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Pro Bono Legal Services Help Domestic Violence Victims Reclaim Their Lives
Montclair's Rachel Coalition and Partners for Women in Justice provide free legal help for low income residents. By Linda Federico-O'Murchu | Email the author | 10:00am Jane Hanson (left) Executive Director of Partners for Women and Justice,
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:46A
Court asks police to probe child trafficking gangs
The division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna pulled up police while referring to a report filed by the Delhi Legal Services Authority stating that over 500 children missing over the past one year have not been rescued.
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:46A
Karmapa's aide gets bail in Himachal
Hearing their bail application, Justice DD Sud directed Shakti Lama and the couple - Karma Thapa and his wife Rinzin - to join the investigation and appear at the ED office March 21. It was after the seizure of Rs.1 crore meant for land purchase that
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:46A
US to probe CIA contractor killings in Pakistan
The American Embassy says the Justice Department has opened an investigation into the killings of two Pakistani men by a CIA contractor in Pakistan. The statement Wednesday came hours after the contractor, Raymond Allen Davis, was released from prison.
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:46A
National closures force Miami Borders to revisit lease terms
The struggling specialty retailer of books and other educational and entertainment items recently filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure its operations and debt. As part of this process, Borders Group announced 200 store closings in the US last
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:46A
Independent MP's bus was 'sabotaged'
AN independent state MP claimed his campaign bus was the target of sabotage that may have contributed to a three-car crash. Port Macquarie MP Peter Besseling said the campaign bus was travelling on the Oxley Highway west of Port Macquarie yesterday
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:45A
Kayakers a danger in the dark, ferry skippers warn
The skippers - who fear a deadly crash - have been radioing in warnings of unlit kayakers on almost a daily basis over the past two weeks. The combination of late sunrises and warm air and water temperatures has lured a fleet of recreational paddlers
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:45A
Nassau judge moonlighting as sailor
by AP Acting Nassau County Supreme Court Justice Alan Honoroff received the permission from the Office of Court Administration's judicial ethics committee on Tuesday. The 52-year-old judge is licensed to pilot vessels up to 100 tons in coastal waters.
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:45A
LR Schools named in harassment suit
Dr. Jeremy Tucker, superintendent of the Logan-Rogersville R-8 School District, is optimistic that a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against the district and district employees last summer will soon be settled. “With these legal matters it could be a
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:45A
Southdown teacher helped students during crash
HOUMA — Keeping a school bus full of 44 children calm in the midst of a car crash can be a daunting task, but Houma resident and teacher Kathy Abboud said she went to the scene to help without even thinking.
Updated: 03/16/2011 10:45A
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