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'Junior' Gotti case moved to NY
anthony.destefano@newsday.comJust in time for Christmas. A Florida federal judge has transferred the latest racketeering case against John "Junior" Gotti back to New York, saying that the interests of justice call for such a move as a way of preventing Gotti from suffering...Tags: Crimes, Manhattan (New York City), Judges, Prosecution, Organized Crime
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Cities allocate new grant money
Forum Publishing GroupLike other cities and local governments nationwide, Tamarac and Lauderhill are seeking ways to get relief for the foreclosure crisis they all face. Many communities receive an annual allocation of federal funds in the form of community development...Tags: Foreclosures, Lauderhill, Real Estate Buyers, Homes
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Israel frets over attack on Chabad
Los Angeles TimesIt sounds like a counterterrorism official's worst-case scenario: how to protect a global network of hundreds of lightly guarded sites, all filled with unarmed civilians and publicly identified as prime targets. That's the situation being debated in...Tags: Orthodoxy, Ehud Olmert, Judaism, Christianity
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Supreme Court refuses to hear case on seized medical marijuana
More than three years after Garden Grove police seized a small amount of marijuana from a chronic pain patient, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider the city's argument -- which divided California's major law enforcement organizations --...Tags: Lawyers, Law Enforcement, Court Administration, Herbal Medicines, Crimes
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Suburbs face a storm of service cuts
Tribune staff reportersWith the season's first snowstorm already history, Barrington officials are making the type of calculations now common in budget-strapped towns: They have enough salt to get through the winter but only if crews thin it out more than usual. The belt...Tags: Road Transportation, Salt, Evanston, Contracts, Orland Park
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TACA passengers in a fog after 9-hour flight diversion
Normally, a flight from San Salvador to Los Angeles takes 4 1/2 hours.
On Sunday, however, a TACA International Airlines flight took nearly 14 hours, with nine of them spent on the ground as passengers clamored for relief.
Dense fog forced Flight 670,...Tags: Transportation Accidents
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Summary of actions Monday by the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) _ On Monday, the Supreme Court: —Heard arguments over whether employees can sue in federal court over alleged workplace discrimination, despite a collective bargaining agreement between their union and employer requiring that...Tags: Court Administration, Long Island Sound, Unions, Prosecution, Massey Energy Company
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Recession Q & A
carol.polsky@newsday.comWhat factors went into the determination by the Business Cycle Dating Committee of the National Bureau of Economic Research that an economic recession began in December 2007? A recession begins at the point at which the economy's last period of...Tags: New York University, Metal and Mineral, State Budgets, Labor Legislation, Mortgages
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Judge: Suit against Green Bay diocese can proceed
A lawsuit filed by two sexual abuse victims against the Green Bay Catholic Diocese survived a test Monday when a judge ruled it may proceed under fraud statutes. Outagamie County Circuit Judge Nancy Krueger denied a motion by the diocese for dismissal...Tags: Trials, Abusive Behavior, Fraud, Corporate Crime, Crimes
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Two worlds collide as lawyer fights for inmate husband
Second of Three Parts
"Well, it's dinnertime at the amazing Miss Weird's Place," Pamela Griffin wrote her husband, Robert, one night in 1986, sitting alone at her kitchen table with leftovers. "Tonight we have the famous incredible squash concoction --...Tags: Court Administration, Assault, Halloween, Defense, Drug Trafficking
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Legalizing drugs: The money argument
Friday marks 75 years since repeal of the Volstead Act, which made the manufacture, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United States. As the anniversary of the end of Prohibition approaches, modern advocates of a similar...Tags: Addiction, Law Enforcement, Public Finance, Crimes, Punishment
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Appeals court wants narrowed ruling against Qualcomm over Internet video patents
NEW YORK (AP) _ A federal appeals court ruled Monday that a lower court went too far in ordering that two Qualcomm Inc. patents be held to be unenforceable. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with the lower court that Qualcomm was...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Court Administration, San Diego (San Diego, California), Qualcomm Inc., Justice System
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