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Bill ending river project draws powerful foes
Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, administration officials warned against breaking apart the river restoration settlement that in 2006 ended an 18-year-long lawsuit pitting farmers against environmentalists. "The bill would not only undo the very valuable
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:14A
Ex-mayor, Dunsmuir await date in court
Ex-Dunsmuir Mayor Peter Arth is taking the city and four council members to court again after defense lawyers issued a second challenge to his lawsuit. Arth's complaint, originally filed in February and refiled in March, claims Mayor
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:14A
Insider trading charge against government chemist accused of using drug data
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday it filed a revised civil lawsuit against Cheng Yi Liang, alleging he illegally traded in advance of a public announcement on FDA approval of XenoPort Inc.'s Horizant. That was the 28th announcement
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:14A
Supreme Court suspends 4th Amendment
They did see drugs, but were the noises before breaking in evidence of movements to hide the drugs? After the lower courts in Kentucky upheld the warrantless entry and search, the state's Supreme Court reversed that decision on Fourth Amendment grounds
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:14A
Couple sues after son injured at Bible School
A Charleston couple has filed a lawsuit against a South Charleston church because of injuries their son sustained there two years ago. Paul and Robin Filipiak said their son, Caleb, suffered multiple and permanent facial injuries when he fell at a
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:13A
BCS will meet with Department of Justice
KANSAS CITY • Responding to a Department of Justice request last week, BCS executive director Bill Hancock announced Thursday that he would provide the DOJ a voluntary background briefing on the controversial system that determines college football's
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:13A
Justice Department requests a meeting with BCS
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's antitrust division will meet with the BCS this summer to discuss its concerns about college football's postseason format. BCS executive director Bill Hancock told the Associated Press on
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:13A
BCS to explain itself to the Justice Department
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: 06/03/2011 01:13A
Justice Robin Davis has many options
State Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis has made current and aspiring officeholders of her own Democratic Party - and a few Republicans - breathe a little easier. That's because the veteran court member has decided to run for another 12-year term
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:13A
Birmingham and Solihull homes repossession claims up 17%
Ministry of Justice records indicate that mortgage lenders launched 610 repossession claims - the first stage of taking back a property - at Birmingham County Court between January and the end of March this year. This was an increase of 17 per cent
Updated: 06/03/2011 01:13A
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