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NJ attorney general: Database targets prescription drug abuse Asbury Park Press | TRENTON - Law enforcement officials say a new state database that tracks certain prescriptions will help curb the rising abuse of drugs such as narcotic painkillers. | The monitoring program, authorized under a 2008 state law, has collected details about 4 million prescriptions since last Septembe...
Court halts tree-cutting projects in NM, Arizona Dayton Daily News | ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge has halted three tree-cutting projects in Arizona and New Mexico that environmentalists contend could harm the Mexican spotted owl. | WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Forest Service in 2010, claiming the agency ignored its responsibility to track the owl'...
Man charged in beheading plot to appear in court Rocky Mount Telegram | WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — A Raleigh man accused of paying a hit man to behead three witnesses in a North Carolina terrorism case will make his first appearance Friday in federal court. | Shkumbin Sherifi was arrested last weekend after FBI agen...
Montana Supreme Court Flouts Citizens United CounterPunch | On December 30, 2011, the Montana Supreme Court ruled that the state’s one-hundred-year-old ban on corporate political contributions should remain in full force and effect, notwithstanding the January 21, 2010 ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court inÂ...
Attorneys argue about whether illegal immigrant tuition measure should appear on ballot The Washington Post | ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Attorneys have given arguments about whether a Maryland bill to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants under certain circumstances should be put to voters in November. | Joseph Sandler, who argued on behalf of the meas...
'Barefoot Bandit' to be sentenced in federal court Atlanta Journal | SEATTLE — "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in a Seattle federal courtroom for his two-year international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts. FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2011 file photo, Col...
AEP's quarterly earnings surge thanks to Texas court decision The Columbus Dispatch Connect With Us | Wallet Watch | With the holiday season in full gear, consumer advocates advise consumers to plan and budget well to ensure they don’t end up overspending or facing credit card bills months after the holiday season concludes. Flyin...
Remembering Howard Zinn Al Jazeera | Editor's note: Today, January 27, is the second anniversary of the death of Howard Zinn. An active participant in the Civil Rights movement, he was dismissed in 1963 from his position as a tenured professor at Spelman College in Atlanta after siding with black women students in the struggle against segregation. In 1967, he wrote one of the first,...
US Airways CEO Parker affirms interest in American Airlines The Business Review New Mexico Business Weekly Date: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 9:07am MST - Last Modified: Thursday, January 26, 2012, 9:45am MST Related: , | Doug Parker Related News | Latest from The Business Journals 's CEO confirmed Wednesday that the airline is studying possible deals to acquire American Airlines | American is the second-busiest a...
