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AZ SB 1070 Law Ruled Unconstitutional
“To us a victory is going to be when SB 1070 is repealed totally out of the books of Arizona,” Salvador Reza, a Phoenix immigrant-rights activist, said of the Ninth US Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Monday. Arizona officials vowed to challenge the
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Sex in Australian prisons: the facts
“With 60% of women and 13% of the men reporting sexual coercion – including rape – prior to their imprisonment, our evidence suggests that these people are at less risk of sexual coercion and rape inside prison than outside,” Professor Donovan said.
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Phil Spector Appeals Murder Conviction
Caption: * SPECTOR SENTENCED TO 19 YEARS BEHIND BARS Music producer PHIL SPECTOR (Picture) has been sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress LANA CLARKSON. Spector was convicted of killing the actress last month (Apr09).
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Daniel Zeis found guilty of 1990s sex crimes
A jury of five women and seven men deliberated for more than four hours before returning the verdict about 3 pm Zeis, 46, of Greencastle is now tentatively scheduled for sentencing July 6. Franklin County President Judge Douglas Herman ordered him to
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Immigration in the 21st Century and the Browning of America
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on May 17, 2010, challenging the SB1070 law. They claim that “it interferes with federal law, invites racial profiling,
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Immigration in the 21st Century and the Browning of America
The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and a coalition of civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit on May 17, 2010, challenging the SB1070 law. They claim that “it interferes with federal law, invites racial profiling,
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
Michael Clark Duncan Will Voice the CG Alien Kilowog in GREEN LANTERN
Though it was reported a few weeks back as only a rumor, a recent report confirms that Duncan is now in negotiations with Warner Bros to lend his voice to one of the film's main CG characters. In a universe as vast as it is
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:37P
VIDEO: Small plane flips over after landing in Troy
By Karen Workman TROY — Grass and dirt clinging to the propellers and wings of a single-engine Cessna plane are hints of the accident that took place Sunday at the Oakland-Troy Airport. “Upon landing, something went wrong and it flipped over at the end
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:36P
8 hospitalized after van crashes into Sun Metro bus
of a van versus bus accident at Kentucky and Louisville Tuesday morning. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times) Sun Metro officials said this afternoon that eight people were hospitalized following a crash involving a Sun Metro bus in Central El Paso.
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:36P
News from the Pennsylvania General Assembly
(Senate Bill 850) EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: Hundreds of children, parents and other advocates for early childhood education programs held a rally in the Capitol Rotunda. Martha Isler of the Pittsburgh Association for the Education of Young Children
Updated: 04/12/2011 08:36P
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