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Japan nuclear accident no worse - WHO/IAEA
Slideshow By Stephanie Nebehay and Sylvia Westall GENEVA/VIENNA (Reuters) - An increase in the severity level of Japan's nuclear accident does not mean the public health risk is any worse or that the disaster resembles Chernobyl in 1986, global expert
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:33P
Kagan's government money grab
Justice Kagan, joined by three other liberal justices, dissented, arguing there is no functional difference between a tax credit and a government appropriation. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, shot this down.
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:33P
Crackdown on legal aid announced
Justice Minister Simon Power said the moves were the first stage of the Government's plan to tackle the expenditure. ''The changes are designed to target areas which do not necessarily require legal representation and groups with relatively higher
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:33P
Bankruptcy Expert Worries about Double-Dip Recession
Hoffman, a partner with the CPA firm Hoffman Clark, announcing business bankruptcy filings for the first quarter of the year in the St. Louis area are the lowest they've been since 2007. There were 52 companies that went belly up — a drop of 40 percent
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:33P
Four convicted in massive mortgage fraud
Former Pfizer Inc. scientist Wendy Werner, 46, who listed an address in New London on loan documents but now lives in Sarasota, Fla., was also convicted, on one conspiracy count and one count of mail fraud. Others found guilty included 82-year-old
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
Polish Plane Crash Eased Relationship
By Nikolaus von Twickel MOSCOW — The plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski a year ago has managed to improve Moscow's troubled relations with Warsaw — but it has opened new divisions in Poland. While Presidents Dmitry Medvedev and
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
Texas Senate Panel Approves DWI Deferred Adjudication
George Milner, a Dallas defense lawyer and former prosecutor, said the bill would not likely accomplish the goals Patrick espoused. "If a citizen who is accused truly understands the ramifications of this, they won't take the deal," he said.
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
Texas Senate Panel Approves DWI Deferred Adjudication
George Milner, a Dallas defense lawyer and former prosecutor, said the bill would not likely accomplish the goals Patrick espoused. "If a citizen who is accused truly understands the ramifications of this, they won't take the deal," he said.
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
DOJ tells Supreme Court key deadline looms over collective bargaining law
That's what the state Department of Justice told the high court in a letter Tuesday. The department has asked the high court to take up the matter, but so far the justices have not said what they will do. Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
Saddleback, Irvine Valley to discontinue some prayers
MISSION VIEJO – Saddleback and Irvine Valley Colleges have agreed to discontinue the use of invocations at scholarship ceremonies and faculty training sessions like the Chancellor's Opening Ceremony as part of a lawsuit settlement with a
Updated: 04/12/2011 06:32P
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