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Prof. Hike: Catching Hiking's Most Wanted
After all, one person's misstep could be another person's routine. Lots of drivers, for instance, don't wear seat belts. And those people do just fine—until they crash. Before the accident, however, their mistake wasn't visible to them.
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:28P
Metro fined $350G in death of worker
The Ministry of Labour says the fatal accident occurred on Aug. 7, 2009, at a Mississauga Metro store on Erin Mills Parkway. A young worker was helping the assistant store manager clear materials from the top of a cooler beside the meat department.
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:28P
Android app builders unfazed by Oracle lawsuit
Oracle's lawsuit filed last summer, however, alleges that Android infringes Java patents and copyrights Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems. Oracle is seeking treble damages and an order stopping Google from any further infringement.
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:28P
The hunt saboteur, a loving couple and judges who dismiss Christianity
That same day, another judge in a different court ruled that the 'deeply held' beliefs of a prominent animal rights campaigner and hunt saboteur called Joe Hashman should be protected from discrimination in the same way as religion.
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:28P
Kan. mom pleads innocent in death of baby
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Brigit Hippen's daughter died of hyperthermia in February 2010 after Hippen left her in a bassinet near a hairdryer and then fell asleep. They say the death was an accident, but Hippen acted with extreme indifference to her
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:28P
Court dismisses Barangaroo challenge
Justice Peter Biscoe dismissed the case in the Land and Environment Court this morning, but ordered Planning Minister Tony Kelly to pay the applicants' costs. Last week Mr Kelly effectively nullified the case by publishing an order that exempted the
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:27P
Viacom Faces $5 Million `Real World' Lawsuit by Drunken Guest From Show
Viacom Inc. (VIA/B) must face a $5 million lawsuit brought by a makeup artist who appeared on MTV's “The Real World” because the woman may have been intoxicated when she signed away her rights to sue,
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:27P
Alleged Teacher Nude Pic Case Highlights Dangers of Sexting
Criminal defense attorney Chris Angles of the Angles Law Firm, who specializes in sex crime, says that federal law is clear. If you're under 18 and send a picture of yourself to someone, you're distributing child porn and can receive up to 15 years in
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:27P
Red Riding Hood
Where the Twilight films play the material dead straight — maybe the only way to sell the notion that a teenage crush could be epic life-or-death stuff is to refuse to admit that there's a joke to be in on — Red Riding Hood veers between monotonous,
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:27P
U46 to begin 'racial equity' program
ELGIN — As a federal court in Chicago was hearing a lawsuit about alleged racial bias in setting attendance boundaries in School District U46, the district's board of education moved this
Updated: 03/09/2011 08:27P
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