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Special Interests Tip the Scales of Justice in Favor of Corporations
Americans are rightly concerned about significant sums of corporate campaign cash capturing their elected representatives. Even more troubling, though less reported, is the flood of campaign money that has poured into elections for state court justices over
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:50A
Houston man seriously injured in accident
A Houston man sustained serious injuries Wednesday in a two-vehicle accident two miles east of Houston on Brushy Creek Road. Cpl. Scott Nelson of the Missouri State Highway Patrol said a westbound 1996 Chevrolet operated by Jonathan E. Stenger, 20,
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:50A
Zynga Inc Slumped 4% (JCP, AA, ZNGA, JOY)
J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE:JCP) shares gained 3.68% and closed at $26.23 in yesterday's session after the company yesterday responded to Macy's lawsuit against the company, calling it “unnecessary.” Macy's has filed a lawsuit against J.C. Penney
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:49A
Citigroup Settles Lawsuit Over Toxic Mortgage Assets for $590M
Citigroup Inc. agreed to pay $590 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of hiding tens of billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets, one of the largest settlements stemming from the global financial crisis. The agreement resolves claims that
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:49A
Pilot reported lost engine before crash in Va.
STAUNTON, Va. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says a pilot reported losing an engine before a small plane crashed in Virginia. Fifty-year-old Brian Forrest Hall of Pittsburgh was the only person on the single-engine plane when it crashed Sunday
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:49A
Burden on Colorado prosecutors to prove sanity
"What they're saying is, `When we don't like what the independent state-hired psychiatrist finds, we want to be able to get our own hired guns and find somebody to say that he is not insane,'" said Denver criminal defense attorney Dan Recht, a former public
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:49A
Labour says government is homophobic
The Labour Party said today that the declaration by Justice Minister Chris Said that gay couples could not be considered as being a family confirmed the 'institutional homophobia' of the government. Labour leader Joseph Muscat said such a declaration was
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:49A
Dyson joins the judicial elite
It was only a matter of time before Supreme Court Justice Lord Dyson was appointed second-in-command of the civil justice system as Master of the Rolls. The current Supreme Court president Lord Phillips kickstarted the judicial merry-go-round after he
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:48A
Favre Attorneys Take Aim at Racy Claims
Brett Favre shouldn't have to respond to some embarrassing claims about his personal life that two massage therapists are making in a lawsuit, his lawyers say. The massage therapists say the New York Jets blacklisted them after they objected to suggestive
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:48A
Burden On Colorado Prosecutors To Prove Insanity
"What they're saying is, 'When we don't like what the independent state-hired psychiatrist finds, we want to be able to get our own hired guns and find somebody to say that he is not insane,'" said Denver criminal defense attorney Dan Recht, a former public
Updated: 08/30/2012 08:48A
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