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Royal Palm Exceptional School defends staffing, services
The school, created for students with severe emotional and mental health challenges, issued a response last week to demands made in February by attorney Matthew Trail of the Florida Equal Justice Center in Fort Myers. Trail alleges federal and state
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:14A
Bhika and Sorovakatini to be sentenced on Thursday
Suncourt Hardware Director, Dhansukh Lal Bhika and former Principal Accounts Officer in the Agriculture Ministry, Suliasi Sorovakatini will be sentenced by High Court Judge, Justice Sitabaram Pillai Thurairaja on Thursday.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:14A
Pulitzer-winning photographer Brian Lanker dies
Lanker died Sunday after a brief bout with pancreatic cancer diagnosed just 10 days before his death, the newspaper said. His book projects included “I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America,” and the more recent “Track Town, USA.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:14A
DUI crash gets Prescott woman jail time
She had a blood alcohol content of 0.372 when she was found walking down the middle of Ainsworth Drive, carrying a partially-empty vodka bottle. A BAC of 0.08 is the legal limit. Cadman, 32, of Prescott, appeared at the sentencing Monday in an orange
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:14A
'Sigwane's withdrawal a huge blow'
Justice Levinsohn said he was told by the Registrar of the High Court, Mpendulo Simelane, that an application might be moved complaining about unfair hearing in the Qhawe Mamba fraud case. “It would be history in the whole of Southern Africa.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:14A
Maryland Senate approves in-state tuition bill
'It's okay to break the law, and you'll get a benefit.' ” The measure passed by the Senate is a scaled-back version of what proponents initially envisioned. It calls for Maryland high school graduates, regardless of immigration status, to initially
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:13A
Bill to crack down on illegal immigration stalls in House
TOPEKA — Kansas lawmakers dealt a setback Monday to a plan that would clamp down on illegal immigration in a way that's similar to a controversial Arizona law. The House Judiciary Committee voted against advancing the hotly debated
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:13A
Have an idea? Get an investor and obtain a visa to US
"We want to establish a way for the smartest and most entrepreneurial individuals in the world to come to the United States and create jobs. Many are already here studying at our great universities," said Lugar. Senator Udall said the broken
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:13A
Kasibante challenges Katongole's gazetting
Ssegona wants High Court's Justice Vincent Zehurikize to declare Katongole's gazetting illegal, saying it was done without the mandatory certificate from the chief magistrate. Unsurprisingly, Katongole's lawyers opposed the amendment.
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:12A
Landmark priest abuse case begins with judicial scolding
AP Sherry McCormack, who says she was sexually abused by a priest as a child, speaks to reporters Monday outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia, where three priests and two other men formerly employed by the Philadelphia archdiocese
Updated: 03/15/2011 01:11A