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Suit looks to roll back tax exemptions for WI clergy
The Freedom From Religion Foundation is looking to roll back some tax benefits for religious leaders through a lawsuit filed in a Wisconsin district court last week. The suit lists the Internal Revenue Service and Secretary
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Strip club ordered to pay $1.75 million in fatal crash
Club Blaze has been ordered to pay $1.75 million to the family of a woman who was killed in a wrong-way crash in Douglas County in 2008, a law firm announced Tuesday. The jury returned the verdict Thursday in DeKalb State Court
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Metro driver involved in fatality will not be charged
The driver involved in a fatal Madison Metro bus crash earlier this summer will not be charged, the Dane County District Attorney™s office announced Monday, after the office determined the driver had not been under the influence
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
preGame 58: Gears of War 3; Burnout CRASH!
Then, we'll put the pedal to the metal in Burnout CRASH!, the latest downloadable title from EA's Criterion Games. But before we hit the demos, we'll run through this week's news including new details on the Battlefield 3 beta, the PS Vita's battery
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Signal error may have caused train crash
According to railway's first inquiry report on the Sitheri accident, signals between Arakkonam and Sitheri had shown the right colours. "We found that the signals after Arakkonam station showed 'attention' (double yellow) and 'caution' (single yellow)
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Sippy verdict reserved
The HC on Tuesday reserved its verdict on a petition by Sippy Films challenging a judge's order upholding the arbitrator's direction to pay over Rs 2 crore to Nimbus Communication for not telecasting the serial 'Bandhan' on Doordarshan in 1991.
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Cabaret Theatre showcases 'Sister Robert Anne'
The latest "Nunsense" musical to arrive at Bridgeport's Downtown Cabaret Theatre this weekend -- "Sister Robert Anne's Cabaret Class" -- is the only one of the nine shows in the series to come about by accident. In a recent phone interview from his
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Indigenous peoples suffer abuses in race for natural resources – UN rights expert
“The lack of a minimum common ground for understanding the key issues by all actors concerned entails a major barrier for the effective protection and realization of indigenous peoples' rights,” he added, praising a new Peruvian law compelling private
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:25P
Motorcyclist Dies In Maui Crash
HONOLULU -- A 42-year-old Makawao man died Tuesday morning in a single-motorcycle crash in Wailuku. Sean West lost control of a 2011 Harley Davidson and crashed, ending up on a pile of boulders off the roadway, police said. They said he was not wearing
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:24P
Barrio Logan fatal crash victim was in Navy
SAN DIEGO — A motorcyclist who died in a crash in Barrio Logan early Saturday has been identified as a Navy petty officer, authorities said Tuesday. John Mathew Topor, 22, who was stationed aboard the dock landing ship Pearl Harbor, died instantly of
Updated: 09/20/2011 06:24P
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