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• Driver who killed teens loses appeal

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A motorist who killed six teenage pedestrians in a crash near Mildura in north-west Victoria in 2006 has lost his application for leave to appeal against his jail term. Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others ...
  4 days ago

• Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...
  1 week ago

• Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...
  1 week ago

• Insuring health for unmarried couples

  
  fresh healthy body — Authority: 453
  Companies sometimes offer insurance coverage to the spouses of their employers. This, unfortunately, doesn’t mean the unmarried partner of a co-worker can get coverage as well. There is such a document as Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) under which the employers are not required to grant health insurance ...
  1 week ago

• Philly Cops Sally Forth to Edumicate City Cyclists

  
  The Cycling Dude — Authority: 112
  Last weekend Philadelphia Cops pedaled around town on a mission: Make bicyclists pay attention to their surroundings, those they share the road with, and the laws theyre supposed to follow. Why all the fuss, and attention? The targeted enforcement was aimed at ticketing cyclists while educating them ...
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• Varying State Laws when Concerning Credit Card Debt Reduction Corporations Needs to Be Addressed Accordingly

  
  Sparkliesunshine.net — Authority: 151
  Pretty much only firms that proceed to sign up clients from state borders where they aren’t by law registered are risking the possibility of incurring problems like that. From a customer’s perspective, it is important to have the knowledge of whether an organization you are enrolling with is set up legally in your ...
  2 weeks ago

• “You would be crazy to buy a house right now.”

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 157
  From USA today: A second wave of foreclosures is poised to hit the market, potentially undermining housing recovery efforts as more homes add to the glut of inventory and drive down prices. These homes largely represent loans that are delinquent but have not yet resulted in foreclosure sales. About 7 million ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ethics Panel Says South Carolina Governor Should Face Charges

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 505
  A South Carolina panel says Gov. Mark Sanford should face charges he violated state laws tied to an investigation into his travel and campaign finances.
  2 weeks ago

• Florida Newspaper Alerts Cyclists to Laws They May Not Be Aware Exist.

  
  The Cycling Dude — Authority: 112
  ...Until they get a ticket for breaking them, that is. ;-D In a piece devoted mostly to laws related to driving a car there are 2 mentions of laws related to cycling ("Deep in the list of Florida motor vehicle laws are some you might not know can get you a citation worth $101 or more."): 1. Wearing a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tova Wang: Overview of state voter-ID laws

  
  arezzo1.com — Authority: 130
  Tova Wang, Democracy Fellow, The Century Foundation, reviews state voter identification laws, with a special focus on Indiana. On January 3, 2008, ACS hosted a press briefing on the Supreme Court cases, Crawford v. Marion County Election Board and Indiana Democratic Party v. Rokita, both of which concern the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Log Cabin Republicans say they have GOP sponsors for anti-discrimination bills

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  SALT LAKE CITY -- A gay rights group says it is securing Republican support in the Utah state Legislature for anti-discrimination laws. The Deseret News reports members of the Utah Log Cabin Republicans, a gay and lesbian political group, say two bills granting gays extra rights in Utah will have GOP sponsors when ...
  2 weeks ago

• APEC leaders dilute carbon targets

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is jointly hosting a climate change breakfast on the sidelines of APEC in Singapore, though the Pacific rim leaders have watered down climate change targets in their final statement. Climate change has been the big new issue on the usually trade-centred agenda of the Asia Pacific Economic ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Trouble With ‘Zero Tolerance’

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 458
  Congress took a reasonable step in 1994 when it required states receiving federal education money to expel students who brought guns onto school property, but states and localities overreacted, as they so often do. They enacted “zero tolerance” policies under which children are sometimes arrested for profanity, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Important Guidelines to Follow Before Applying for a Home FFL

  
  Health 2 u — Authority: 131
  Getting a Federal Firearms License (FFL) can be a tough task, especially if you are seeking approval with a home address. A Federal Firearms License is normally only granted for business purposes, so you have to be well educated on the process to get approved. You cannot get an approval for a Home FFL if you want it ...
  3 weeks ago

• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
  4 weeks ago

• Withers: It’s never easy

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The struggle continues. Withers: It’s never easy is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California: Los Angeles Sacramento San Diego San Francisco Colorado: Denver District of Columbia: Washington DC Florida: Miami Palm Beach Georgia: Atlanta ...
  4 weeks ago

• Maine Voters Repeal Law Allowing Gay Marriage

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  By Amy Goodnough, 11/4/09In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state’s new law allowing same-sex marriage.  With 87 percent of precincts reporting early this morning, 53 percent of voters had approved the repeal, ending an expensive and emotional ...
  4 weeks ago

• How Does Spousal Privilege Apply to Gay Marriage?

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  The recent endorsement of same-sex marriage by a few states is raising some unexpected but inevitable legal issues. Specifically, the Volokh Conspiracy points out that courts now need to grapple with the effects of same-sex marriage on civil litigation and criminal trials. To wit, do the confidentiality provisions for ...
  4 weeks ago

• New Oklahoma State Laws go into effect today

  
  Okie Campaigns - I am a warfighter, I do NOT give up and I do NOT give in! — Authority: 124
  --House Bill 2026: Expands the Insure Oklahoma health insurance premium assistance program by creating a core benefits package for young, healthy Oklahomans to purchase inexpensive insurance policies and an insurance hub to help match Oklahomans to private insurance plans that fit their needs. --House Bill 1603: ...
  5 weeks ago

• Poor leadership linked to soldier’s death

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  Deficiencies in training, leadership and deployment readiness may have contributed to the death of Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan last year, a Defence inquiry has found. The Major in charge of the operation in which Lieutenant Fussell died on November 27 has now been stood down from his command. ...
  5 weeks ago

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