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DOJ Says New TX House & Congress Maps Do Not Meet Federal Requirements
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The US Department of Justice says state-drawn maps for House and Congress do not meet federal anti-discrimination requirements. But, in the Monday filing with a federal court, the Justice Department left the door open for the state
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:16P
DOJ: Texas House, congressional voting maps don't comply with federal Voting
AUSTIN, Texas — The US Department of Justice says Texas' new voting maps for Congress and for the Texas House do not met federal anti-discrimination requirements. But the department's filing Monday with a federal court left the door
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:16P
Immigrants– and Christian Charity –Unwelcome in Alabama
In response to passage of the law, Alabama's Episcopal, Methodist, and Roman Catholic churches have sued the state, arguing that the law is unconstitutional because it violates their First Amendment right to free exercise of religion.
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:16P
Jury returns guilty verdict against Thomaston Housing Authority director, husband
A jury has convicted the executive director of the Thomaston Housing Authority and her husband of conspiring to steal government money. Housing Authority Executive Director Sherry Darlene McDaniel and her husband
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:16P
Bed bugs bleed and feed businesses
Three years later a larger bed bug case involved opera singer Alison Trainer, who filed a $6 million lawsuit against one of the leading global hospitality companies Hilton Hotels (now known as Hilton Worldwide). According to the Associated Press,
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:16P
Morton Grove Police Blotter for Sept. 22, 2011
11 with driving while under the influence following a traffic stop on the 8300 block of Oakton Street. Doma received an Oct. 21 court date in Skokie Municipal Court. Young Jae Lee, 42, of Valporaiso, Ind., was charged Sept. 11 with driving under the
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:15P
Opponents of Obama's embryonic stem cell policy appeal loss in lawsuit to stop
WASHINGTON — Opponents of President Barack Obama's stem cell policy who lost a lawsuit aimed at stopping the research are appealing. The lawsuit claimed that research funded by the National Institutes of Health violated a 1996 law that
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:15P
Bengals' CB Jones faces November trial
Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Brad Greenberg on Monday set the trial date. Jones is recovering from a neck injury and is on the Bengals' injured list. The Ohio case is being monitored by authorities in Las Vegas, where Jones is on probation for
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:15P
Appeal court releases Prop 8 tapes
by WeHo News staff, West Hollywood, California Today,US District Court Chief Judge James Ware ruled that the video recordings of the Proposition 8 trial (Perry v. Brown) should be released to the public. Ted Olson (speaking) and David Boise (behind
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:15P
Defense: Conn. suspect didn't intend 3 to die
Komisarjevsky's trial starts Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, in New Haven Superior Court, where he faces the death penalty on charges of killing Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters in a July 2007 home invasion in Cheshire, Conn. The trial of a Connecticut
Updated: 09/19/2011 05:15P
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