Sep 28, 2012

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Mich. Senators Draft New Law If Voters Say No
ABC News
The leader of the Michigan Senate said he and fellow Republican colleagues are armed with a proposal to replace the state law that lets emergency managers take over local governments in the event voters strike it down in November. The behind-the-scenes ...
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Arizona to appeal judge's ruling against part of immigration law
Chicago Tribune
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer plans to fight a federal judge's ruling against a part of Arizona's tough immigration law that would have made it a crime to harbor illegal immigrants, court papers showed on Thursday. Lawyers for the ...
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Pa. law hampers some voters from getting IDs
CBS News
Democrats believe strict voter ID laws are part of a Republican plan to suppress the vote of minorities. Republicans say the laws are designed to prevent voter fraud, with many including Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina asking what's so hard about a ...
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Son-in-Law: Minn. Businessman Killed in Shooting
ABC News
The founder of a sign-making business was among four people killed in a shooting at his Minneapolis office, the businessman's son-in-law said Friday. Reuven Rahamim was shot to death in the Thursday attack at Accent Signage Systems Inc. in a ...
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Russian NGOs refuse to abide by Kremlin law ordering some to declare ...
CBS News
The law passed in July requires any NGO that receives foreign funding - from governments, groups or private citizens - and engages in vaguely defined political activity to register itself as a "foreign agent," provide detailed quarterly reports of its ...
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California law will aid injured student athletes
CBS News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California will become the first state to mandate financial protections for student athletes who suffer career-ending injuries in some of the state's top college sports programs under a bill Gov. Jerry Brown announced signing ...
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Federal access to information law 'not up to par,' watchdog says
Globe and Mail
Canada's access to information law is "not up to par" with more progressive legislation adopted by other governments in the last decade, says the federal information commissioner. As she kicks of a blue-sky review of the Access to Information Act ...
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Globe and Mail
Law may encourage mammogram alternatives
San Francisco Chronicle
A new law that will require California doctors to tell women if they have highly dense breast tissue is expected to increase demand for alternatives to mammography to screen patients for breast cancer. The potential market is huge: About 40 percent of ...
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San Francisco Chronicle
French government proposes law to stem industrial closures
Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - The French government aims to pass a law before the end of the year that would force companies intent on closing down industrial plants to sell them to alternative operators, Industry Minister Arnaud Montebourg said on Friday. The ...
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Report: State failed to enforce dog law
Philadelphia Inquirer (blog)
The new director of the Dog Law Enforcement Office Michael Pechart announced a number of changes, including the hiring of three new wardens to fill vacancies, the assignment of one warden - Megan Horst - to conduct online investigations of illegal ...
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Hong Kong Tycoon Seeks Son-in-Law. (Daughter Not Necessarily Interested)
New York Times (blog)
Gigi Chao reading marriage proposals this week at her Hong Kong office. Ms. Chao's Bobby Yip/ReutersGigi Chao reading marriage proposals this week at her Hong Kong office. Her tycoon father is offering $64 million to potential sons-in-law, despite ...
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New York Times (blog)
Anti-cybercrime law slips past Philippine Internet users
CNET (blog)
With the online community distracted by hotly-debated issues this past year like the impeachment of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and the on-going debates on the Reproductive Health bill, the Philippine legislature was able to pass the bill ...
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'Law and Order: SVU' to tackle 'Fifty Shades' -- What other popular books ...
Entertainment Weekly
Law & Order: SVU is officially the latest to embrace the Fifty Shades of Grey phenomenon. As we reported on Wednesday, the show has announced plans to dedicate a whole episode to E L James' erotic novel. The episode will follow the author of a "wildly ...
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Law Firm Wolf Theiss to Acquire Beiten Burkhardt's Polish Unit
Bloomberg
Wolf Theiss Rechtsanwaelte GmbH, a Vienna-based law firm specializing in central and eastern Europe, agreed to buy the Polish unit of Beiten Burkhardt Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, marking the Austrian firm's biggest acquisition as it expands in the ...
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DOMA challenged in estate tax case, one of the battlegrounds over the law
NBCNews.com (blog)
... of Marriage Act across the nation. The state of New York recognized the marriage of Windsor and Spyers, but federal law did not because of the Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts the definition of marriage to a union between a man and a woman.
