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Budget Cuts Take Toll On 9/11 Emergency Aid Organization

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 29, 2008. "The New York police and fire departments were the first to answer the call at the burning World Trade Center. Not long after the towers fell, the Red Cross came in. After that, with the wreckage still smoldering, there was confusion...

After Killer's Release, Mississippi Politician Wants To Strip Governor of Pardon Power

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 29, 2008. "Brandon Jones remembers well when Adrienne Klasky Graham's ex-husband gunned her down at a busy intersection in Pascagoula, Miss., reports the Gulfport SunHerald. 'All of us living in Pascagoula in 1989 remember that day,' said Jones, now a young attorney representing Pascagoula in the Legislature...

Tennessee Church Killer Sought Revenge For 'Liberal Ruination'

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 29, 2008. :A Powell, Tenn., man who went on a shotgun rampage at a church was prompted by a hatred of liberalism and Democratic leaders who he believed have hamstrung the nation's war on terror, reports the Knoxville New Sentinel...

Report Under Gonzalez, Justice Department Hiring Guided by Politics

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 29, 2008. "Senior aides to former Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales broke Civil Service laws by using politics to guide their hiring decisions, picking less-qualified applicants for important nonpolitical positions, slowing the hiring process at critical times and damaging the department's credibility, an internal report concluded on Monday...

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New York: Summary of Recent eBay Cases

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 29, 2008. New York - Summary of recent eBay casesFish & Richardson PC"In a much-watched case, U.S. Judge Richard J. Sullivan in the Southern District of New York ruled on Monday that "Tiffany, the famous jeweler with the coveted blue boxes," not eBay, must suffer the burden of apparently rampant sales of counterfeit Tiffany silver on the popular website, which serves sellers (and buyers) of both genuine and counterfeit Tiffany silver jewelry...

" China Has More Internet Users Than U.S. "

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 29, 2008. China Has More Internet Users Than U.S."Chinese consulting firm BDA also says that China has the world's largest number of mobile phone users, with about 560 million subscribers".

Cuil Runs Too Hot on Opening Day

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter. Posted by� Mary Hayes Weier on July 28, 2008. Cuil Runs Too Hot On Opening Day"The creators of Cuil have garnered a good bit of buzz today with their new search engine that sifts through 120 billion Web pages, reportedly three times the number Google searches...

Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 29, 2008. Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy"Founded by husband-and-wife team Tom Costello and Anna Patterson, Cuil aims to rank the relevancy search results by content analysis rather than by popularity...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 29, 2008

Posted on July 29, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, July 29, 2008. Subscription needed for online access�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Retirement plan suits gain in federal appellate courts"A recent 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allows former employees who have redeemed retirement accounts to sue the retirement plan administrators for alleged fiduciary breaches that diminished their account payout...

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on July 29, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible only through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

New Jersey Law Journal News Update July 28, 2008

Posted on July 29, 2008
If you are already an online subscriber to the New Jersey Law Journal News Alert Service you should be able to click on any of the links provided below, sign in, and access the full text of articles listed. Subscription needed for online access: Prosecutors Seeking Staff Raises Are Saddled With Heavy Burden of Proof�;A county prosecutor suing to get raises for assistants and staff must prove the increases are "reasonably necessary" to fulfill the statutory responsibilities of his office, not simply that key employees will otherwise walk, the New Jersey Supreme Court says...

Pity the New York City Traffic Agents: "They Get No Respect"

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "The day started quietly for Nathaniel W. O'Bleanis. He reported for duty, in his blue traffic enforcement agent's uniform, at Second Avenue and 59th Street in New York, where traffic was flowing smoothly...

Far Removed from Perry Mason's Style, Specialty Courts Thrive

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "Miller-McCune magazine profiles the San Francisco Drug Court, judging it a "real departure from the stern and solemn courtrooms of Perry Mason and Atticus Finch." Falling under the larger umbrella of what have been dubbed 'problem-solving courts,' drug courts are becoming increasingly common around the country and across the globe...

Connecticut Prison Overcrowding Cited in Increased Assaults on Guards

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "Bobby J. Beale of Waterbury, Conn., was already serving a 37-year prison sentence for felony murder in the robbery and shooting death of a 22-year-old cook. But now he's facing more time behind bars after being charged with attempted murder in the stabbing of two prison guards with a homemade shank at the Corrigan-Radgowski Correctional Center in Montville...

'Good Kid' Gets Day in New York Courts - Again And Again, And Again

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "The New York Times profiles Yiskar Caceres, a habitual drug offender whose story is emblematic of the stubborn problem of narcotics abuse. 'Recidivism is as common to the justice system as orange jumpsuits and iron bars,' writes the Times' John Eligon...

