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Conservative group plans protest in support of Alabama immigration law
The lawsuit from civil and immigrant rights groups challenging the law covers so many issues — a total of 9 counts from 36 plaintiffs — that the judge recently ordered the groups to restate their complaint in order to clarify which plaintiffs are
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:31P
Conservative group plans protest in support of Alabama immigration law
The lawsuit from civil and immigrant rights groups challenging the law covers so many issues — a total of 9 counts from 36 plaintiffs — that the judge recently ordered the groups to restate their complaint in order to clarify which plaintiffs are
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:31P
Ind. gun owner sues city over removal from zoo
City Attorney David Jones says the city will fight the lawsuit. He says Magenheimer was removed from the zoo Sept. 10 for causing a disturbance, not just for carrying a gun. The Evansville Courier & Press reports the lawsuit was filed Friday in
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:31P
House Republicans urge Obama to settle AT&T deal
AP House Republicans on Tuesday sent a letter to President Barack Obama that expresses their disapproval of the Justice Department's move to block AT&T Inc. from buying T-Mobile USA. The letter was signed by 100 Representatives, led by Pete Olson of
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:30P
DoJ not meeting with members about AT&T
House Republicans should not expect a briefing soon from the Department of Justice on AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, now that the agency is proceeding with a lawsuit to block the deal on antitrust grounds. The agency on Monday declined a
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:30P
DoJ not meeting with members about AT&T
House Republicans should not expect a briefing soon from the Department of Justice on AT&T's proposed acquisition of T-Mobile, now that the agency is proceeding with a lawsuit to block the deal on antitrust grounds. The agency on Monday declined a
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:30P
• Troy Davis loses final appeal in US death row case
But Davis has repeatedly claimed his innocence and his supporters point to a corrupted justice system in the deep south, saying a black man was wrongly and hastily convicted of killing a white police officer. "I am utterly shocked and disappointed at
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:30P
Occupy Wall St. police raid: Rights defender in critical condition, 8 arrests
Late in the afternoon, the police said the man was charged with committing disorderly conduct by impeding pedestrian traffic, not with jumping a barrier. Using a megaphone, police had told the rights defenders they needed to take camping tarps down
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:30P
Rival gang hatched plan for triple shooting, trial told
Procee noted four men were subsequently convicted and sentencing in connection with the Chinatown shooting. The month-long trial before Court of Queen's Bench Justice Earl Wilson and jury of seven men and five women continues.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:29P
Generous supermarket offer does not check out
During that period two issues have been heavily argued by Metcash through Federal Court proceedings under Justice Emmett. The first is that there are no alternative buyers for the whole Franklins business. The would-be contenders that the ACCC found
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:29P