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Judge: U of I Must Release Clout List Names
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that US District Judge Joan Gottschall ruled in the newspaper's lawsuit against the university that the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act doesn't require that students' names, grade-point averages and test
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:13P
American Apparel Sex Allegations Not Surprising to Brooklyn Heights Hipsters
She and a co-worker said they were unaware that fashion guru Charney was hit with a $260 million lawsuit filed Friday by a 20-year-old woman. Irene Morales, of Brooklyn, was a teenager employed at an American Apparel store in Chelsea when she says he
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:12P
Coney Island Rapist Sentenced
DNA the defendant left on a cigarette at the crime scenes helped police identify him, when he was arrested in 2008 on an unrelated Bronx sexual assault. Miller was convicted Feb. 10 of rape, burglary and robbery. Kings County Supreme Court Justice Joel
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:12P
USDA offers Hispanic, female farmers $1B
The Agriculture Department paid $2.5 billion last year to settle a lawsuit by black farmers who said they were passed over for loans. Lupe Garcia, a farmer in Dona Ana County in New Mexico and the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit that now involves more than
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:12P
Paris Hilton hair lawsuit dropped
Bosses at a hair extensions company have dropped a multi-million dollar legal battle with Paris Hilton after admitting their claims were "not accurate". Executives at HairTech International Inc. sued the heiress for US$35 million last summer over
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:12P
Miguel Cabrera DUI stop video released
The state attorney's office released much of the evidence they've collected in Cabrera's DUI case. The first baseman for the Detroit Tigers faces several charged following his February arrest. Charges include DUI and resisting arrest without violence.
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:12P
Beltrami County man fatally injured in logging accident near Bemidji
On March 9, 2011 at 10:59 am the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office received a report of a logging accident near Misty Meadows Road SW in Lammers Township. Deputies from the Beltrami County Sheriff's Office responded along with Bemidji Fire and Bemidji
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:11P
Valencia crash out of Champions League
Valencia have crashed out of the Champions League, beaten 3-1 in Germany by Schalke 04 on the night, 4-2 on aggregate. The Spaniards started well in the Veltins Arena, taking the lead in the 16th minute through Ricardo Costa's header, but Farfan added
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:11P
Man sentenced to prison in deadly motorcycle crash
AP - March 9, 2011 5:54 PM ET DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A Des Moines man charged in a motorcycle crash that killed his wife has been sentenced to a total of 10 years in prison. Shawn Branchcomb was charged with vehicular homicide in the April 2010 death
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:11P
Docs, Testimony Reveal Casey Anthony Arguments
Orlando criminal defense attorney Richard Hornsby, who is not affiliated with the case, said the defense is honing one prong of its attack -- conspiracy. "(They claim) that certain witnesses the state presented lied. That's a very interesting issue
Updated: 03/09/2011 07:11P
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