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Small Victory for L.A. Bus Riders: Metropolitan Transit Authority to Be Probed
17 2011 @ 9:45AM ?The Bus Riders Union hasn't been able to file a civil-rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles MTA since 2001 -- when the Supreme Court decided private orgs shouldn't be able to sue public agencies using the Civil Rights Act of of 1964.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:59P
Excerpts from recent editorials in Texas newspapers
Rick Perry's alternate reality: Blame schools for teacher job cuts It was a classic Perry bomb: Officials in Austin aren't to blame if public school teachers lose their jobs amid state budget cuts, Gov. Rick Perry recently said.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:59P
League suspends two Cornwall player cleared by police
A day after Cornwall Police decided against charges assault charges against two hockey players, the Central Canada Hockey League handed down its own form of justice Thursday, suspending two
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:59P
Tributes to mother following double death inquest verdict
At a hearing today, assistant deputy coroner Hugh Calloway recorded a verdict of unlawful killing in the case of Amanda Harrison, 34, after concluding Barry Harrison had choked her before committing suicide. The inquest heard Mrs Harrison had told
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:58P
Ex-LA fire captain convicted of murdering woman
After two weeks of deliberations, the Superior Court panel found David Del Toro ( TTC - news - people ) guilty Wednesday of the lesser charge after acquitting him of first-degree murder. The verdict was announced Thursday.
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:58P
Durham in court Thursday
Jack Crawford is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. He does not represent any parties in this case. He says attorneys will likely build a defense based on intent. There is no question Durham's business Fair Financial lost money - around
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:58P
WSJ:Justice Dept Finds Abuses In New Orleans Police Department
The Justice Department said its findings indicated violations of federal criminal law and certain constitutional provisions. That finding is expected to form the basis of a court-supervised agreement, called a consent decree, between the city and
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:58P
Hearing on open meetings lawsuit will proceed Friday despite legislative immunity
MP KING - State Journal All Wisconsin politics. All the time. For the junkie in us all. A hearing to bar implementation of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill will go ahead on Friday with or without state legislators named in an open meetings
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:58P
Feds: Pattern of misconduct by New Orleans police
The inappropriate lethal force cited by the report includes officers who fired their guns or turned police dogs on people. Mayor Mitch Landrieu asked for the Justice Department review shortly after he took office in May 2010. Landrieu has said he would
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:57P
DOMA Architects Bill Clinton, Bob Barr Now Oppose The Gay Marriage Ban
“[T]he heterosexual definition of marriage for purposes of federal laws – including, immigration, Social Security survivor rights and veteran's benefits – has become a de facto club used to limit, if not thwart, the ability of a state to choose to
Updated: 03/17/2011 12:57P
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