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Picturing the Past 103: Trouble in town
A man accused of attacking a girl outside a rural school was charged with rape and a few people thought justice meant a lynching, not a trial. This was apparently shot from the courthouse steps looking east at some point before the full-scale riot
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:57P
Legally Speaking: Carter Phillips
Adding Justice Kagan to Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg-I don't know that the gender makes a difference, so much as it continues the trend that each justice who replaces a justice is more active during the oral argument than the person she has replaced
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:57P
UK to Encourage Entrepreneurs and Wealthy
Previously, a foreign entrepreneur needed a minimum of £200000 to invest in a business, allowing him or her to set up a business with a three-year visa. In the future, there also will be a route for entrepreneurs who have obtained £50000 of funding
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:56P
A Closer Look at the March 2011 Consumer Sentiment Report
The gauge fell to 68.2 in March from 77.5 in February, marking its biggest decline since October 2008, after Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. The March reading surprised analysts. Economists polled by MarketWatch had expected a level of 75.8,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:56P
American, United drop lawsuit against Chicago
American Airlines and United Airlines have agreed to drop their lawsuit against the city of Chicago regarding the use of a $1 billion bond issue to expand O'Hare International Airport without their approval. It was part of the deal announced Monday
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:56P
Centre invites Jats for talks
A delegation of Jats from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, led by Yashpal Malik, is likely to hold discussions on Wednesday with Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and the Union Social Justice Minister Mukul Wasnik. The issue was raised in the Rajya Sabha and
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:55P
updatedUS man convicted of encouraging suicides
"I think justice was served," Beaumaster said after learning the verdict on Tuesday. "I think it was a just verdict based on the facts of the case, and convictions were earned on both counts." During oral arguments in February, Watkins called his
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:55P
Companies that foreclosed on local vet under investigation
Now, federal court documents show the Department of Justice is investigating the companies for their foreclosure practices. Attorneys for the companies say the probe is only preliminary and based on claims that no one has proven.
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:55P
'US News' Gives High Marks to Nursing, Law, Business and Med Grad Programs
"The IU School of Medicine continues to be proactive in giving medical students every opportunity to have a hands-on family medicine experience," said D. Craig Brater, dean of the School of Medicine and IU vice president for university clinical affairs
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:54P
9 Movie Lawyers We'd Want Defending Us
Time after time, filmmakers depict lawyers as money-grubbing parasites who are more interested getting a pay check than seeing justice served. But at the same time, there are countless films that depict lawyers as champions of the underdog,
Updated: 03/15/2011 04:54P
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