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  • Computer porn stirs case of déjà vu Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:22AMFRANKLIN — Obscene images recovered from a city-owned computer have ensnared another top longtime Franklin leader, the second one in as many years.
  • Judge shoots down $3 million lawsuit Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:22AMSACRAMENTO — A judge has dismissed a $3 million federal civil rights suit brought by a former mentally disabled Butte County Jail inmate.
  • Starbucks facing third anti-union case in Michigan Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:16AMStarbucks is to begin proceedings Wednesday in a third case in which it allegedly fired a barista because of his union activities.
  • Plant farm accused of favoring foreign labor Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 2:07AMA Maryville woman has filed complaints with three government agencies saying she was discriminated against by a Blount County nursery farm because she is a U.S.-born worker.
  • Family of Utah Mine Collapse Victim Awarded Money Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 12:15AMA coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the family of one of the six miners killed in the 2007 collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine. An administrative judge for the Utah Labor ...
  • Globe Forest on endangered list Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:24PMThe Globe Forest near Blowing Rock is one of 10 sites in the South that the Southern Environmental Law Center regards as most endangered.
  • 2008: Year in Review Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:16PMEditor’s note: The following is a month-by-month recap of some of the top newsmaking events of 2008.
  • Japan’s PM Aso faces defiance in parliament Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:54PMTOKYO: Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Taro Aso faced a show of defiance yesterday at the start of a high-stakes parliament session as a senior lawmaker threatened to leave the ruling party.
  • Keys to Winning RAC Appeals are Regulatory Expertise, Clinical Acumen and Efficient Internal Processes, Hooper, Lundy ... Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 3:44PM LOS ANGELES----As the Recovery Audit Contractor demonstration project ends and the federal government prepares to launch the RAC program nationally, there is much hospitals can do to prepare for RAC audits and substantially increase their chances of prevailing, Hooper, Lundy & Bookman, Inc.
  • IT & Telecoms Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 1:29PMAs the New Year approaches, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC" or "Commission") has received a letter from Capitol Hill asking the agency to defer action on non-urgent matters until the new Administration takes office.
  • S.C. governor slims down his agenda Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:41AMGov. Mark Sanford will take a slimmed-down agenda into his last two years in office, abandoning some of the plans he brought with him to Columbia. In an interview with The State, Sanford reflected on his first six years in office and what can be done in his remaining time. Declining to publicly name names, Sanford said lawmakers who have a financial interest in the status quo — whether a ...
  • S.C. governor slims down his agenda Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 6:40AM(By JOHN O’CONNOR, (Columbia) The State) Gov. Mark Sanford will take a slimmed-down agenda into his last two years in office, abandoning some of the plans he brought with him to Columbia. In an interview with The State, Sanford reflected on his first six years in office and what can be done in his remaining time. Declining to publicly name names, Sanford said lawmakers who have a financial ...
  • Former Lyiv judge suspected of taking bribes put on international watch list Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 5:03AMThe Ministry of Internal Affairs has put Ihor Zvarych, the former head of the Lviv Administrative Court of Appeal, on the international wanted list, Internal Affairs Minister Yurii Lutsenko said in an interview with the Lviv newspaper Vysokyi Zamok.
  • Sandusky Register readers pick Top 10 stories of 2008 Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:30AMSANDUSKY When we show up at a factory gate, interviewing hard-working Erie County residents who have been thrown out of work by the recession -- or hang around at a crime scene, trying to get information from the police -- our reporters are working for you, our loyal readers.
  • Human Rights Watch studied abuses Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:22AMThe following excerpt comes from a December 1996 report, "All Too Familiar," by Human Rights Watch. The organization examined sexual abuse of female prisoners in the United States. It was one of a series of reports in the 1990s that described abuses of female inmates in Michigan prisons.
