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Memphis voters OK city schools merger with county
A new state law and federal lawsuit are intended to slow down any merger that would result in a system of 150000 students with the county in charge. A transition team will be assembled to oversee the consolidation process and the county school board
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:25P
Local residents to advocate for funding for the disabled
Leroy Wallace, Joplin, said wearing a helmet saved his life in a motorcycle accident in 2003. “You got to have a helmet; you can't ride without one,” said Wallace. Wallace lives independently, but he and others said they need more help to be able to
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:25P
Rancho Cucamonga company president gets prison term
The president of Rancho Cucamonga-based Brownwood Furniture has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison and fined $15000 for continuing to employ undocumented immigrants after a Homeland Security audit and obstruction of justice.
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:24P
Ethics Questions
The Center for Justice and Democracy on Tuesday submitted a formal ethics complaint to the Public Integrity Commission, which regulates ethics laws over New York state agency employees. The Manhattan-based, nonprofit group, which often takes positions
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:24P
'Vampire Diaries' Actress Joins ABC's 'Hallelujah' Drama Pilot
Hallelujah centers on a stranger who comes to the small town of Hallelujah, Tenn. to bring justice, peace and restore the faith in the world the residents of the troubled town desperately need. Episodes will be punctuated by songs sung by a gospel
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:24P
Groups want full accounting of nerve and hormone damaging chemicals
The State's proposal came after widespread public pressure and a lawsuit brought by advocates to enforce a first-of-its-kind but long-ignored set of 1976 regulations requiring manufacturers of household cleaners to reveal the chemical ingredients in
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:24P
Howe honored by National Center for Lesbian Rights
Howe will receive the NCLR's Justice Award. The Justice Award honors an individual who has shown the courage and perseverance to fight for justice and sacrificed to make broad social change for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:24P
Gov. Walker's team resists prompt release of emails to Isthmus, AP
About halfway through a three-hour hearing Tuesday afternoon on the lawsuit brought by Isthmus and the Wisconsin Associated Press over emails received by the office of Gov. Scott Walker regarding his “budget repair bill,” Dane County Judge Patrick
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:23P
Prison pen-pal relationships lead to marriages, bestselling novels and controversy
March is national Criminal Justice Month, a declaration that happened a few years ago and marked with little more than a conference in Toronto. But the month gives occasion to remember there are
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:23P
Democrats offer three ministerial posts to PDI-P
"Should the PDI-P decide to join the coalition, it is most likely we will kick out the Golkar Party and the Prosperous Justice Party [PKS],” he said. Ulil said there was only a slim chance of the PDI-P joining the coalition following the recent
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:23P
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