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Holder tells Univ. of Miss. audience that federal review of voting-law changes ...
Washington Post
Attorney General Eric Holder says U.S. laws requiring the Justice Department or a federal court to pre-approve changes to voting laws in states with a history of racial bias are still needed. Speaking at the University of Mississippi, Holder said ...
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US Law Enforcement Is Tracking Who Calls, Texts And Emails Whom More Often ...
Forbes
Law enforcement isn't just interested in what Americans are saying on the phone or on the Internet. They're also interested in whom they're saying it to–a piece of information that conveniently doesn't require a warrant to obtain. And according to ...
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Wisconsin high court won't restore voter ID law before Election Day
Washington Post (blog)
Wisconsin's Supreme Court denied the state's request to immediately hear its appeals of two trial court-level rulings invalidating a voter identification law, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday. Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen last month asked the high ...
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Egyptian president thumbs nose at U.S. rights during U.N. speech
Examiner.com
Terrorism experts within the military, law enforcement and the intelligence community warned the Obama administration and the news media during the Egyptian uprising that the radical Islamist Muslim Brotherhood had plans to rise to power within the ...
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Examiner.com
Brazil arrests top Google executive for YouTube video violation of election law
Christian Science Monitor
Brazilian police briefly detained a top Google executive in the country as a judge ruled the company failed to censor a video on YouTube in compliance with Brazilian election law (BBC, Estadao). Google claims that it has limited control over the ...
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Christian Science Monitor
New law forces florists to reveal true locations
Sacramento Bee
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- No longer will Californians who buy flowers online have to worry that they are purchasing their roses, lilies and tulips from an out-of-state telemarketing corporation. Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday that he has signed ...
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Sen. Ketron pleased chancellor affirms state voter ID law
Shreveport Times
MURFREESBORO — A chancellor's ruling this week in favor of Tennessee's voter photo ID act gives further proof that the law is constitutional, state Sen. Bill Ketron said Thursday. "(Wednesday), we had affirmation in state court, in addition to federal ...
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Audit finds Washington police hampered probe into compliance with new law
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — A District of Columbia auditor says police hampered a probe into whether the department complied with a new law regulating how they investigate groups exercising free speech rights. The Washington Post reports (wapo.st/UxmmDq) that ...
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Law Firm of Wohl & Fruchter Commences Investigation into Acquisition of Sealy ...
DailyFinance
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The law firm of Wohl & Fruchter LLP has commenced an investigation into the proposed acquisition of Sealy Corporation (Sealy) (NYS: ZZ) by Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (Tempur-Pedic). As announced on September 27 ...
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Law and Order: SVU's Season 14 Premiere Opened With a Bang
Huffington Post
Recap: SVU opened its season with a roller-coaster of a double episode. "Lost Reputation" and "Above Suspicion" took up where the cliffhanger of last season left off: with Captain Cragen waking up drenched in the blood of a dead hooker sprawled in his ...
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Germany Drafts Law To Protect Circumcision
Forward
Berlin — Germany's Ministry of Justice has presented a draft law to permit circumcisions by doctors and mohels as a matter of religious freedom in response to uncertainty about the procedure fueled by a Cologne court's ban on the procedure. The ...
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Suu Kyi says country needs rule of law
Boston.com
''Once we can say that we have been able to re-establish rule of law, then we can say that the process of democratization has succeeded,'' Suu Kyi said. ''Until that point I do not think that we can say that the process of democratization has succeeded ...
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Poll: Non-seniors open to GOP on Medicare, but Obama leads overall
The Hill (blog)
September's Kaiser Health Tracking Poll had mostly good news for Obama, but this was tempered by one finding — that two in three seniors believe the healthcare law directly cuts Medicare benefits. A frequent attack line from Romney, the "cuts" claim ...
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Panama Passes Intellectual-Property Protection Law
ABC News
The legislation is meant to bring Panama into compliance with a U.S.-Panama free trade agreement approved in 2011. It must still be signed into law by Panama's president. Some civic groups and organizations representing audio-visual artists and ...
