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Fla. Supreme Court to hear disputed PBC judge case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments to determine whether a Palm Beach County attorney should be seated as a judge after his law license was suspended. The court said Wednesday it would hear the case on...Tags: Justice System, Court Administration, Judges, Trials, Local Authority
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Name-calling provoked fatal beating at federal prison downtown, officials say
Tribune reporterA fatal beating last year at Chicago's downtown federal prison was sparked after one inmate called another a snitch, federal prosecutors revealed for the first time. The attack occurred March 11 as the two inmates were attending a class in the chapel...Tags: Prosecution, Murder, Crimes, Defense, Justice System
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Allentown couple should pay restitution in troubled foreign student exchange program, prosecutor says
Of The Morning CallThe state attorney general's office asked a Lehigh County judge on Wednesday to permanently bar an Allentown couple from hosting or placing any more foreign students, saying the couple treated young foreigners poorly and failed to pay host families and...Tags: Allentown, Justice System, Personal Data Collection, Judges, Court Preliminary
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Judge rejects 'spam e-mail' argument from lawyer in Carbon County case
Of The Morning CallA federal judge has rejected an argument from a Carbon County woman's lawyer that a judge's e-mail errantly went to the attorney's office computer ''spam'' file, making him miss a deadline and resulting in dismissal of the woman's excessive force suit...Tags: Justice System, Whitehall, Court Administration, Judges, South Whitehall Township
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BBB warns consumers of 2 companies that use Oprah, other celebrity names, to sell supplements
NEW YORK (AP) — Lanelle Chernosky saw an ad on a Web site offering a free sample of a nutritional supplement featuring Brazilian acai berries, the latest "superfood," and decided to try the product. The Austin, Texas, resident expected to be...Tags: Oprah Winfrey, Metal and Mineral, Fraud, Justice System, Gold and Precious Material
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Prosecutors: Revoke accused scammer Madoff's bail
anthony.destefano@newsday.comCuff links, a $200 pair of mittens and some very expensive antique jewelry might get accused Wall Street scammer Bernard Madoff tossed into a federal jail cell. In a quickly arranged hearing yesterday in Manhattan Federal Court, prosecutors charged...Tags: FBI, Prosecution, Securities, SEC, Fraud
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California seeks millions from owners, operators of ship that caused 2007 Bay-area oil spill
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California Attorney General Jerry Brown has filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars to recover the clean-up cost of the massive 2007 San Francisco Bay oil spill. Brown, filed the suit Tuesday on behalf of the state, against...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Emergency Incidents, San Francisco, Trials, Environmental Pollution
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CALIFORNIA BRIEFING
STATEWIDE UC regents to discuss limiting fall enrollment The University of California Board of Regents has scheduled a special meeting Jan. 14 to debate a proposal to limit freshman enrollment for the fall in the expectation that the state budget won'...Tags: Minority Groups, Teaching and Learning, Same-Sex Marriage, Students, Heads of State
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Lawsuit wrong way to clean up the bay
While there isn't much doubt that the bay is seriously impaired, it seems to me that the rationale for the well-respected Chesapeake Bay Foundation's lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is a bit murky ("Groups to sue U.S. over bay,"...Tags: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Trials, Environmental Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Utah attorney general's office investigating whether BCS violates antitrust laws
Associated Press WriterSALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's attorney general is investigating the Bowl Championship Series for a possible violation of federal antitrust laws after an undefeated Utes team was left out of the national title game for the second time in five years....Tags: SEC, Justice System, Antitrust Issues, Colleges and Universities, Trials
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Pfizer To Keep Patent For Lipitor Until 2011
The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued a notice Tuesday allowing drugmaker Pfizer Inc. to correct a technical defect in one of the patents involving Pfizer's cholesterol medicine Lipitor, the world's top-selling drug. The decision will result in...Tags: Sales, Trials, Medicine, Groton, Health Organizations
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Federal judge dismisses lawsuit challenging tobacco master settlement
Associated Press WriterLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a challenge to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement between the states and 19 tobacco product makers saying there's no legal basis for attacking the compact. U.S. District Judge Jennifer...Tags: Sales, Justice System, Judges, Trials, Corporate Crime
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