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Federal court dismisses historic Mississippi prison cruelty case
AP JACKSON -- A federal court in Mississippi has permanently dismissed a 1971 lawsuit filed against the state over prison conditions. The case stems from allegations of cruel and unusual punishment at the state penitentiary at Parchman.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:02A
House leader gives Senate ultimatum on redistricting
AP JACKSON -- House Speaker Billy McCoy has given the Senate an ultimatum: approve his chamber's redistricting plan as is, or the matter will immediately go to the US Department of Justice. McCoy, D-Rienzi, released a statement Wednesday informing
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:02A
Police: 1 arrest, 1 ticket on SIPD blotter
He was arraigned in Shelter Island Justice Court, Judge Mary-Faith Westervelt presiding, and released on $500 bail. A motorist was given a ticket on New York Avenue for operating a vehicle over the weight limit posted for that road.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:01A
Tim Cole's family proud Texas Senate passes eyewitness lineup bill
"As my mom says for her great loss there will be great gains in the justice system and that is what we are looking for," Cory Session explains. He knows nothing will bring back his brother Tim but says he was very proud to see the Senate take action on
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:01A
Wisconsin DA files lawsuit challenging union law
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne made the allegations in a lawsuit Wednesday. It's the second legal challenge from a county official since Republican Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill into law Friday. Democrats in the Wisconsin Assembly say
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:01A
News of the Weird
It was implanted in the back of his skull in November to record, at 60-second intervals, the places he had left behind, and then beamed to and archived by a museum in Qatar. The camera had been mounted under his skin, braced by three titanium posts,
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:01A
Kentucky Couple Nailed For Illegally Harvesting Paddlefish
A Kentucky couple and their caviar companies were charged today with trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish (Polydon spathula), the Department of Justice and the US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio announced today.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:00A
8th stent recipient sues Excela, doctor
Rich Cholodofsky is a Tribune-Review staff writer and can be reached at 724-830-6293 or via e-mail. Another lawsuit has been filed against Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital and one of its former physicians for
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:00A
NBC29AP NewsBreak: Fired Pa. teacher sues ex-student
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, 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
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:58P
KPLC 7 News, Lake Charles, LouisianaAP NewsBreak: Fired Pa. teacher sues ex
The lawsuit, filed Wednesday, 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
Updated: 03/16/2011 11:58P
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