Study Sees Racial Profiling in Illinois Traffic Stop Searches

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "Civil rights groups called Thursday for ending the Illinois state police practice of searching vehicles during routine traffic stops, citing new statistics that show black and Hispanic motorists are searched more often even though drugs or other illegal items turn up more frequently among white drivers, reports the Chicago Tribune...

Lawyers Question Fast Track Trials Of Immigrants in Iowa Raid

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "Criminal defense and immigration lawyers yesterday challenged the government's use of expedited trials to convict 306 illegal immigrant workers at a meat processing plant in Iowa in May, arguing that fast- tracked group trials violated defendants' rights, reports the Washington Post...

Hate Crimes Rise in Los Angeles, Driven By Black-Latino Conflicts

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 25, 2008. "Hate crimes in Los Angeles County rose to their highest level in five years last year, led by attacks between Latinos and blacks, officials said Thursday. The annual report by the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission showed hate crimes rose by 28%, to 763, with vandalism and assault leading the way, reports the Los Angeles Times...

Grants to Help Public Libraries Improve Computer Access

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Government Technology: Service to the Citizen, July 24, 2008. $8 Million in Grants to Help Public Libraries Improve Free Computer Access"Four out of five public libraries say they don't have enough computers to meet their community's needs...

Washington State Library Receives Digital Newspaper Grant

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Government Technology: Service to the Citizen, July 24, 2008. Washington State Library Receives Digital Newspaper Grant�"No history book tells the story of a community or region the way the local newspaper does."

New Law Transforms Affordable Housing in New Jersey

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 25, 2008. New Jersey - New law transforms affordable housing in New JerseyBallard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP"Developers take note: When Governor Corzine signs Assembly Bill A-500 on July 17, sweeping affordable housing reforms will go into effect in the Garden State...

Is Your Website in Danger of Being Sued for Discrimination?

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: Lexology, July 25, 2008. Is your website in danger of being sued for discrimination?Snell & Wilmer"For years, disabled plaintiffs and their attorneys have filed lawsuits regarding the inadequacy of the physical layout of businesses across the country...

Sony Opens eBook Reader To Other Online Stores

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 25, 2008. Sony Opens eBook Reader To Other Online Stores"The Kindle, however, is tethered to Amazon.com, supporting only what's available through the retailer."

Fugitive 'Spam King' Found Dead With Family

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: InformationWeek Daily Newsletter, July 25, 2008. Fugitive 'Spam King' Found Dead With Family"Davidson reportedly forced his wife to help him leave the minimum-security federal prison in Colorado where he was serving time for his role in spam scams...

Selections from National Law Journal Daily Headlines July 25, 2008

Posted on July 25, 2008
Source: NLJ.com, July 25, 2008. Subscription needed for online access:�� http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/subscribe.jsp FROM THE UPCOMING ISSUE �|� Attorneys return to firms after stints elsewhere, including the competition"When Tim Ryan joined Mayer Brown in July, it didn't take him long to learn his way around...

List of Selected U.S. Federal Documents from Gallerywatch.com

Posted on July 25, 2008
Selected federal documents below from Gallery Watch.com may include references to government reporrts, Congressional letters, draft bills, and other primary source materials. Documents listed are accessible through subscription to the GalleryWatch...

Felons Claim Right To Own Firearms

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 21, 2008. "Twice convicted of felonies, James Francis Barton Jr. faces charges of violating a federal law barring felons from owning guns after police found seven pistols, three shotguns and five rifles at his home south of Pittsburgh...

How Reliable Are DNA Odds?

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 21, 2008. "State crime lab analyst Kathryn Troyer was running tests on Arizona's DNA database when she stumbled across two felons with remarkably similar genetic profiles. The men matched at nine of the 13 locations on chromosomes, or loci, commonly used to distinguish people...

Case Could Test USA's Unique Position On Exclusion of Evidence

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 21, 2008. "There are signs that some justices on the United States Supreme Court may be ready to reconsider the unique American version of the exclusionary rule, which bans the use of evidence collected illegally by police, reports the New York Times...

Other States Follow Course of Deleware's Tough Child Victim's Act

Posted on July 21, 2008
Source: Crime and Justice News, July 21, 2008. "In the year since Delaware adopted the Child Victim's Act, considered the nation's toughest law against child sexual abuse, three men have won financial settlements, public acknowledgement of their childhood abuse and apologies from the institutions that once supervised their abusers...

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