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Aspirant drags Bankole to court over PDP ticket
A legal practitioner and aspirant for the same constituency seat, Dr Yemi Oke, dragged the Speaker before the temple of justice. Also joined in the suit marked 'FCH/AB/CS/15/2011' are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the PDP as
Updated: 03/12/2011 08:01P
Corruption can't be a right: Hegde
No way, says Lokayukta Justice N Santosh Hegde. "Corruption can never be a right. It is prohibited and it's an offence," he said at a panel discussion on Saturday. "There are two kinds of corruption. One is compulsive which is small, and the other is
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:58P
Facing home foreclosure?
Lending institutions can offer their own loan modifications. Even so, Ms. Becker said most of the 200 open cases in her office consist of loan-modification requests wrongly denied. But the majority of homeowners are flummoxed by the legalese in
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:57P
Overnight Casino Trips Mean Low Fares for Riders, and Grueling Days for Drivers
The discount buses travel all night, back and forth from the city, so players can try their luck at the grand gambling houses all across the New York region. Customers boarded a World Wide Tours bus in
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:56P
Borders and the 20-20 Hindsight Phenomenon
Borders' management didn't respond quickly or broadly enough to the two critical shifts in their business: how people purchase books (online vs. in-store), and how they read them (electronically vs. ink-and-paper). That seems like a bit of a cheap shot
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:54P
Premier League want video clarity
They want FIFA to cut through the unending confusion over retrospective action in the wake of Wayne Rooney's flight from justice. Together, they will be a powerful lobby amid the outcry at Rooney's farcical escape through a loophole in the rules.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:54P
Your Legislators: Garrett Wants Congress to Defend Marriage Act
The bill would define net equity as what is shown on customers' last account statements before an offending firm has filed bankruptcy. Garrett's introduced bill would help those who profited from Madoff's scheme but are not defendants in the fraud by
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:54P
Report on Oregon's mandatory minimum sentence law, Measure 11, opens heated debate
The Oregonian newspaper reports that the state Criminal Justice Commission issued a final report Friday after circulating a draft for weeks. The commission says prosecutors use plea bargains in the majority of the cases, so the certainty in sentencing
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:53P
Report on Oregon's mandatory minimum sentence law, Measure 11, opens heated debate
The Oregonian newspaper reports that the state Criminal Justice Commission issued a final report Friday after circulating a draft for weeks. The commission says prosecutors use plea bargains in the majority of the cases, so the certainty in sentencing
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:53P
Reaction to death penalty legislation: 'Quinn wiped away justice'
“Justice was done in the case of David Damm,” Jo Daviess County state's attorney Terry Kurt said in a statement on Thursday. “A jury of 12 men and women heard all of the evidence, considered the factors in aggravation and decided death was appropriate.
Updated: 03/12/2011 07:51P
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