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Court tosses lawsuit against Boise Rescue Mission over religion
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday rejected claims by two people who sued the Boise Rescue Mission for insisting they take part in religious services. The decision upheld a lower court's ruling that found the rescue
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50P
WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 - Companies agree to pay $44.4M for
Moreno said the settlement is the largest of its kind, resolving a lawsuit filed under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act passed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Several lawsuits were filed under the act against BP following the massive 2010
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50P
Karnataka Lokayukta Patil resigns over housing site row
Bangalore: Karnataka Lokayukta Justice (Retd) Shivaraj Virupanna Patil on Monday resigned 47 days after assuming office amid charges that he and his wife had bought two residential sites violating housing society rules. Karnataka Governor HR Bhardwaj
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50P
Immigration law could increase government workload
"I've got 3000 people, and I'm a two-person office and I've got to bring all those people in?" Morris, who handles business and alcoholic beverage licenses for the city of Gainesville,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50P
Immigration law could increase government workload
"I've got 3000 people, and I'm a two-person office and I've got to bring all those people in?" Morris, who handles business and alcoholic beverage licenses for the city of Gainesville,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:50P
Civil unions boost wedding businesses
September 19, 2011 (WLS) -- Same-sex couples aren't the only ones celebrating the state's civil union law that took effect in June. Wedding business are seeing gains as more and more same-sex couples celebrate their civil unions. Since the law went
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:48P
Telly Hankton's second trial to begin
It's an act police have said he took satisfaction in. The jury in the murder trial, though, could not reach a verdict and prosecutors vowed to try Hankton again. Jury selection is set to begin Tuesday at Criminal District Court. Since the hung jury,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:48P
Breivik ordered to stay in pre-trial detention
THE Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was yesterday ordered to remain in pre-trial detention for eight weeks. During the closed-court hearing, Breivik was cut off from making statements irrelevant to the case, a judge said.
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:48P
Justice For Kampala Bombing Victims
09-18-2011 Justice For Kampala Bombing Victims As a friend and partner to Uganda, the United States supports Uganda's effort to bring to justice those responsible for the bombings. On the evening of July 11 last year, like millions of football fans
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:46P
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A three-judge panel of the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing. Mr. Padilla and two co-conspirators were convicted in 2007 after a three-month trial in which prosecutors said the defendants sent money,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:46P
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