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Union files WikiLeaks lawsuit, despite President's call to go on
A union filed a US$1 billion lawsuit against two Australian newspapers on Tuesday for reports that the President abused his power, a day after Yudhoyono said he would move on. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told Cabinet ministers at a meeting at
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:05P
Utah governor signs wide-reaching immigration reforms
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - Utah's governor on Tuesday signed a package of immigration laws that creates a guest worker program and employer verification while also allowing local police to crack down on illegal immigrants. The four laws, which were
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:05P
Bus crash spotlights cut-rate companies
The New York bus crash that killed 15 people on their way home from a casino has focused renewed attention on problems federal safety investigators have been warning about for years. The cause of Saturday's wreck is still under investigation;
Updated: 03/15/2011 11:01P
BSF Court Begins Zahid Killing Trial
The case was being tried by a civil court here, but the BSF had petitioned to transfer it to its own tribunal on the plea that the accused would not get a fair trial otherwise. Today's testimony at the BSF headquarters at Athwajan lasted till around 9
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:59P
Verdict falls in massive meth drug ring
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH/WTHI) - A final nine guilty verdicts came in on Tuesday in a federal drug trial in Indiana involving 28 people. One of those found guilty by the jury was the “ring king” — Wesley Hammond. And the kicker, Hammond was already in prison
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:58P
State seeks to join challenge to NRC rule change on spent fuel
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission rule doubling to 60 years the time spent fuel can be stored on site at closed reactors is under a court challenge by three states, and New Jersey wants to join the lawsuit. On Tuesday, state Department of Environmental
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:58P
Mo. Senate endorses workers' compensation changes
That would only apply in cases where the injured worker is affected by the toxic exposure to chemicals, dusts, fumes, fibers, solvents, radiation or other materials that can cause disease, death, mutations, cancer, deformities or reproductive
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:58P
NBA referee sues AP, reporter
In a federal lawsuit filed in Minneapolis, veteran NBA referee William Spooner claimed AP sports writer Jon Krawczynski defamed him in the Twitter message, sent while he was covering the Jan. 24 Rockets-Timberwolves game. In the second period,
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:56P
Pasadena Playhouse to stage five-play season
The 2011-12 season will feature several world premieres, including Frank Tangredi's 'Pastoral,' in a sign of the playhouse's continued recovery after a bankruptcy last year. By Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times The Pasadena Playhouse took another step in
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:51P
2012 Best Graduate Schools rankings online
In addition to featuring new rankings in five of the largest professional graduate school disciplines (business, law, education, engineering, and medicine), the 2012 rankings also include updated peer-assessment-only rankings for healthcare management,
Updated: 03/15/2011 10:48P
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