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Koster sues city over records
The lawsuit accuses Brauer of sending an e-mail in December to police department employees informing them the Lebanon City Council had reversed a police board decision to discipline an employee. Koster said the city then denied an open records request
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:07P
World Islands ruling opposed
By a staff reporter THE Dubai Public Prosecution on Wednesday appealed the verdict issued in the Nakheel World Islands case. The earlier court dismissed the case after the main suspect, SRS, died. It also acquitted the five other suspects involved in
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:07P
FREE SPEECH ZONE | St. Cloud State's racist Homecoming history
Cooper enlisted the help of the late noted criminal defense attorney, Doug Thomson. Thomson agreed to provide pro bono services because he was aware of St. Cloud's history of blatant community racism and police brutality with Blacks systematically kept
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:07P
Ascension Parish Sheriff's officer receives DWI recognition award
A group of law enforcement officers and agencies honored by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission removed 12124 DWI suspects from state roads during 2010. The agencies, individual officers, a district attorney and a state judge were
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:06P
Ascension Parish Sheriff's officer receives DWI recognition award
A group of law enforcement officers and agencies honored by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission removed 12124 DWI suspects from state roads during 2010. The agencies, individual officers, a district attorney and a state judge were
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:06P
Court scraps CIAA decision on bridges
A division bench of justices Bala Ram KC and Tarka Raj Bhatta issued the verdict in a writ petition filed by the managing director of the firm, Manoj Kumar Bhetwal. Bhetwal had moved the apex court challenging the CIAA decision, which had directed the
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:06P
Chevron Appeals to Proceed in Ecuador
The 18-year old lawsuit against Chevron claims the company was responsible for oil contamination in Ecuador's Amazon region. Chevron, which has no exploration or production operations in Ecuador, inherited thel suit in 2001 when it acquired Texaco Inc.
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:06P
Alabama Court Voids Crucial Tax For Debt-Laden County
Bankruptcy is an option but not imminent, said Commissioner Jimmie Stephens, who oversees the county's finances, noting that it would not be something "that will restore any revenue." Stephens said the county will run out of current operating income by
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:05P
Thou shalt not preach (nor convert): Apex Court
The verdict on Dara Singh's life imprisonment would not have been controversial but for the justification of granting him leniency on the pretext of teaching Graham Staines “a lesson” – of course, a fatal lesson which the court does not deem worthy of
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:05P
Former Treasury CIO Duffy joins DRT Strategies
Since August 2010, Duffy has been a senior advisor in the Office of the CIO at Justice. Previously, he served as deputy assistant secretary and CIO for the Treasury Department from 2007 to 2010. Previous to 2007, Duffy spent 15 years at Justice,
Updated: 03/16/2011 05:05P
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