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Retired public workers can count on promised benefits, court says
California Supreme Court rules in an Orange County case that implied contracts covering retirees' healthcare are valid. By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times Health benefits for government retirees may not be eliminated if state and local governments had
Updated: 11/21/2011 08:19P
Jury selection begins in BART cop trial
Opening statements may begin Tuesday in US District Court, in a case that led to reporting and procedural changes on the part of BART officers, the newspaper said. Carrethers, whose car previously had been burglarized, alleges late in the evening Nov.
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:52P
Fraudulent horse seller wins appeal
Annie Paivi Edwards was convicted after trial in the Brisbane District Court on five counts of dishonestly obtaining a benefit. The 44-year-old from Jimboomba, southwest of Brisbane, was sentenced in February to two years' jail, with an order that she
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:51P
Supreme Court will not block Haugen execution
The Oregon Capital Resource Center had asked the Supreme Court to block Haugen's execution, arguing that the trial court improperly ignored a psychologist's report suggesting Haugen may be incompetent. The group also argued that one of Haugen's current
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:50P
Family of dead boy in Ont. court for bullying trial
Photograph by: Peter J. Thompson, National Post, National Post OSHAWA, Ont. — The trial of a 12-year-old boy at the centre of an alleged case of child bullying got underway in Ontario court Monday, as the family of Mitchell Wilson attended the trial in
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:49P
No charges likely for prosecutors in Stevens case
“Because the court accepted the prosecutors' repeated assertions that they were complying with their obligations and proceeding in good faith, the court did not issue a clear and unequivocal order directing the attorneys to follow the law,” Judge
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:48P
Oregon Supreme Court Won't Block Haugen Execution
6 execution if he decides to appeal to the US Supreme Court. Death penalty opponents had argued that a trial-court judge improperly ignored a psychologist's report suggesting Haugen may be incompetent. They also argued that one of Haugen's current
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:47P
Reynolds asks for more time, Estabrook's trial set for January
TWIN FALLS, ID (KMVT) Two of the four people charged with making a bomb threat at Walmart last month were in court today. Cassius Reynolds was charged with conspiracy to commit burglary and falsely reporting explosives in a public place
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:47P
Supreme Court won't block Haugen execution
The Oregon Capital Resource Center had asked the Supreme Court to block Haugen's execution, arguing that the trial court improperly ignored a psychologist's report suggesting Haugen may be incompetent. The group also argued that one of Haugen's current
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:45P
More jail time for drug ring 'mastermind'
Wanzhe Gui, a Chinese national, earlier pleaded guilty to one charge of importing the class C controlled drug pseudoephedrine, and was sentenced at the High Court in Auckland this morning. Gui had initially faced trial for more serious charges of
Updated: 11/21/2011 07:43P
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