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Southern Poverty Law Center urges Birmingham City Council to stop police use
Ebony Glenn Howard, staff attorney with SPLC, said she wanted to come to a resolution without having to go to court, but said her message was cut short by City Council President Roderick Royal, who cited a pending federal lawsuit filed by SPLC.
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:10A
Three Convicted Of Drug Charges After 2-Week Trial
BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Three men have been convicted of drug trafficking after a two-week trial in federal court in Burlington. Federal prosecutors said 39-year-old Stephen Aguiar of Quincy Mass., 30-year-old William Murray of Burlington and 22-year-old
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:10A
Train toilet fire death woman is named
Police said the incident was not being treated as an accident. Another passenger alerted the conductor to the fire on the service, which had left Northampton at 1625 BST. A spokeswoman for British Transport Police said: "The deceased woman has injuries
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
Father died trying to rescue dogs from sea, inquest hears
Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images The death of a father who tried to rescue his two dogs from near-freezing sea water was an accident, a coroner has ruled. Heating and plumbing engineer Kevin Reynolds, 52, waded into strong waves with his
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
Yale student dies in chemistry lab accident
Dufault's parents have been notified of their daughter's death and are traveling to campus, the email said. Sterling Laboratory is closed for the day, Wednesday and all classes and labs held there have been canceled, Lorimer said in the email.
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
Heidfeld: I'm thinking for you Robert
After being dropped by Sauber at the end of last season, Heidfeld was given an unexpected lifeline by Renault when they handed him a race seat in place of Kubica who suffered career-threatening injuries during a rally accident in Italy before the
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
The HuffPo slaves are revolting
Their lawsuit is based on unjust enrichment. As a nice bonus, they get to claim victimhood – self-imposed victimhood, the best kind. A. HuffPo is required to fork over millions of dollars to these crybaby free-bloggers; or B. The crybaby free-bloggers,
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
Guilty? US Court Orders Apology Be Broadcast On YouTube
Case in point, Charlie Crist, former governor of Florida who recently settled a lawsuit with David Byrne. In his bid for US Senate seat in 2010, The Talking Heads song “Road to Nowhere” was misappropriated in a campaign ad, and consequently caused lead
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:09A
UI asks for hold on Tribune FOIA ruling
The UI argues that the Department of Education enforces the law and, in at least one previous case, has sued to stop the release of the information. "This basically negates FERPA completely," said UI lawyer Samuel Skinner, a former Secretary of
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:08A
Japan Tsunami, Katrina Memories Wash Into Waterfront Debate
For around two decades, environmental justice activists representing those areas and the surrounding communities have objected to such designations, arguing that the lower regulatory threshold for new industrial development within the zones means
Updated: 04/13/2011 09:08A
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