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Cojuangco upheld on SMC
Seven justices voted in favor of Cojuangco—Chief Justice Renato Corona, and Associate Justices Lucas Bersamin, Presbitero Velasco Jr., Mariano del Castillo, Roberto Abad, Jose Portugal Perez and Martin Villarama Jr. Four dissented: Associate Justices
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:23P
John Gay of Northampton nominated as clerk-magistrate for Springfield District
Deval Patrick as the new clerk-magistrate for Springfield District Court. BOSTON – Gov. Deval L. Patrick on Tuesday nominated John S. Gay, of Northampton, as the new clerk-magistrate for Springfield District Court, choosing a career Trial Court
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:22P
ZA Bhutto reference filed to get substantial justice: Bukhari
ISLAMABAD, Apr 12 (APP): Leader of the House in Senate, Syed Nayyer Hussain Bukhari on Tuesday said now judiciary is independent in the country and the case of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has been filed to get substantial justice.The re-opening of case
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:22P
Teens who have consensual sex will no longer be put on the sex offender registry
Snyder's staff sent out a statement saying, “Michigan had to make the changes or else risk losing a portion of the federal funds for law enforcement the state currently receives through the Justice Assistance Grant Program.” In the new changes,
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:22P
Court sets aside SUNO-UNO merger challenge
A state district judge Tuesday threw out the lawsuit challenging the legality of the Louisiana Board of Regents for lacking diversity on the grounds that no laws were broken. The lawsuit was initially filed by former congressman Cleo Fields on behalf
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:22P
Fukushima raised to level 7 the same category as Chernobyl but Chernobyl had10
The previous event level of 5, equal to the 1979 accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, was also a provisional designation. Experts are not agreed, however, as to the extent of the radiation leaks and whether it can yet be said to be as bad as
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:22P
Dryer Death Ruled An Accident
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death in the case of a four-year-old boy who was found by his mother inside the family's tumble dryer. Sonny Gibson is believed to have climbed into the machine during a game of hide-and-seek in July last
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:20P
Dryer Death Ruled An Accident
A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death in the case of a four-year-old boy who was found by his mother inside the family's tumble dryer. Sonny Gibson is believed to have climbed into the machine during a game of hide-and-seek in July last
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:20P
Barai Capital Founder Talks Deal With Prosecutors
Prosecutors are in plea talks with hedge fund founder Samir Barai, one of 12 people arrested in the Justice Dept.'s insider-trading crackdown. Barai admitted last Monday that he had an analyst at his firm, Jason Pflaum, listen in on phone calls with
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:20P
"There's no such thing as a perfect plane."
The 5-foot-long fuselage skin section taken from the Southwest Airlines accident aircraft is displayed to the media at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in Washington, DC, on April 5, 2011. By Shelley DuBoisApril 12, 2011: 1:16 PM ET
Updated: 04/12/2011 01:20P
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