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OFFBEAT: Goodman's 'God of Carnage' smart, comical examination of parental
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 78. Elvis Presley drummer DJ Fontana is 80. Actor Judd Hirsch is 76. TV evangelist Jimmy Lee Swaggart is 75. Bassist Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead is 71. Singer Mike Love of the Beach Boys is 70.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:37A
Tea Party T-Shirts OK At Polls
The agreement is part of a settlement with The Goldwater Institute, which had filed a federal lawsuit against the county on behalf of a woman who was not allowed to wear a tea party T-shirt into her polling place. The county agreed to change its rules
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:36A
Bar council to upload budding lawyers' exam results
Justice S. Muralidhar was hearing a petition filed by Anoop Prakash Awasthi, who pleaded for uploading the exam result on the BCI website. "The BCI has decided to place on its website the statement of marks in respect of the candidates who sat for the
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:36A
San Francisco Bus Crash Attorney: 23 Hurt, 1 Dead in Church Bus Crash on Hwy 189
The victims were rushed to Loma Linda Medical Center and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center for medical treatment of their injuries. There were reportedly 22 people on the bus and two in the other vehicle at the time of the crash.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:35A
San Francisco Bus Crash Attorney: 23 Hurt, 1 Dead in Church Bus Crash on Hwy 189
The victims were rushed to Loma Linda Medical Center and Arrowhead Regional Medical Center for medical treatment of their injuries. There were reportedly 22 people on the bus and two in the other vehicle at the time of the crash.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:35A
Priests appear in court over Philly sex report
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monsignor William Lynn at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia after appearing before a judge. His two veteran criminal lawyers stood ready to knock down the charge. They argue that Lynn was never legally responsible for any
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:35A
Priests appear in court over Philly sex report
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Monsignor William Lynn at the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia after appearing before a judge. His two veteran criminal lawyers stood ready to knock down the charge. They argue that Lynn was never legally responsible for any
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:35A
Franklin County jury awards $1.1 million in lawsuit over killing of man by
A Franklin County jury has awarded a judgment of $1.1 million to the family of a man who was murdered in 2006 by a jail escapee. The judgment against Scott "Scottie" Nathan North came following a trial March 7 before Franklin
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:35A
PAKISTAN: The saga of the prisoners waiting in death row
To be executed after that is a mockery of justice. The Pakistani jails and judicial authorities refuse permission to the media and journalists to visit the jails, having the lame excuse that the most dangerous criminals are those that they wish to
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:33A
Pennsylvania being sued after adultBasic health care plan ends
The lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court alleges that money set aside for the plan, called adultBasic, was unlawfully diverted to other purposes, and is directly responsible for the plan's end on Feb. 28. The suit, filed by Sheryl Sears of McKeesport,
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:33A