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LIRR rider sues over service disruptions
A commuter whose train service was disrupted by snow and ice filed a class-action lawsuit against the LIRR Wednesday, arguing that people who pay for a month's worth of train service should get what
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:16P
Cuba Group Speaks Out on Arab Rebellions
For weeks we have been witness to popular rebellions in countries of North Africa and the Middle East as they have simultaneously demanded political freedom, social justice, economic development, popular and national sovereignty, and integral democracy
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:15P
The Case for a No-Fly Zone
For all the hand-wringing in Washington about a no-fly zone over Libya, that's the verdict of Gen. Merrill McPeak, a former Air Force chief of staff. He flew more than 6000 hours in fighter aircraft and oversaw no-fly zones in
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:15P
Pace Players' Charges May Be Dropped
Prosecuting the four teammates of the dead player, Danroy Henry Jr., would “not serve the ends of justice,” prosecutors from the Westchester district attorney's office wrote in a motion filed in Mount Pleasant Town Court. Three teammates of Mr. Henry
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:14P
Clothing exec's style overshadows brand
His unconventional, edgy persona helped fuel the Los Angeles clothing maker's swift rise up the retail ladder, turning what began as a gritty wholesale T-shirt operation into a hipster empire known for colorful cotton staples and overtly sexual
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:14P
World news in brief, 3/10
A spokesman for the Madrid's Superior Justice Tribunal said Wednesday it will be up to the judge handling the case whether the autopsy result is made public. Twenty-two-year-old Austin Bice's body was found Tuesday in the Manzanares River,
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:13P
Rowan ordered to turn over more Hecker documents
The bankruptcy trustee accuses Christi Rowan of cashing a stock dividend check and withdrawing money from Hecker's bank accounts, which she was not allowed to do since the money belongs to the bankruptcy estate. The judge's order also names Hecker's
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:13P
Traffic Victim Mourned as Wife, Mother
Sow-Hoong Hon, of Leesburg, who died as the result of a traffic accident last week on Old Dominion Road, was a wife and mother who worked at Covance Laboratories. Covance is located at the corner of
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:13P
Indigenous health gap 'a national disgrace'
The former social justice commissioner Tom Calma says it is a national disgrace that Indigenous people die 20 years earlier than other Australians. Dr Calma has addressed the National Press Club on closing the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:13P
Obama Justice Department Asks Court of Appeals For Quick Review of Obama Care
In an e-mail statement today, the US Justice Department stated that they have asked the US Court of Appeals in Atlanta if they would speed the review of the ruling that strikes down President Obama's health-care reform bill.
Updated: 03/09/2011 10:12P
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