Ill. Supreme Court hears Ryan pension arguments - Chicago Breaking News - Tribune SPRINGFIELD, Ill. -- Illinois Supreme Court justices heard arguments today on why ex-governor George Ryan should receive a partial state pension of $60,000. The state General Assembly Retirement System stripped Ryan of the $197,037 pension he was ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:42:00 GMT
Trustee hopefuls make their case - HometownLife.com Experience abounds in the candidates hoping for appointment to the vacant trustee position on the Redford Township Board of Trustees. More than a dozen hopefuls — including a retired firefighter, an employee of the Oakland County Sheriff's ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:46:00 GMT
First Phoenix Wright Ported to the Wii Will Arrive in January 2010 - Softpedia The last game in the Ace Attorney saga to be announced by Capcom was Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and it was given official disclosure back in June. It had as release date for the DS February 16, so, when it was announced, everyone ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:01:00 GMT
Justice Scalia speaks about Constitution in Ohio - Warren Tribune Chronicle COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Constitution is best treated as an original document within the context of its historical creation, not as a text subject to modern reinterpretation, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Tuesday. Scalia was ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:07:00 GMT
Rodriguez DUI Case Continued - New Haven Independent Alderman Joey Rodriguez was set to appear Wednesday morning to answer to a drunken driving charge, but the case was delayed until Dec. 7. Rodriguez, who’s 22, is a first-term alderman in Fair Haven’s Ward 15. He was stopped by police Sunday night ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:22:00 GMT
Famed photo-shop bias suit - New York Post Apparently, Moses is working in the human-resources department at B&H Photo. A former cashier at the well-known West Side camera emporium claims her boss told her she could not get a promotion -- because Jewish law forbids it. "I asked to work in ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT
Bangladesh upholds death sentences on Mujib killers - Reuters UK DHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld death sentences on five men convicted of killing the country's independence leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, in an army revolt 34 years ago, lawyers and court officials said. Mujib, whose ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:24:00 GMT
Obama, Holder predict conviction in 9/11 case - Leaf Chronicle WASHINGTON — From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:39:00 GMT
Branford Board of Education Fires Denise Farina - New Haven Independent The full nine-member board acted after its outside attorney, William Connon, explained the town’s proceedings involving the Farina case included nine days of hearings, featuring 25 sworn witnesses and nearly 300 exhibits. Connon, who served as the ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:29:00 GMT
People Find Obama The Same As Bush When It Comes To Transparency - stoptheaclu.com “Going forward, anytime the American people want to know something that I or a former president wants to withhold, we will have to consult with the Attorney General and the white house counsel, whose business it is to ensure compliance with the ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:44:00 GMT
Appeals Court grants AG’s stay of proceedings plea on Sam Okudzeto ... - Joy Online The Court of Appeal yesterday granted a stay of proceedings in favour of the Attorney General and Minister Justice in the case in which Mr. Sam Okudzeto, an Accra Legal practitioner and member of the New Patriotic Party is suing the Government and ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:00 GMT
Suicide attack kills 19 in Pakistan's Peshawar - CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A suicide bomber struck Thursday morning outside the gates of a court compound in the heavily guarded administrative heart of the Pakistani city of Peshawar. At least 19 people were killed and 50 wounded in the attack in ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:37:00 GMT
Brazil’s Lula given final say on Italian leftist - The Malaysian Insider BRASILIA, Nov 19 — Brazil’s top court ruled yesterday to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti om murder charges but left the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who granted him refugee status early this year. The ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:38:00 GMT
Changing PFO laws might save money for strapped state budget - Richmond Register FRANKFORT — Before Kentucky faced a crumbling budget and the bottom fall out of tax collections, lawmakers were looking ways to save money on a growing prison population. Two years later, the state budget has been cut by more than $800 million; it ... Publ.Date : Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:54:00 GMT