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Maine redistricting options still in flux
But a GOP leader said yesterday that he would like to avoid that route, which would likely provoke a Democratic lawsuit, and expects the two sides will resume negotiations leading to a consensus plan before the Legislature meets Sept.
Updated: 09/01/2011 02:00A
Volunteers help monitor your local prison
Few people realise that inside every prison in the country there is an Independent Monitoring Board (IMB), a group of ordinary members of the public doing an extraordinary job. They monitor the day-to-day life in their local prison and ensure that
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:59A
Is any Obama 'stimulus' plan doomed to fail?
My colleague Rick already posted an entry about Solyndra, a manufacturer of solar panels and related technology that just filed for bankruptcy protection. Solyndra is not only the latest “green jobs” debacle for President Obama — who personally
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:59A
Letter: No chance for common sense
By keeping one thoroughfare open, half the traffic wouldn't have to stop and waste gas … and time. If the state would only pass a law letting a driver stop and then go at a red light — only if it's safe to do so — all would be solved.
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:58A
California legislature set to pass Dream Act
“The governor is coming to the folks and saying they need to pay more, and then he's going to turn around and say we still have money to hand over to people who are in the country illegally,” Mr. Donnelly said. “That is absolutely wrong.
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:58A
Editorial: Drivers, get off those cell phones!
Even though police have handed out tickets to motorists who drive while texting or talking on their cell phones has gone up, the number of drivers still breaking the law really hasn't changed. This, despite the fact that New Jersey has implemented some
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:56A
Chronicling the high cost of our legal system
“Drug company lawyer taped trying to foil lawsuit” [AP] Nocera on NLRB v. Boeing [NYT] A contrary view [Hirsch] Science finds no link between WTC dust, cancer? Then science will just have to give [Jeff Stier, Reason] Per Maureen Orth at Vanity Fair,
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:55A
Convicted inmates deserve DNA admittance in court
There were no outraged people on the street, no threats against those jurors, no endless streams of statuses clogging up my Facebook feed. Williams is just one of 273 people in the United States who have been cleared by DNA testing since 1992,
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:55A
Convicted inmates deserve DNA admittance in court
There were no outraged people on the street, no threats against those jurors, no endless streams of statuses clogging up my Facebook feed. Williams is just one of 273 people in the United States who have been cleared by DNA testing since 1992,
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:55A
Opium poppies rare in North Coast marijuana gardens
“It's pretty much an anomaly,” said Michelle Gregory, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Justice. So far this year, the state Campaign Against Marijuana Production has found and eradicated more than 1.7 million marijuana plants.
Updated: 09/01/2011 01:54A
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