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Green tribunal asks for radiation study of thermal plants
In an order issued this week, a bench of the tribunal headed by justice CV Ramulu and Dr Devendra Kumar Agrawal asked the ministry to conduct studies to measure impact of radiation from thermal power plants. Studies in India and abroad have shown that
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:00P
Appeals court in Va. hears $126M fraud case
(AP) ” A lawyer for a Miami businessman convicted of swindling hundreds of people out of about $126 million urged a federal appeals panel in Richmond to overturn the convictions and order a new trial. Edward Hugh Okun's attorney, Andrew Protogyrou
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:00P
Michele Bachmann's Latest Job Creation Idea: Less Food Safety Regulation, More
GOP 2012 presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann yesterday brought her anti-government message to a meatpacking plant in Des Moines, Iowa, one day after she delivered the same rhetoric at a traffic light
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:00P
Judge in Va. dismisses families' USS Cole lawsuit
A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit that sought an additional $282.5 million from Sudan for the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Relatives of the 17 sailors killed in the bombing filed the lawsuit in April 2010.
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:00P
Football fan on race abuse charge
He appeared at Dunfermline Sheriff Court charged with a racially aggravated breach of the peace. Mr Cameron pleaded not guilty to the charge and a trial date was set for December 19 this year. He will next appear at court on November 24,
Updated: 09/21/2011 12:00P
Farmington Public Schools' Eagle School lawsuit dismissed
The sale of the Eagle School property was the subject of a lawsuit filed by residents against Farmington Public Schools. The lawsuit filed against Farmington Public Schools in the sale of Eagle Elementary was dismissed in Oakland County Circuit Court
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:59A
WALLOW FIRE: Dec. 13 trial date set for Malboeufs
Caleb Malboeuf and David Malboeuf, the cousins charged with accidentally starting the largest wildfire in Arizona history, appeared in Federal Court in Flagstaff on Monday. According to The Associated Press, the Malboeufs made their initial appearance
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:59A
Judge in Va. dismisses lawsuit by USS Cole victims' families seeking more
A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a lawsuit that sought an additional $282.5 million from Sudan for the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole. Relatives of the 17 sailors killed in the bombing filed the lawsuit in April 2010.
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:59A
Gerard Evans was 'unlawfully killed'
An inquest into the death of Gerard Evans over 30 years ago has returned a verdict of unlawful killing. An inquest into the death of Gerard Evans, who was abducted near Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, over 30 years ago has returned a verdict of unlawful
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:59A
Sexual assault training debuts
A report prepared for the National Institute of Justice found that about 1 in 5 women are victims of sexual assault while in college. The report also said that about 6.1 percent of males were victims of completed or attempted sexual assault during
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:59A