and Sam Holley in 2002. Today, the jury asked for a read-back of
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:29P
Capitol Alert: Assembly approves bill to slow local government bankruptcies
Union-backed legislation that would make it more difficult for local governments to file for bankruptcy protections sailed out of the Assembly Thursday despite opposition from local officials and business groups.
Updated: 06/02/2011 03:29P
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