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Captain of shipwrecked Costa Concordia cruise ship to face trial
ROME -- The captain of the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which crashed on rocks off the Italian coast last year, was ordered by a judge Wednesday to stand trial for manslaughter, causing a shipwreck and abandoning ship. Thirty-two of the more than 4,...
Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Carnival Corporation, Court Preliminary, Crime, Law and Justice
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Prayers in public offices
Ideally, governmental bodies would refrain from including prayers — even ecumenical, "lowest-common-denominator" ones — in their public proceedings. But if prayers are to be offered, they certainly shouldn't be monopolized by a single...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Separation of Church and State, U.S. House of Representatives, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cellphone tower case
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court's two leading conservatives staked out opposite stands Monday over whether judges should play a greater role in second-guessing regulations issued by "unelected bureaucrats" in federal agencies. The divide arose when...
Tags: Media Industry, John G. Roberts, Jr., Regulatory Policy and Organizations, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Prosecutors opt to retry five ex-Bell City Council members
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details.Former Bell City Councilman Luis Artiga is the only former official who will not be retried for corruption. Artiga, a pastor in Bell, was the only council member fully acquitted by a jury in March on charges of misappropriating public funds and...Tags: Bell City Council, Trials, Prosecution, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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The future of wiretapping
Pushed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Obama administration may ask Congress for the power to snoop on more types of communication online. The timing couldn't be worse, given the outcry over the Justice Department secretly grabbing...
Tags: FBI, Science and Technology, Business Enterprises, Technology, Crime, Law and Justice
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Federal immigration services union joins opposition to bill
WASHINGTON – A labor union that represents federal officers who vet immigration applications has decided to oppose the immigration overhaul winding through the Senate, saying provisions in the bill could lead to fraud. The proposed legislation...
Tags: Immigration, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Labor Legislation, Politics, Career and Workplace
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10 things you should know about pie (it has to look messy to taste good)
Yesterday afternoon I served as a pie judge for an apple pie contest that was part of Amy Rowat’s undergraduate science-and-food class at UCLA, a bake-off that was equal parts cooking contest and science fair. Each team of contestants was charged...
Tags: Apples, Pies and Tarts, Crime, Law and Justice, Apple Pie, Justice System
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Arizona abortion ban struck down
SAN FRANCISCO — Arizona's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy except in a medical emergency was struck down by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday. A three-judge panel of the court said the law violated a woman's...Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, Abortion, Disasters and Accidents, Social Issues, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Court limits number who can strike at UC medical centers
A Sacramento County Superior Court judge ruled Monday that about 450 employees cannot participate in this week's planned walkout at the University of California medical centers. The unions must maintain a minimum level of staffing among certain units,...Tags: Medical Specialization, Strikes, Heart Problems, Hospitals and Clinics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Marijuana dispensary operators welcome Senate vote clarifying law
Operators of medical marijuana dispensaries are welcoming action Monday by state lawmakers that would block prosecutions for illegal drug sales by cooperatives and collectives under certain conditions. The state Senate on Monday approved legislation...
Tags: Medical Marijuana Therapy, Local Government, Prosecution, Darrell Steinberg, Crime, Law and Justice
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District attorney will retry Bell officials accused of corruption
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: Trials, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, University of California, Los Angeles, Justice System
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Alter CEQA but don't weaken it
Does California's signature environmental law protect the state's air, water and wilderness by acting as a check on runaway projects proposed by overzealous developers? Or does it encourage baseless lawsuits that unfairly delay and even derail...
Tags: Trials, Environmental Issues, Road Transportation, Darrell Steinberg, Transportation
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