  • DALLAS — A recession doesn’t Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 2:03AMDALLAS — A recession doesn’t mean the death of innovation in the consumer tech industry. Consider 2001. During that recession, Apple Inc. introduced the iPod, Microsoft Corp. rolled out its original Xbox video game console, broadband household penetration rates in the U.S. more than doubled from 2000, and Google Inc. was becoming an integral part of modern life. The pace of innovation isn’t ...
  • Left high and dry: Wilton bar 1 of 2 that will face temporary loss of liquor license Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 1:25AMDES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of Iowa bars face suspensions of their liquor licenses for violations of the state’s public smoking ban.
  • Honorable mentions of 2008 Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 12:34AMBarton released Terry Barton, the woman locally infamous for starting the Hayman Fire in 2002, was released from federal prison June 1 after serving six years for arson. Originally sentenced to six years in federal prison and 12 years in state prison, an appeal cut her Colorado sentence to six years, which she served concurrently with the federal sentence.
  • Sojourners are there to try to make life better for detainees Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 12:16AM ELIZABETH, N.J. — "H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor."
  • Politics of an Israeli Extermination Campaign Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 9:25AMLike all totalitarians in the past, the Jewish state boasts of having systematically pre-planned the extermination campaign – months in advance – up to and including the precise hour and day of the bombing to coincide with inflicting the maximum murder of civilians, says James Petras .
  • Probation ordered in child porn case Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 8:10AMSentencing Zachariah Tyler Keasling gave him a lot to think about – and read, Cumberland County Judge Kevin Hess said.
  • Former counselor reports to jail Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 6:18AMA former middle school counselor turned himself in Friday at the county jail, after nearly two years of trying to avoid jail time for being caught peeping into the home of a former student with a video camera.
  • Suit targets FEMA, business park in St. Peters Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 4:14AMAn environmental group with a long-standing opposition to building on flood plains has launched another legal battle involving the development of a business park near the Mississippi River in St. Peters.
  • Daily Herald Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 6:23AMof the Daily Herald or its staff. Call (252) 537-1782 and leave your comments.
  • Sponsored by: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:41AMA grassroots group, Save Our Necks, filed a lawsuit against Accomack County over a year ago protesting appointments to the county planning commission. The case drags on, with neither side giving much ground.
  • Worker fired for catching some Zzzs, twice, while on the clock Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:23AMELYRIA — A county worker at a juvenile residential facility was fired Monday for sleeping on duty at least twice this month, according to Domestic Relations Court Administrator Doug Messer.
  • The Top 10 Stories of 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 3:22AMNumber 1Power Plants debate
  • Nigeria: The Doctrine of Legitimacy of Government Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 5:04AMallAfrica: African news and information for a global audience
  • Uganda: Can The Catholic Church Try Cases? Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 3:46AMKampala — THE Catholic Church has a court system, which it uses to settle controversies among its members. Mathias Mazinga caught up with Rev. Fr. Dr. Andrew Kasirye Kato, the Judicial Vicar of Kampala Archdiocese and asked him about the court system. Below are the excerpts.
  • Federal judges call for higher pay Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 2:28AMMon, Dec 29, 2008 (12:09 a.m.) Earlier this year, Martin Jenkins took what looked like a step down the career ladder. Jenkins traded his lifetime appointment as a federal trial judge for a seat on a California state appeals court.
  • SAN Jose State - Team Notes Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 1:37AMWashington transfer Adrian Oliver has been as good as advertised.
  • Kuwait Crime News Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 11:52PMKUWAIT CITY, Dec 28: The Misdemeanor Court of Appeals Sunday looked into an appeal filed by the Director-General of the Public Authority for the Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) requesting the court to cancel a verdict which has been issued by the Court of First Instance according to which he has been sentented to three months imprisonment and dismissed from work in a case filed ...
  • Violence and corruption take center stage Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 10:32AMFrom a triple murder in Tenafly to indictments for North Jersey political leaders to a Thanksgiving week church shooting, 2008 saw its share of local tragedy and scandal.
