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Immigration bill roadblocked
Critics attacked his bill from lots of angles, but the most problematic has to do with how cops would enforce such a law. Janssen said he didn't know, but that he was sure they could avoid impermissible racial profiling. The bill would have law
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:11P
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Jeff Bridges stars as Rooster Cogburn, an irascible US Marshal hired by a 14-year-old girl (newcomer Hailee Steinfeld) to bring her father's killer (Josh Brolin) to justice. Matt Damon is an overzealous Texas Ranger who is also tracking the killer,
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:11P
- City to host RTI meet
Member of the National Advisory Council (NAC) and social activist, Aruna Roy, Karnataka Lokayukta N. Santosh Hedge, former Chief Justice JS Verma, Justice AP Shah who decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, RTI activists Arvind Kejriwal,
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:10P
NCERT syllabi hit Assam culture wall
The president of the All Assam Publishers and Book- Sellers Association, Giripada Dev Choudhury, closely associated with filing of the PIL, said a division bench of the high court comprising Justice Amitabh Roy and Justice AK Goswami on Monday heard
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:10P
Suspected Palm Springs Bank Robber Posts Bail
A 69-year-old bank robbery suspect who's married to a former Desert Hot Springs mayor was free on bail today, an Indio Jail official confirmed. Carol Jean Bias was released from custody late Tuesday after posting a $25000 bond. Her bail amount was cut
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
Arkansas state-wide effort to curb underage drinking
It is against the law in all states for anyone under the age of 21 to drink alcoholic beverages. Arkansas's Underage Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Law, makes it illegal for anyone under age 21 to drive with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
Mel Gibson to plead no contest to battery charges against Oksana Grigorieva
"I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price," Gibson's lawyer, Blair Berk, said in a statement. "That is particularly so for Mel, whose right to due process can
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
Families Of Egyptians Slain In Protests Seek Justice
"Where is the [justice] for the martyrs for my brother, Ahmed, I ask?" A woman in Cairo's Tahrir Square takes a picture of a poster of Sally Zahran, 23, who was killed in Egypt last month. A woman in Cairo's Tahrir Square takes a picture of a poster of
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
Shia board mulls mehar before nikaah
So far the practice is for the groom's side to pledge the mehar amount before nikaah. It is only when the marriage breaks up irretrievably and the couple opts for divorce that the husband is supposed to pay mehar.
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
Man wanted by two countries denied bail pending extradition
Court of Queen's Bench Justice Suzanne Bensler said Wednesday Jorge Vinicio Orantes Sosa, 52, represented a serious flight risk. She added that releasing Sosa could bring the administration of justice into disrepute. "I'm well aware the charges in
Updated: 03/09/2011 06:09P
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