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Measure to limit medicinal pot shops in L.A. is leading
After years of futile attempts by lawmakers to regulate the medical marijuana industry in Los Angeles, a ballot measure to sharply limit the number of pot dispensaries in the city was leading in early returns Tuesday. Proposition D would reduce the...
Tags: Federal Election Commission, Bill Rosendahl, Medical Marijuana Therapy, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Illinois Sports Facilities Authority will pay legal tab for Jim Thompson
The public agency that owns U.S. Cellular Field agreed Tuesday to pay the legal expenses of its ex-chairman, former Gov. Jim Thompson, in a federal lawsuit brought against him last month by the agency's former executive director. The Illinois Sports...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Jerry Reinsdorf, Executive Branch, Justice System, Illinois Governor
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Kohl's can be sued over sale ads, court says
SAN FRANCISCO — California retailers may be liable for large money awards if they falsely advertise that their products are on sale. A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a potential class-action lawsuit alleging that Kohl's Department Stores...
Tags: Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Consumers, Kohl's, Justice System
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L.A. County D.A. plans to retry former Bell City Council members
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: Prosecution, Bell City Council, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants
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Alleged killer bride stabbing captured on 911 tape
Hours before her wedding last summer, bride-to-be Na Cola Darcel Franklin frantically called 911 from her Whitehall Township apartment to report her fiance was drunk and about to drive away with their 9-month-old baby. "Give me my baby. You're drunk,...
Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Allentown, Justice System, Punishment
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Hate Crimes, Justice and Rights, Punishment, Government, Newspaper and Magazine
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Former Elgin deputy police chief charged with identity theft, misconduct
Tribune reporterA former high-ranking Elgin police officer and current Stockton police chief was indicted Tuesday on charges he used a law enforcement database to hack into an e-mail account and get personal information, according to Kane County prosecutors. Robert...Tags: Prosecution, Laws, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft, Public Officials
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Palm Beach County pushes ahead with inspector general legal fight
The legal fight over how to pay for Palm Beach County's government watchdog will continue, county commissioners decided Tuesday, threatening to add another year and half of funding uncertainty for the inspector general's office. A coalition of 14...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Delray Beach, Justice System, Politics, Government
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Kohl's can be sued for alleged false discount claims, court says
SAN FRANCISCO -- California retailers may be liable for large money awards if they falsely advertise that their products are on sale. A federal appeals court Tuesday revived a potential class-action lawsuit against Kohl’s Department Stores for...
Tags: Consumers, Crime, Law and Justice, Kohl's, Justice System, Judges
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Justice and Rights, Government, Lawyers, China
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Facebook faces copyright infringement lawsuit over Eminem song
A music publisher is suing Facebook and its ad agency for using an Eminem song without permission in an ad for Facebook Home. Eight Mile Style, which oversees Eminem’s portfolio, said in the copyright infringement lawsuit that ad agency Wieden +...
Tags: Music, Google Music, Tim Cook, Crime, Law and Justice, Music Industry
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Property owners sue after Boardman River flooding
EAST BAY TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Some property owners hit by flooding last year during a dam removal project in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula have sued, saying property values along the Boardman River have dropped. The lawsuit filed...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rivers, Floods, Justice System, Trials
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