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Tragically, a missed opportunity
It's hard getting help for a student with mental illness, especially if that student is unwilling or unable to seek it voluntarily. In 2005 at Virginia Tech, I was among those who tried to get help for Seung-Hui Cho. Two years later, Cho killed 32
Updated: 01/07/2012 07:02P
The high cost of an ideology
By E. Fuller Torrey Forty years ago, a new legal standard for commitment rose from a Milwaukee lawsuit to become the law of the land. It has proved to be tragically inadequate. Meg Kissinger and the Journal Sentinel are to be commended on their
Updated: 01/07/2012 07:01P
Forced treatment is no solution
Anyone reading the Journal Sentinel's "Imminent Danger" series may conclude that people with mental illness are dangerous and that the primary problem with our mental health system is we don't have enough forced treatment. As leaders of the Milwaukee
Updated: 01/07/2012 07:01P
UW Student Settles with City of Laramie Following Taser Incident
According to the lawsuit following the incident and reports by the Casper Start Tribune, Laramie Police responded to complaints that UW student Patrick Lewallen would not leave the Library Bar. Lewallen was already intoxicated upon entering the bar who
Updated: 01/07/2012 06:55P
Actress who anonymously sued Amazon, Internet Movie Database for revealing age
SEATTLE - An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself in a federal court filing Friday. Huong Hoang of Texas, may be better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang.
Updated: 01/07/2012 06:11P
Blackwater successor settles shooting suit
RALEIGH, NC (AP) — The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater are settling a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad. A spokesman for the company now
Updated: 01/07/2012 06:10P
Blackwater successor settles Nisoor Square lawsuit
Credit: AP RALEIGH, NC (AP) - The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater are settling a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
Updated: 01/07/2012 05:59P
Blackwater lawsuit filed by Hawaii family ends
based Academi, and the US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed the suit last week. The settlement was first reported Friday by The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va. The deal ends the families' hopes that a public trial would expose the events that led
Updated: 01/07/2012 05:54P
NC lawyers settle with company once known as Blackwater over deadly Baghdad
RALEIGH, North Carolina — The new owners of the security company formerly known as Blackwater said Saturday they have settled a lawsuit brought by some of the survivors and estates of Iraqis killed during an infamous 2007 shooting in Baghdad.
Updated: 01/07/2012 05:37P
Actress Who Sued IMDb for Revealing Real Age Identifies Herself
After a federal judge dismissed her then-anonymous lawsuit in late December, Hoang refiled it under her real name on Friday. She has appeared in films including Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver and TV series like “I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant,”
Updated: 01/07/2012 05:37P
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