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Giants' Osi Umenyiora included in NFL lockout lawsuit specifically because of
NFL - the first antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of the now-decertified players' union. Umenyiora's inclusion in the suit, filed Friday, was a well-kept secret. One source with the former players' union - which is now officially a "professional trade
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:57A
Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva still plans to sue him
TMZ.com had reported in September 2010 that Grigorieva would file a lawsuit alleging battery, emotional distress and defamation. “Our position hasn't changed,” her lawyer Daniel Horowitz told the website when asked if Gibson's no contest plea in any
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:56A
Fulcher's suit against Xavier dismissed
One day after the sole lawsuit they faced was dismissed, Xavier Charter School's board of trustees held a special Saturday meeting to scrub their latest actions and ratify a personnel settlement. In an eight-minute meeting Saturday, trustees voted to
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:56A
Polymet lawsuit
In January, five conservation groups, including the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN), filed a lawsuit challenging the IRRRB loan to help PolyMet develop its open-pit sulfide mine. "The proposed sulfide mine, which would destroy hundreds of acres
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:53A
Soon-to-be-released statewide water plan may interest Texas, too
Oklahoma is violating the interstate commerce clause and supremacy clause of the US Constitution, their lawsuit states. "The plan will not recommend a yes or no on selling of water," Fleming said. "But it will offer data on the estimated amount of
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:53A
ICE, Obama Cannot Build Their Way Out of Detention Crisis
These programs have garnered significant criticism in recent years because they encourage racial profiling, siphon off resources from local police departments to enforce federal immigration law, break down trust between immigrant communities and local
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:51A
Former Indiana surgeon faces trial in patient's cancer death
AP HAMMOND – A former Indiana surgeon captured in Italy in late 2009 after more than five years on the run is preparing to face trial on allegations that he failed to diagnose lung cancer in a patient who died from the disease.
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:50A
Georgetown County Implements New South Carolina Juvenile Justice Model
Two prominent South Carolina criminal justice officials, Bill Byars, the new head of the SC Department of Corrections and former Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) director, and State Law Enforcement Division Director Reggie Lloyd, recently called
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:47A
Shahzad backs James Anderson
England are running out of time to do themselves justice at this ICC Cricket World Cup - and no one more so than their pace-bowling lynchpin James Anderson. The Ashes enforcer has, mostly, been a shadow of the performer who adapted so wonderfully to
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:46A
China must learn to project power
And China has just adopted its own Cifius regulations, to determine if foreign investments affect its national security. This came after several proposed Chinese investments were rejected by foreign governments on the ground that the investments
Updated: 03/13/2011 04:46A
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