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Dad will defy Westboro church on court costs
Supreme Court justices pondered the vexing question of whether the father of a dead Marine from Westminster, Maryland, should win his lawsuit against the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church group that picketed his son's funeral.
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:28P
ACLU, local pastors and others denounce Agema's immigration bill
David Agema, R-Grandville, recently introduced the bill to require law enforcement officers to make a "complete, full and appropriate attempt" to verify a person's immigration status after the person is stopped for another offense and officers have
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:28P
AZ Settles Suit with Payday Lender…
PHOENIX (AP) — A major payday lender has agreed to pay as much as $170000 to settle a consumer fraud lawsuit filed by the Arizona Attorney General in 2009. The settlement announced Tuesday will reimburse Quik Cash borrowers who
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:28P
N.J. Consumer Affairs takes action against three predatory towing scams
The state Division of Consumer Affairs announced Tuesday that it has taken action against three North Jersey towing companies, including filing a civil lawsuit against one, alleging illegal predatory towing practices. The lawsuit filed against PPM
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:27P
Beach bodies battle over bike lane
“I read about that lawsuit and I hope to use the same grounds as they did.” But Neighborhood Association leader Edmund Dweck says that suing is not the way to go, even though he agrees that the bike lane needs to be moved. “We've already made too much
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:27P
Paramedic Sued After Stealing Severed Foot
A lawsuit filed during the past week on Lambert's behalf alleges that Economou's actions were "outrageous and went beyond the bounds of decency... odious and utterly intolerable in a civilized society." However, Economou said she took the foot to help
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:26P
Air Canada maintenance workers stage sit-in at Tory MP's office
The workers, all members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Airline Lodge 714, fear that the move to transfer hundreds of their jobs to Aveos — the company created for plane maintenance as part of Air Canada's
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:26P
Jury selection to begin in online sex trial for former U.N. weapons inspector
Jury selection will begin Wednesday in Monroe County Court for an April trial of former United Nations official William Scott Ritter Jr., who is charged with contacting what he thought was a 15-year-old girl in an Internet chat room and
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:25P
PM Manmohan Singh takes responsibility for CVC selection fiasco
Singh, who was replying to clarifications on his statement on the Supreme Court verdict quashing the CVC's appointment, first tried to pin the blame on the then minister of state for personnel, saying that he had cleared the shortlist of candidates for
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:25P
Key issues in China-US trade
The regulations are intended to promote innovation within China and reduce its dependence on foreign technology and companies. US industry fears China is using discriminatory policies in areas ranging from government procurement to technical standards
Updated: 03/08/2011 06:25P
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