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Anti-smoking legislation too slow, activists say
As the Administration and Justice Committee met at Nijmeh Square in Downtown Beirut to discuss the draft legislation, more than a dozen activists posed as pregnant women and wore masks to highlight the degree of danger to people's health from
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:51P
Proposed Ariz. Budget Singles Out Pima County
Their proposed budget excludes Dupnik's department from eligibility for money from a special state funding for law enforcement work related to illegal immigration and smuggling. Republican legislators have criticized Dupnik for comments he made after
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:50P
Sheriff calls Nye County assessor's comments 'blatantly racist'
In an e-mail sent Friday to Nye County Sheriff Tony DeMeo, tax assessor Shirley Matson asked if the county had verified the workers' citizenship, noting they looked Latino. "That's what we call racial profiling," said DeMeo, who said he has no legal
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:50P
Melanie McGuire case: NJ appeals court upholds ex-Morristown nurse's murder
One of McGuire's attorneys, Stephen Turano, said McGuire will appeal to the state Supreme Court to hear the case. Patricia Prezioso, the lead prosecutor at the trial who is now in private practice, said she was satisfied with the ruling.
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:50P
Fluoride case like pulling teeth
Mr Oshlack had been arguing a point of law before Justice Peter Biscoe in the Land and Environment Court that Rous had no authority to fluoridate the water supply because all the approvals and directives from the Department had lapsed.
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:49P
Doctors Medical Center names interim CEO
Doctors Medical Center will have an interim CEO, Dawn Gideon, as of March 21, officials at the 189-bed San Pablo hospital said late Wednesday. The West Contra Costa Healthcare District's board of directors made the interim appointment, effective March
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:47P
The scale of justice
Randy Steidl spent 12 years on death row, but was eventually exonerated. Now he's fighting to end capital punishment in the US Early in the morning hours of July 6, 1986, newlyweds Dyke and Karen Rhoads of Paris, Illinois were brutally murdered-stabbed
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:47P
Lehman targets Nov. 17 to win bankruptcy plan OK
NEW YORK, March 16 (Reuters Legal) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc said it hopes to win court approval of its reorganization plan in mid-November, more than three years after filing the largest bankruptcy in US history. Creditors would vote on Lehman's
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:47P
Retired justice to fill vacancy
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Supreme Court has recalled retired Appellate Court Justice Robert W. Cook and assigned him to the 4th District Appellate Court. He will fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Justice Sue E. Myerscough,
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:45P
Umatilla County, Ore. DA accuses state of bullying
Umatilla County District Attorney Dean Gushwa has accused prosecutors at the Oregon Department of Justice of bullying and lying in the official misconduct case against him. Gushwa said he offered to resign his office in 2010, but changed his mind after
Updated: 03/16/2011 07:45P
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