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Court tells sons to pay 2L for defaming father
NEW DELHI: Calling their father a "womanizer, gambler and a drunkard" has proved costly for two sons who have been asked by a trial court to cough up Rs 2 lakh as compensation for "defaming" him. In an unprecedented order, additional district judge
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:27A
Lawsuit against village police dismissed
LISBON - A lawsuit filed by a man who claimed mistreatment at the hands of Wellsville police officers while he was in custody in 2007 has been dismissed. Judge Scott Washam of Columbiana County Common Pleas Court ruled this week that the actions taken
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:26A
Linda Greenhouse: Justice Scalia Objects
One rough measure of how any Supreme Court term is going is to track the decibel level of Justice Antonin Scalia's dissenting opinions. In a case last week, the question was whether statements made to the police by a shooting victim
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:26A
Botched surgery kills man, wife awaits justice
Her legal consultant Amr Al Esaly said it all started on September 2, 2006, when marketing executive Shawkat Nazir Shah, the only son of his parents, underwent sinus surgery at a private hospital in Deira. But the routine procedure allegedly proved
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:26A
Lawsuit over arrest in Wellsville dismissed
LISBON - A lawsuit filed by a man who claimed mistreatment at the hands of Wellsville police officers while he was in custody in 2007 has been dismissed. Judge Scott Washam of Columbiana County Common Pleas Court ruled this week that the actions taken
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:25A
Stay Out of Libya
The civil war in Libya was barely underway before some American politicians were insisting the United States crash the party. We have been fighting in Afghanistan for nine years and Iraq for eight, but the typical Washington hawk views
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:25A
Court Mulls Charity's Link to Bin Laden
Attorney David Letter of the Justice Department argued that remanding on those grounds would be "totally inappropriate." He said the evidence is "absolutely clear" that Al-Haramain was a "key financial supporter" of al-Qaida in the past and rejected
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:24A
Ford SYNC 911 Assist: Non-Subscription Emergency Service Available in 2
Bedewi is one of the 2 million owners of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) vehicles so far that are equipped with SYNC technology that includes SYNC 911 Assist capability. A SYNC feature available since late 2009, it is the only vehicle-based, no-cost,
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:23A
Consensus across political spectrum
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Even while the High Court verdict directing the State Government to take over the administration of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple in the city exists, the major political parties, including the ruling LDF, on Wednesday arrived at a
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:22A
Man's sight significant factor in train death - inquiry
The Transport Accident Investigation Commission says the 69-year-old was walking along the platform when he veered into the side of a moving train. It says he fell through the gap between the train and the platform edge onto the track below and was
Updated: 03/10/2011 01:22A
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