  • Call for higher pay for federal judges stirs debate Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 4:18AMFederal judges say the failure to pay judges enough to keep them on the job and lure talented lawyers from private practice to the federal bench is an emerging problem.
  • Judges call for higher pay Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 4:18AM WASHINGTON - Earlier this year, Martin Jenkins took what looked like a step down the career ladder. Jenkins traded his lifetime appointment as a federal trial judge for a seat on a California state appeals court.
  • School Board elects officers for new year Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 1:24AMThe St. Tammany Parish School Board recently elected new officers for the coming year.
  • Custody assistants aid officers Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 7:06PMMONTROSE — For certain day-to-day tasks, civilians have the sheriff covered. Montrose County Jail Administrator Jim Gerlach recently obtained county approval for seven custody support assistants, who will help reduce the workload of detentions officers.
  • Sojourners are there for detainees Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 3:10PM(AP) ELIZABETH, N.J. - "H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor." Locked in a windowless warehouse for three months, Ibrahim Cisse had long given up hope of anyone finding him. Now, his mind raced. How could he possibly have a visitor when no one in this country knew his name?
  • Sojourners are there for detainees Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:56PMSat, Dec 27, 2008 (12:42 p.m.) "H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor." Locked in a windowless warehouse for three months, Ibrahim Cisse had long given up hope of anyone finding him. Now, his mind raced. How could he possibly have a visitor when no one in this country knew his name?
  • Sojourners are there for detainees Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:46PM"H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor." Locked in a windowless warehouse for three months, Ibrahim Cisse had long given up hope of anyone finding him. Now, his mind raced. How could he possibly have a visitor when no one in this country knew his name? Nervously, he shuffled into the visitors room. There, behind the glass partition, was a small woman with short brown hair and kind green ...
  • Sojourners are there for detainees Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:32PM "H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor."
  • Sojourners are there for detainees Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:32PM "H-26," the guard yelled. "You have a visitor." Locked in a windowless warehouse for three months, Ibrahim Cisse had long given up hope of anyone finding him. Now, his mind raced. How could he possibly have a visitor when no one in this country knew his name? Nervously, he shuffled into the visitors room. There, behind the glass partition, was a small woman with short brown ...
  • Corby shows off saucy sister Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 5:07AMSCHAPELLE Corby encouraged her older sister Mercedes to pose for a magazine spread and revealed making some of the accessories her sibling wore for the shoot.
  • The Top 10 of 2008: Stories 5 through 1 Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 2:30AM  read more »
  • Pinched colleges squeezing their alumni Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 10:30PMAs the economic downturn shrinks endowments, big institutions may be affected more than smaller schools that rely more on fees. Officials try to strike a balance in the messages sent to graduates. The first e-mail to alumni was encouraging: Syracuse University would be cutting costs but remained "solidly positioned" to weather the financial downturn, college president Nancy Cantor said in ...
  • Ruling will halt sales of some Titleist golf balls Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 1:58PM FAIRHAVEN — Acushnet Co. will be forced to halt sales of some Titleist Pro V1 golf balls starting Jan. 1 after a federal appeals court denied this week the company’s request to stay a previously ordered injunction.
  • Nigeria: Akoko Edo LG Boss Blames Osunbor Faction for Woes Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 5:36AMChairman of Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, Chief Johnson Emasealu who is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N1.6bn contract he allegedly awarded to contractors on the execution of projects in the area, has accused the factional group of the Peoples Democratic Party loyal to Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor as the brain behind his woes.
  • Yuschenko: Reform necessary for resolution of economic crisis Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:18AMPresident Victor Yushchenko has said that it is necessary to implement reforms in order to resolve the current economic crisis. Yushchenko was speaking at a press conference.
  • Lawmakers ponder death penalty, criminal records Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 3:06AMHA NOI — The National Assembly Standing Committee is scheduled to assess six draft laws during its five-day session that began in Ha Noi yesterday.
  • Starbucks may shelve matching 401(k)s Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 2:15AMStarbucks told employees it may not be able to match their contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts next year.