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State senator introduces E-verify bill
Don Carcieri's 2008 E-verify executive order into law. The illegal immigration control order would require the Department of Administration to order executive departments to utilize the E-verify program to verify the employment eligibility of new hires
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:56A
Progress, Duke to seek regulators' blessing
Since announcing their merger plans in January, Duke Energy and Progress Energy have touted their corporate union as a windfall to customers, local communities and investors alike. Now those claims are about to face
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:55A
Mexican police chief flees post, seeks asylum
An official with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency said Marisol Valles Garcia is in the United States after fleeing her post as the top law enforcement official in the town of Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero in northern Chihuahua state.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:53A
LimeWire lawsuit settled
"A settlement was reached," a spokesperson for the National Music Publishers Association said. "The parties worked hard to achieve a settlement that is a good result for all involved." Joseph Baio, a partner at legal firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher,
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:53A
Lords accuse gender ruling of "preventing true equality"
Members of the House of Lords have criticised the European Court of Justice ruling on gender discrimination in insurance policies and annuities. Lord Gordon of Strathblane has asked the government if it had “intervened” in the ECJ case.
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:52A
Powell's attorneys file to block death penalty
Citing a split penalty verdict, Derrick Powell's attorneys say he should get life. / News Journal file/GARY EMEIGH GEORGETOWN -- Derrick Powell's attorneys filed a motion Tuesday to block the death penalty imposed on their client, citing the jury's
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:50A
Aust gang matriarch convicted of murder
Dressed in black with her lips painted bright red, Moran clasped a tissue between her hands and bowed her head as the jury delivered the verdict after seven days of deliberations at the Supreme Court. She smiled and waved to photographers on her way
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:49A
Guy Cosentino: South Street option: Lawsuit
City councilor Thomas McNabb, who has been questioning city staff for some time on this, has been more than critical that repairs will not occur until 2012. The question should not only be why will it take that long, but does it have to?
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:49A
Lindsay Lohan's family to sue jewellery store for selling surveillance footage
Lindsay Lohan's mother Dina has revealed they are considering a lawsuit against the jewellery store, where the star allegedly stole a $2500 necklace. They are said to be considering suing the shop in Venice, Los Angeles, after the owners reportedly
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:49A
LimeWire settles copyright lawsuit
"A settlement was reached," a spokeswoman for the National Music Publishers Association said. "The parties worked hard to achieve a settlement that is a good result for all involved." Music publishers sued Lime Wire last June, after US District Judge
Updated: 03/09/2011 04:48A
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