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NFL players' lawsuit set for hearing
The players filed their request last week, hours before the lockout took effect Saturday, along with an antitrust lawsuit will hundreds of millions of dollars at stake if it goes forward. The case first went to Judge Richard Kyle, who recused himself
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:01P
Bakst lawsuit against Community Memorial Hospital settled
A lawsuit filed against Community Memorial Hospital by former Chief Executive Officer Michael Bakst has been settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. Bakst's attorney, Michael Amir, said the terms of Friday's settlement are
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:01P
Florida Senate relaxes e-Verify requirement in bill
Polls have shown tackling illegal immigration is popular among most voters – except Hispanics, a crucial voting bloc in Florida. Flores' Senate bill would require all local sheriff and police departments to request the power to enforce immigration laws
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:01P
Pakistani court declines ruling on Davis case
“The case is in a trial court. It will decide on his immunity,” Chief Justice Ejaz Chaudhry told the court in the eastern city. Davis' murder trial resumes on Wednesday. Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore on January 27.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:00P
Prosecutors: Driver had blood-alcohol level 5 times legal limit
A man prosecutors said had a blood-alcohol level more than five times the legal limit when he crashed a car into a field west of Billings was charged Monday in Justice Court. Daren Michael Blakely, 32, appeared in court by video from the county jail on
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:00P
Rants: Supreme Court's Synder ruling: Absolutist, absolutely wrong
Stevens” (2010), which sanctioned the making and selling of crush videos of small animals, were precursors to this even more extreme perversion of justice. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes recognized the need to balance the right to free speech against
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:00P
SUNSHINE WEEK: Obama administration responds to fewer information requests
The company accomplished its work partly by forwarding to the State Department tens of thousands of requests for immigration records from Homeland Security's Citizenship and Immigration Services because the State Department makes visa determinations in
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:59P
Black-out makes man give up drinking
"I blacked out," he said, telling Ontario Court Justice Kristine Bignell he and a friend had consumed a 60-ouncer of vodka on Friday. Police picked up Pearce about 9:30 pm on Goulais Avenue after receiving reports of a man "staggering all over the
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:59P
The Commission orders eight Member States to implement the Directive aimed at
The Commission has set a two?month deadline for these Member States to remedy the situation before it involves the Court of Justice of the European Union. Directive 2007/59/CE lays down the conditions for train drivers to be authorised to drive trains
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:58P
A New Turn for Washington State's Online Poker Law
Summary: After the unanimous rejection by the Washington State Supreme Court of a lawsuit that attempted to overturn the state's draconian ban on online poker, proponents of the game now say that they're going to go to the state legislature and try to
Updated: 03/14/2011 06:58P
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