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Charlie Sheen strikes custody pact; police search home for weapons
Earlier Thursday, Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit against Warner Bros. and the executive producer of "Two and a Half Men," making good on a promise to do something "big" in retaliation for his firing from the program. The breach of contract suit is
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:09P
'Rango' is sharply written, visually stunning fun for entire family
This is the Western reinvented as interactive entertainment, tailored to an audience that has been inundated since birth by the romantic myths of pop culture. Quite literally, “Rango” is a film in which its hero is playing the good guy in his own
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:09P
The Farm Bill: Better Food Starts Here
Our current food system is broken, and it didn't happen by accident. Decades of bad food policy designed to benefit agribusinesses and mega-farms, combined with unchecked corporate mergers, have wreaked havoc on family farmers, public health and rural
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:08P
Yakama tribe sues the federal government for FBI raid of tribal cigarette
The Yakima Herald-Republic reported Friday that the lawsuit seeks an order requiring federal government to notify the tribe before entering the reservation. It also seeks unspecified compensation for punitive damages. The lawsuit names US Attorney
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:07P
Ulteig Engineering lawsuit accuses former employees of mass defection
The lawsuit filed by Ulteig Engineering seeks unspecified money damages and an order dissolving Apex Engineering Group. A man who answered the phone at the home of one of the Apex principals told The Forum newspaper that the company wasn't commenting.
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:07P
Boy and teen brother hit by car on Southwest Side
The accident happened at 7:59 am when Julian Carrillo was behind the wheel of a 1994 Toyota Corolla traveling south on California Avenue east on Cermak Road, according to police News Affairs Officer John Mirabelli. When he turned left to go east onto
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:07P
Analysis: Could Sheen's $100 Million Lawsuit Actually Go To Trial?
The blog says it's the "intersection of entertainment and law." First, the article addresses the issue of Warner Bros. firing Sheen from 'Two and a Half Men," and where that case will be heard: "Sheen's problem is that his contract with Warner Bros.
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:06P
No criminal charges in crash that killed pregnant Abbotsford woman
Flowers adorn the site where a pregnant woman and her father were killed on South Fraser Way and Ware St. last March. The driver of the truck involved in an Abbotsford crash last March that killed a
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:06P
Doug Stewart found guilty for wife's murder
The jury in the trial of Doug Stewart just came back with a guilty verdict on both charges: first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. Prosecutors say Stewart killed his estranged wife, Venus. She hasn't been seen since she disappeared last
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:05P
What employers should know to better protect themselves from claims of
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA) imposes penalties on employers that knowingly hire or continue to employ persons who are not authorized to work in the United States. IRCA also requires employers to maintain documentation of their
Updated: 03/11/2011 01:05P
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