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Has Japan ever respected territorial rule of law?
Xinhua
That the Japanese government chose to play the international-law card at a moment of lingering disputes with China over the Diaoyu Islands exposed its intention to manipulate international vox populi after failing to push China back via unilateral ...
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'Worst copyright law in history': Panama set to crack down on piracy ...
By RT
Panama's legislature has approved a draconian file sharing law that gives law enforcements free hand to pursue and punish file sharers directly, and grants officials bonuses based on fines levied.
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Poll: Pennsylvania's Voter I.D. Law Has Solid Support - NYTimes.com
By By DALIA SUSSMAN
Minority voters are less inclined to back the measure, which is under court review.
The Caucus
California Governor Signs Law To Protect Child Actors - Deadline.com
By THE DEADLINE TEAM
Gov. Jerry Brown today signed the measure which bars registered sex offenders from representing minors working in the entertainment industry. It also requi.
Deadline.com
Long Arm of the Law Reaches Out to Innocence of Muslims ...
By Ed Krayewski
While Nakoula may seem an unsavory criminal type, the average American could commit as many as three felonies a day, bringing everyone within convenient reach of the law. Anti-anti-Muslim protester Mona Eltahawy, meanwhile, mistook ...
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California Driverless Car Law Raises Privacy Concerns « CBS San ...
By Keith Mizuguchi
California's new driverless car legislation is raising a red flag from some consumer groups who are concerned the robo-cars could track a person's movement and pass them on to advertisers.
CBS San Francisco
Panama's new copyright law is the worst in the history of the ...
By Cory Doctorow
Facebook's vague rulebook helps only the creeps. Facebook's vaguely-defined community standards leave artists and honest users unclear on limits—and at the mercy of trolls and stalkers willing to use the social network's anonymous ...
Boing Boing
New Jersey Law May Mandate Doggy Seat Belts
A New Jersey state lawmaker has proposed a law that would require dogs and other pets to wear seat belts in cars. Violators would face a $20 fine and animal cruelty charges.
California Passes New Driverless Car Law | Via Meadia
By Walter Russell Mead
The California law gives Google and the people riding in the cars more freedom than other laws legalizing them. Nevada's law requires, for example, that the cars have a certain number of hours on the road and special license plates, while ...
Via Meadia
Advisory Board: Pa. Puppy Mill Law Not Being Enforced « CBS Philly
By TimothyJMcL
The report contends that kennels in Pennsylvania are dodging new regulations governing conditions such as ventilation and flooring and that, in general, critical parts of a new law enacted several years ago are being ignored by authorities.
CBS Philly
What Firefly teaches us about contract law
By Charlie Jane Anders
Mal Reynolds is a plain-dealing sort, who just wants to get the job done and get paid — but in Joss Whedon's Firefly, people always make it harder than it needs to be. Mal's many tribulations make Firefly a great study in contract law, as a new ...
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Romney: My Health Care Law Proves I Care About the 47 Percent ...
By Blue Texan
I can't wait to see the right-wing ragegasm about this. 'I think throughout this campaign as well, we talked about my record in Massachusetts, don't forget -- I got everybody in my state insured,' Romney told NBC's Ron Allen in an interview …
Crooks and Liars
'Pioneering' California law protects workers and students from social ...
By Stephen C. Webster
Employers and educational institutions in the state of California are now banned from asking employees, applicants or students for access to their social media accounts, thanks to a new law signed Thursday night by Gov. Jerry Brown (D).
The Raw Story
New law is fallout from state official's killing of mountain lion - latimes ...
By Patrick McGreevy
New law stems from Fish and Game commissioner's killing of mountain lion.
PolitiCal
Another group opposes cybercrime law » Nation » News | Philippine ...
Militant group Bayan on Friday called on its member organizations to join the fight against the Cybercrime Prevention Act, saying that the new law signed by President Benigno Aquino III will violate the people's constitutional rights.
philstar.com - Breaking News
California Governor Signs Law Protecting Social Media Privacy
By Ken Yeung
People in the state of California can rest easy tonight knowing that this morning, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that protects university officials and employers from requiring applicants to give up their email and social media ...
The Next Web


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