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FACTBOX-US Senate Democrats will need some Republican help
Published December 3, 2008, 11:50 am, AlertNet
Source: Reuters Dec 3 (Reuters) - With a close Minnesota race in the midst of a recount, Democrats will hold at least 58 seats in the new 100-member U.S. Senate that convenes on Jan. 6. That means Democrats will ...
U.S. Senate Democrats will need some Republican help
Published December 3, 2008, 11:44 am, Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News
(Reuters) - With a close Minnesota race in the midst of a recount, Democrats will hold at least 58 seats in the new 100-member U.S. Senate that convenes on January 6.
Congress May Have To Smooth Clinton's Path To Executive Branch
Published December 3, 2008, 11:00 am, CQPolitics.com via Yahoo! News
A constitutional provision that has prompted questions from an outside group about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's eligibility to become Secretary of State has Senate Democratic leaders scrambling to craft a legislative fix. But the matter is unlikely to slow the New York Democrat's confirmation.
Victim's kin sue in Wal-Mart stampede death
Published December 3, 2008, 9:59 am, MSNBC
The family of a worker trampled to death in a "Black Friday" crush of bargain hunters at a Long Island Wal-Mart store claims in a lawsuit that store ads offering deep discounts led to "crowd craze."
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Published December 3, 2008, 9:28 am, FindLaw
The Supreme Court argument this week in Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee was less than helpful to the petitioner's constitutional cause.
Lawmakers Spar Over GOP Elections Proposal
Published December 3, 2008, 6:17 am, WCMH Columbus
Ohio Democrats greeted a GOP proposal to eliminate an early voting period with a barrage of skeptical questions Tuesday, previewing a contentious standoff in this legislature's final month.
GOP would restrict, punish data snooping
Published December 3, 2008, 3:34 am, The Toledo Blade
COLUMBUS - Citizens could sue and nonunion employees would be fired if government computer databases are mined without just cause for confidential information under a pair of identical bills unveiled yesterday. The measures respond to recent searches by state and local government employees into the background of Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher. Mr. Wurzelbacher became a national ...
Former investors watching Petters fraud case unfold
Published December 3, 2008, 1:05 am, Minnesota Public Radio
Twin Cities businessman Tom Petters is now scheduled to go on trial in early February. Petters is facing charges that he masterminded a multi-billion dollar fraud scheme. Petters pleaded not guilty in a federal courtroom in St. Paul Tuesday.
Will Fla. Judge Be Disciplined for His Court Opinion?
Published December 2, 2008, 6:08 pm, Law.com
What one Florida Supreme Court justice called an "all-out personal attack" on a colleague may result in a public reprimand for an appellate judge. Lawyers say it would be the first time a Florida judge has been disciplined for violating judicial ethics because of what he wrote in a court opinion. The debate centers around Judge Michael Allen's comment that fellow Appeal Court Judge Charles Kahn ...
Little girl's claims at issue in high court case
Published December 2, 2008, 4:53 pm, Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- A Massachusetts girl's awful experience on a school bus is at the heart of a case argued in the Supreme Court Tuesday over limits on lawsuits about sex discrimination in education.
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Wed Dec 3
- Welcome to the Manpower Employment Blawg " Best Lawsuits Ever: Best Lawsuits Ever As part of our never-ending quest to provide the finest in employment law education and entertainment, we scoured the planet in search of the world?s dumbest/weirde st/wackiest employment lawsuits. Here for your reading pleasure is our official Top 10 Countdown . .
- Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
Tue Dec 2
- The Investor "Revolt" Over Modified Loans - Realty Check with Diana Olick - CNBC.com: But the massive Countrywide deal with several states attorneys general to do thousands of modifications was bound to hit a snag with investors, and now, according the Wall Street Journal, it has.
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- COPYRIGHT: RIAA sues transplant patient Ciara Sauro up to $8,000 for downloading 10 songs - if you stole a physical CD, your costs would be cheaper!: Nineteen-year- old Ciara Sauro has pancreatitis and because she needs an islet cell transplant, she?s hospitalized every week, a situation resulting in a huge accumulation of medical bills. She can't work, and her mom makes $8.25/hr. Good luck collecting, RIAA. Everyone else? Download uTorrent, head on over to mininova.org, and do what you got to do to stick it to these guys further. They're obsolete, and they're going down. This has nothing to do with artists.
- US Supreme Court to hear Indian Point case Tuesday | PoughkeepsieJo urnal.com | Poughkeepsie Journal
- Hospital Infection Lawsuits are on the Rise: Medical malpractice lawsuits over infections acquired in hospitals are increasing nationwide, according to a report in the Maryland Daily Record. A number of hospital infection lawsuits have resulted in multi-million dollar verdicts recently, and a growing number of experts suggest that nearly all such infections can be prevented if certain steps are taken by the hospital and medical staff. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are more than 2 million hospital infections acquired each year, resulting in about 90,000 deaths annually. Another 1.5 million long term care and nursing home infections occur every year.
Mon Dec 1
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- ABUSE OF AUTHORITY: Muslim physicist leaves U.S. after losing security clearance: Mysteriously, they took away his security clearance and ruined his job, but never had any actual evidence to arrest him or stop him from leaving the country. Which he did. After 28 years. You really think he was planted as a sleeper terrorist 28 years ago? Hah! Good ol' Bush Administration and its war on terror at it again.
- Dealer files antitrust complaint against Microsoft | Microsoft - CNET News: small but kind of interesting
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Sun Nov 30
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- Famous Trials - UMKC School of Law - Prof. Douglas Linder
Fri Nov 28
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