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What Are GMO's, And What Health Risks Do They Pose?
They’re in 80% of the food we eat: genetically modified organisms. Some say they pose serious health risks. Some believe those risks to be so serious, they’re willing to break the law in order to notify their fellow consumers that products...Tags: Food and Drug Administration, Dannel P. Malloy , Health, Chemical Industry, Milford (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson
The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director. The Illinois Sports...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Pat Quinn, James Robert Thompson, Illinois Governor, Jerry Reinsdorf
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Kohl's can be sued over sale ads, court says
SAN FRANCISCO — California retailers may be liable for large money awards if they falsely advertise that their products are on sale. A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that Kohl's Department Stores...
Tags: Samsonite, Lawyers, Consumers, Laws, Judges
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Alleged killer bride stabbing captured on 911 tape
Hours before her wedding last summer, bride-to-be Na Cola Darcel Franklin frantically called 911 from her Whitehall Township apartment to report her fiance was drunk and about to drive away with their 9-month-old baby. "Give me my baby. You're drunk,...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials, Court Preliminary, Obituaries
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L.A. County D.A. plans to retry former Bell City Council members
The Los Angeles County district attorney's office plans to retry the case against Bell council members accused of misappropriating public funds by overpaying themselves for sitting on city boards and authorities that rarely met, according to defense...
Tags: Defendants, Lawyers, Judges, Justice and Rights, Bell City Council
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Palm Beach County pushes ahead with inspector general legal fight
The legal fight over how to pay for Palm Beach County's government watchdog will continue, county commissioners decided Tuesday, threatening to add another year and half of funding uncertainty for the inspector general's office. A coalition of 14...
Tags: Finance, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Economy, Business and Finance, National Government
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Former Elgin deputy police chief charged with identity theft, misconduct
Tribune reporterA former high-ranking Elgin police officer and current Stockton police chief was indicted Tuesday on charges he used a law enforcement database to hack into an e-mail account and get personal information, according to Kane County prosecutors. Robert...Tags: Lawyers, Laws, Politics, Judges, Public Officials
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Ex-strategist can sue UBS as whistleblower: U.S. judge
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - UBS AG lost a bid Tuesday to dismiss a whistle-blower lawsuit by a former commercial mortgage-backed securities strategist who said he was fired for refusing to publish misleading research reports. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman in...Tags: Financial Markets, Judges, Labor Legislation, Manhattan (New York City), U.S. Congress
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Guatemala trial of Rios Montt has likely collapsed: lawyers
ReutersGUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The trial of former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has likely collapsed after the country's top court struck down his conviction for genocide, defense and prosecution lawyers said on Tuesday. Rios Montt was sentenced...Tags: Human Rights, Wars and Interventions, Genocide, Guatemala, International Law
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...
Tags: Interior Policy, Genocide, Guatemala, International Law, Crime, Law and Justice
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Witness in Chandra Levy murder case was government informer
McClatchy Washington BureauWASHINGTON The key witness in the trial of the man convicted of killing former intern Chandra Levy had a previously undisclosed history as a government snitch, a court hearing revealed Tuesday. The revelations about former Fresno, Calif., gang member...Tags: Law Enforcement, Chandra Levy, Witnesses, Ingmar Guandique, Prisons
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NY art dealer tied to alleged forgeries charged with tax fraud
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal prosecutors on Tuesday charged a New York art dealer with tax fraud in connection with the sale of paintings she claimed to be the works of celebrated abstract expressionists, but some of which the government said were fakes....Tags: Artists, Arts and Culture, Manhattan (New York City), FBI, Crime, Law and Justice
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