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Report: NOPD had pattern of excessive force, profiling, discrimination
NEW ORLEANS – The US Department of Justice said it has reason to believe that the NOPD has had patterns of unconstitutional conduct and violations of federal law including the use of excessive force, racial profiling and discriminatory policing based
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:11P
Xperia Play vs PSP and Android rivals – the developers' verdict
Furthermore, only a subset of phones on the market will have dualcore processors for quite some time, so developers are going to be programming their titles to work well under both conditions in the foreseeable future. It's also worth noting,
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:11P
Dan Gilbert declares 'complete and total victory' as Quicken Loans wins
The verdict was returned Thursday in federal court in Detroit. Dan Gilbert, founder of the online mortgage giant, calls it a "complete and total victory." Lawyers for the former employees claimed they were sales people entitled to overtime under
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
California's John Muir Health Settles Latex-Allergy Discrimination Suit for $340K
The federal disability discrimination lawsuit was filed by the EEOC after John Muir allegedly withdrew job offers based on pre-employment health screenings and the assumption that eight workers had "life-threatening allergies and could not safely work
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
Conn. SC affirms rulings in fire truck collision cases
(Legal Newsline) - The Connecticut Supreme Court, in an opinion filed March 9, has upheld a trial court's judgments in the case of a collision between two city fire trucks. On May 19, 2007, two fire trucks from the City of Waterbury, Truck 1 and Engine
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
Driver ruled at fault for collision with train, $5M verdict overturned
The Court, in its opinion filed Friday, reversed a nearly $5 million jury verdict awarding compensatory and punitive damages to Ronny P. Johnson, Kim Johnson, Rolison Trucking Company and Gail Rolison. Norfolk Southern Railway Company and Norfolk
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
Pakistan match-fixing trio to stand trial
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been ordered to stand trial in a British court over spot-fixing allegations. The trio, along with their agent Mazhar Majeed, have been charged with conspiracy to cheat and conspiracy
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
KOLD.comGovernor sued over day of prayer
Jan Brewer has been named in a federal lawsuit over a proclamation she signed in support of an Arizona Day of Prayer. The Arizona Republic reports the lawsuit was filed Tuesday in US District Court. It says Brewer's actions are unconstitutional because
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
Brazilian Personalities Request Obama Release of The Five and Lifting of the
Signed by famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, Honorary President of this entity, and Marilia Guimaraes, president of the Brazilian Chapter, the letter began to circulate on Wednesday on the Internet, the Prensa Latina news agency reported.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:10P
Clerk of Courts: Casey Anthony trial could be "canceled or suspended"
"Our funding for the Casey Anthony trial is in serious jeopardy at this time," Gardner said in an e-mail response to a newly released estimate of the costs associated with the murder trial set to start in May. "The Florida Senate has proposed a 5
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:08P
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