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Deadline extended for comments on Muslim Marriages Bill
says a report in The Witness. The Bill deals with a number of important issues affecting the Muslim community, such as divorce, inheritance and polygamy. Suggestions or comments should be e-mailed before 31 May to TMatibe@justice.gov.za .
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Addresses for firm whose bus had fatal crash not occupied
WILKES-BARRE – A bus company involved in a fatal accident Monday night on the New Jersey Turnpike reports that its physical address is in Wilkes-Barre, but the two locations listed on paperwork filed with the state Department of State are not occupied
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Web linked inmate to local mom
We are glad he is back behind bars where he belongs,” said John Moriarty, inspector general for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Deputy US Marshal John Huggins, who leads the Metro Fugitive Task Force, said authorities think Puckett reached
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Knights of Columbus want sex abuse cases dismissed
A boy told officials of the Knights of Columbus in 1986 that he had been sexually abused by the leader, but the Knights of Columbus concealed the report of abuse and intimidated the victim into not making the abuse public, one lawsuit alleged.
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Impostor charged in '85 slaying in Calif.
David Meier, a criminal defense lawyer and former Suffolk prosecutor, said it could take several months for Gerhartsreiter to be extradited if he challenges the motion. “Presumably the government could use a variety of means to prove identity,
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Borders given more time to decide on leases
Borders Group's request to have more time to determine which leases to accept or reject was approved Tuesday in US Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan. The Ann Arbor-based bookseller also saw its $505-million debtor-in-possession financing
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Quicken jury to resume work today
Jury deliberations were scheduled to resume today in a lawsuit pitting more than 300 former employees of Quicken Loans against the company in an overtime-pay dispute. The trial in federal court in Detroit before US District Judge Stephen Murphy III
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Quicken jury to resume work today
Jury deliberations were scheduled to resume today in a lawsuit pitting more than 300 former employees of Quicken Loans against the company in an overtime-pay dispute. The trial in federal court in Detroit before US District Judge Stephen Murphy III
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Quicken jury to resume work today
Jury deliberations were scheduled to resume today in a lawsuit pitting more than 300 former employees of Quicken Loans against the company in an overtime-pay dispute. The trial in federal court in Detroit before US District Judge Stephen Murphy III
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A
Buick to join in March Madness as sponsor
The sponsorship of the NCAA tournament, whose preliminary games started Tuesday, came up for bid when Pontiac met its bankruptcy-era demise after the 2009 tournament. Before Pontiac, Oldsmobile sponsored the tournament, but that brand was discontinued
Updated: 03/16/2011 02:10A