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D-303 lawsuit returns to state court
Dwyer is representing 13 families seeking to stop this fall's merger of Davis and Richmond elementary schools, a plan the Board of Education approved in March. The lawsuit was originally filed in the 16th Judicial Circuit Court but was moved to federal
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:01P
Mass. firefighters help tornado-ravaged area pick up pieces
"The pictures do it no justice. Just seeing it, you're in awe. There's 200-year-old trees uprooted and tossed around like matchsticks." The District 6 Task Force sent engine trucks and crews from Bedford, Billerica, Dracut, North Reading and Tewksbury,
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:01P
Kansas City priest removed from duties over sex allegations
Tierney was accused in a civil lawsuit last year of molesting a 13-year-old Missouri boy in 1971. The Kansas City Star reports that at the time the diocese said it would vigorously defend Tierney against the allegations.
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:01P
For All Families of June Fourth Victims: Justice Must Accompany Compensation
“The Chinese government cannot use divisive tactics to evade the demands for justice raised collectively by the victims and their relatives. Employing public security personnel – the same apparatus that has been used to monitor, harass, and intimidate
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
Trustee: No More Truck Traffic On Dundee Road
But the village later decided not to allow the NEVs and LSVs on its roads because state law prohibited them from crossing state controlled roads. That law meant crossing Dundee and Elmhurst roads and Milwaukee Avenue in one of these vehicles was
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
IU Center Awarded in Google Lawsuit
A US district judge has awarded Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research $300000 as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement over Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) social media service. The suit alleged that Google Buzz publicly exposed
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
How Much Did the Auto Bailout Cost Taxpayers?
But saving the auto companies from bankruptcy, and preserving thousands of American jobs, has cost taxpayers at least $14 billion, according to several estimates by government agencies and independent groups. To put it in perspective, $14 billion is
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
Aregbesola, Oyinlola in fresh battle for 'truth'
As a way of ensuring that there was proper reconciliation, Justice Uwaifo said the petitions had been categorized into eight sections for the commission to be able to carry out its job effectively and efficiently. According to Uwaifo, the categories
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
Dippolito's lawyer make second request for new trial
Then Shihadeh got arrested for DUI in Boca Raton May 5 while the trial was underway. At trial – which ended in Dippolito's conviction – Shihadeh's arrest did not come up as a legal issue. But now it has. Defense attorney Michael Salnick filed Thursday
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
Coral poachers charged
THE Bureau of Customs yesterday filed charges before the Department of Justice against the owner, consignee and shipper of the P35-million black corals seized last month at the Eva Macapagal Domestic Terminal Container Yard. Sued were Exequiel Navarro,
Updated: 06/03/2011 12:00P
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