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Atheist group sues governor over prayer day
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in federal court, alleges that Brewer's actions were unconstitutional because they violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment, which prohibits Congress from establishing a state religion. The lawsuit seeks an
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:12P
Japan Systemic Risk: Global Financial Meltdown? Expert Roundtable
Is the Japan catastrophe -- earthquake, tsunami, cascading nuclear accident, land-sea-air radioactive contamination and volcano -- likely to cause a global financial meltdown? . Will the unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, the Japan catastrophe
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:12P
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaSchool bus driver files lawsuit over
(AP) - An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag from his pickup truck has filed a federal lawsuit to get his job back. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Medford on Wednesday against First
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
Dead family's home burglar gets 5 more years
Amber True, 30, of Redwood City should have considered herself lucky when she was sentenced to a year in county jail for helping her boyfriend burglarize the Sonoma County home of a family killed in a car crash three days before the break-in.
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
KILLER DRIVER 'DIDN'T CARE'
Borrett did not check on the 37-year-old crash victim, instead asking another driver if he could borrow his mobile phone to call his wife. He told another witness: “The motorcyclists drive far too fast around these roads.” Susannah Bramley, prosecuting
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
TATT GIRL'S BUM DEAL
Police are investigating after Levi Brady, of Fairwater, Cardiff, had the tattoo done in the city without being asked how old she was. Her mum Renee, 38, who found out about it by accident, said: “The tattooist has branded a child as a piece of meat
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
BC-US--Confederate Flag Lawsuit,143
(AP) -- An Oregon school bus driver fired after he refused to remove a Confederate battle flag from his pickup truck has filed a federal lawsuit to get his job back. The lawsuit was filed in US District Court in Medford on Wednesday against First
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
AP NewsBreak: Fired Pa. teacher sues ex-student
The lawsuit, filed today, describes their relationship as "an occasional intimate relationship from 2004 to 2010." Addis, 26, grew jealous after he told her last year he was seeing someone else, and threatened to "manufacture details about an alleged
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:11P
Suspect to enter plea in 23-year-old Niceville murder case
NICEVILLE — The wheels of justice have begun to turn in a 23-year-old murder of a Niceville High School student, as prosecutors consider whether to seek the death penalty for John McMaster-Wade. McMaster-Wade has been in the Okaloosa County Jail since
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:10P
County Board of Education considers lawsuit over Sentinel story critical of
SANTA CRUZ - The county Board of Education plans Thursday to consider a lawsuit over a recent Sentinel article in which three local education leaders questioned board plans to hold a retreat at an oceanfront
Updated: 03/16/2011 08:10P
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