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Reactions to Westboro ruling vary
Associate Justice Samuel Alito was the lone dissenter. Roger S. Oldham, vice president for communications and convention relations of the SBC Executive Committee, reiterated the convention's repudiation of Westboro's actions.
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:01A
DUI task force ready for holiday violators
By The Record STOCKTON — Law enforcement agencies in San Joaquin County are planning for extra patrols and tougher enforcement today for St. Patrick's Day. The Avoid the 10 DUI Task Force will supplement regularly scheduled shifts. In a news release,
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:01A
Lightbourne parts with own attorney's views
Minister of Justice and Attorney General Dorothy Lightbourne startled those present at the Manatt-Dudus commission of enquiry when she revealed that she disagreed with the interpretations of an eminent attorney-at-law she had engaged to defend her,
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:00A
Crime victims deserve better
Among the most egregious flaws in Oregon's justice system is its inability to collect the money that criminals are supposed to pay to their victims in the way of restitution. Judges frequently order that such restitution be made – but more often than
Updated: 03/17/2011 03:00A
Call Security
She wound up suing the hospital for personal injury and emotional distress, naming security guards Luis Ramirez and Steve Sherwin as the two officers who assaulted her. Right before the case went to trial in 2009, Damashek settled with the hospital out
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:58A
SOMALIA: Omar Faruq Escapes from Justice
Mogadishu (RBC) the National Union of Somali Journalists NUSOJ is deeply concerned about Omar faruq's escape from the justice while he was due to appear before of the court in Mogadishu, NUSOJ chairman said. Omar Faruq Osman, the former general
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:58A
Verdict mixed on bailouts
AP WASHINGTON — The government's bailout of banks, automakers and insurers helped prevent a more severe economic crisis but might have sowed the seeds of the next one, a congressional watchdog group said Wednesday in its final report.
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:58A
A bit of cancer remains in Supreme Court's Judgment on Dara Singh
The court upheld the High court judgement which had given Dara Singh a life term holding that the crime was not the rarest of the rare, and the trial court in Khurda had erred in giving Dara Singh and some of his associates the death penalty in the
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:58A
A bit of cancer remains in Supreme Court's Judgment on Dara Singh
The court upheld the High court judgement which had given Dara Singh a life term holding that the crime was not the rarest of the rare, and the trial court in Khurda had erred in giving Dara Singh and some of his associates the death penalty in the
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:58A
The Cultural Weapon
The African Charter on Human and People's Rights, an official normative charter of the African Union, recalls the Charter of the Organisation of African Unity which stipulates that “freedom, equality, justice and dignity are essential objectives for
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:57A
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