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Manitoban charged with impaired driving in deadly crash 4 months ago
Brad Justin Skawretko of Winnipeg Beach has been charged with dangerous driving causing death, impaired operation of a motor vehicle and driving with a blood alcohol content over .08 per cent. Skawretko is scheduled to appear in Selkirk provincial
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:23P
Howard County Residents Voice Opposition to Maryland DREAM Act
Several residents shared their reasons for opposing the bill, which would allow students to pay in-state college tuition regardless of their immigration status. “People confuse me with an ATM machine,” said Ellicott City resident Chris Oxenham.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:23P
Weil, Gotshal Manges > Insurance Law360 Names Mastando to Editorial Advisory Board
Law360 is a leading business and law newswire owned by New York-based Portfolio Media. Insurance Law360 covers US state and federal litigation and regulation involving the insurance and reinsurance industry, as well as global insurance regulation,
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Jewish student suing Berkeley
(JTA) – A student has brought a federal civil rights lawsuit against the University of California at Berkeley, saying the school did not protect her from being attacked because she is Jewish. Lawyers for Jessica Felber, 20, say the case,
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Teachers vowing non-compliance to immigration bill
When she heard SB1611 would require educators to check immigration status she knew what she had to do. "Part of my job is not being an immigration agent. My job is to help educate," McPheeters said. She has chosen not to comply if SB1611 becomes law.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Future of class actions in US Supreme Court's hands
Dukes, it will not only decide whether more than 1.5 million female Wal-Mart workers can proceed as a class in a lawsuit alleging that the company systemically paid them less than male employees. The court will also decide a broader, hotly contested .
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Ssangyong Motor emerges from court protection
Ssangyong Motor Co., Korea's smallest automaker, emerged from bankruptcy protection Wednesday following the sale of its stake to Indian utility vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the company said in a regulatory filing.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Rajaratnam: researcher or crook? Trial will tell
This is a case about that man right there, Raj Rajaratnam, using stolen business information to make tens of millions of dollars," prosecutor Jonathan Streeter said, pointing at Rajaratnam and then slowly telling the jury how the government will show
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:22P
Syracuse parks superintendent charged with DWI after crash
The impact pushed the van about 25 feet over a snowbank and into the front yard of a home. Beamish, parks superintendent for 14 years, got out of his SUV and walked away before a witness chased him down, according to police reports.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:20P
Ticketed on the zipper lane? State wants to hear from you
A large accident on the H-1 Freeway eastbound near the Waimalu off-ramp early this morning backed up traffic, so the DOT opened the ziplane to all drivers, not just vehicles with three or more people. But there was a problem.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:19P