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SEATTLE: Softball league can limit nongays, judge says
Three men claim in a lawsuit that their team's second-place finish in the 2008 tournament in Washington was nullified because they are bisexual, not gay, and thus their team exceeded the limit of two nongay players. US District Judge John Coughenour
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:29A
Friday Focus: How John Charcol survived the crash
He said the mortgage industry was equally to blame for the crash in the market as the banks and ratings agencies. Mr Avrili said: "I think there was a failure all around from ratings agencies to the regulator to the banks, we all took our eye off the
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:28A
Swiss Chalet, Inc. - San Juan, Puerto Rico Hotel Owner - Files for Chapter 11
Swiss Chalet, Inc., based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last Friday in Puerto Rico. Its bankruptcy petition lists $71.1. million in real property assets and $47.4 million in personal property assets.
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:28A
Four killed in oil refinery blast in south Wales
An oil refinery blast in which four people were killed appears to have been a "tragic industrial accident", police in Wales said today. The blast at Chevron Refinery, Pembroke Dock, south Wales shook the surrounding area around 6.20pm last night.
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:28A
Aquino questions motives of divorce law supporters
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (via PLDT/Smart)—President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday shut the door on a divorce law, saying its supporters could be seeking to drive a wedge between him and the Catholic Church. “Are they really sincere,
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:28A
Victims gather as Mladic due to face court
Three pilots charged in Argentine 'death flights'An Argentine court charged three former police officers Thursday with killing five women during the country's 1976-1983 "dirty war" by throwing them out of an airplane while still alive.
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:28A
Immoral and unconstitutional
Another divisive issue is the divorce bill. It will prove to be another acid test for the President. Those arguing in favor of divorce say that the Philippines remains the only predominantly Catholic country which has no divorce law.
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:27A
Doctor Suhail Ahmad Khan Durani says sex assault accussations have ruined him
The offences are alleged to have happened at Royal Perth Hospital on February 20, 2010, when the diabetic woman was admitted with high blood-sugar levels. Durani told the court today he denied all the allegations against him. "It's disgusting.
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:27A
Marceline, Mo., driver injured in crash near Hannibal
A Marceline driver was injured at 10:55 pm Wednesday in a one-vehicle accident on US 61, one mile south of Hannibal. Daniel B. Hays, 42, was taken by Marion County Ambulance to Hannibal Regional Hospital. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports a
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:27A
19-year-old killed in wreck ID'd
A 19-year-old Olympia man who was killed in a two-car crash about 5:15 pm Wednesday on Yelm Highway has been identified as Joseph P. Bidot, according to the Washington State Patrol. Also according to the State Patrol: Bidot eastbound near Spurgeon
Updated: 06/03/2011 03:25A
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