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CONSOL ENERGY TO PAY $5.5 MILLION PENALTY AND INSTALL WASTEWATER TREATMENT
WASHINGTON – The US Department of Justice, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of West Virginia announced today that Consol Energy Inc., the largest producer of coal from underground mines in the United States, has agreed to pay a
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:41P
'Americana at Brand' Billionaire Rick Caruso Paid Over $4 Million for Historic
According to a lawsuit that Curuso is currently appealing, the construction vibrations that emanated from Americana at Brand's supersized barn raisin' didn't make for such great acoustics -- so Backroom's asking up to $1 million in damages.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:40P
New York mom sues elite preschool for being "one big playroom"
Caught up in New York City's "insanely competitive" nursery school scene, Nicole Imprescia said she paid $19000 annual tuition to York Avenue Preschool and wants it back, according to her lawsuit, filed late on Friday in state Supreme Court in
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:39P
Pakistan court avoids ruling on US gunman's immunity
The government refused to back the diplomatic claim Monday, leading the high court to dismiss the case and bounce it to a lower criminal court trying Davis for murder. “The matter about immunity will be decided at the trial court,” Justice Ijaz Ahmed
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:39P
Arizona Unions Aid Educators' Fight Against the State's Anti-Ethnic Studies Law
The bill took effect on December 31—more than two months after 11 TUSD employees filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the HB 2281. The majority of the plantiffs are unionists, and as the battle over the law heats up, unions and labor
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:39P
Hockey teen sentenced for on-ice assault
During the trial, court heard that the Leduc Oil Kings player speared Hoekstra in the abdomen after he refused a challenge to fight. Youth court Judge Geoff Ho had already said the attack was unprovoked and admonished the player for using his hockey
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:39P
Norway / Sanctions against Libya adopted
“The international community hopes the sanctions will help to stop the violence and bring the perpetrators to justice,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stre. The resolution was adopted in response to reports of gross and systematic human rights
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:39P
Union fight could carry over to race for Wisconsin Supreme Court
But Democrats and unions are vowing to strike back, and they plan to start by ousting state Supreme Court Justice David Prosser. The conservative-leaning Prosser faces Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg in an election April 5 for a 10-year
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:38P
Another Bramson Donor Rewarded with City Hall Deal, New Rochelle City Council
(emphasis added) If the City of New Rochelle was truly inclined to have an honest and transparent assessment of redistricting in New Nochelle, in addition including civic input, they should hire the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:38P
Another Bramson Donor Rewarded with City Hall Deal, New Rochelle City Council
(emphasis added) If the City of New Rochelle was truly inclined to have an honest and transparent assessment of redistricting in New Nochelle, in addition including civic input, they should hire the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law.
Updated: 03/14/2011 04:38P