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...There might even be good news in the Iowa decision for gays in California, where activists are fearfully awaiting the justices' ruling on Prop 8, which is likely to be issued in coming weeks. The Iowa decision cited the California case eight times and borrowed its reasoning again and again. That kind of homage from a sister court - and one that, like California's, has a long history of breakthrough civil rights decisions - may strengthen the resolve of the majority in the Golden State and turn aside the narrow vote of the people...
...choose to retire if I knew my position is secure.”Baiter and Kaufman handed in their forms indicating their decisions to take the package—their last day of work will be June 30. Baiter hopes to tutor, and Kaufman—eight years shy of retirement age and much too young to stop working, he said—wants to work at a gourmet food or liquor store.“I’m not going to be a bag lady yet,” Baiter said. “I absolutely...
...report, "France: Police Above the Law," cites hard-to-obtain official statistics on abuse investigations culled from a variety of legal sources and studies. Those figures indicate charges of brutality are rarely substantiated or punished. It says that of 639 inquiries of police mistreatment in 2006, a mere eight cases resulted in the accused being dismissed from the force. In 2005 - when Amnesty first sounded the alarm about the problem - 16 out of 663 investigations led to the ouster of accused cops. By contrast, there's been an explosion in cases and convictions of "outrage," an offense based on anything...
...good to go,” co-captain Nick Smith said. “[We’re] not worrying so much about what the name on their jersey is, but just playing our game.” In the 81-game history between these two Ancient Eight schools, the Crimson has won only 28 matchups. But this year, a Harvard team that has been ranked as high as No. 11 nationally is hoping for a win before taking on league rivals Princeton and Brown in the next two weeks. “It’s a really important...
...have the chance to form a stable government after the elections in March 2008. And not just a stable government, but one that will carry out the course that has brought results for all of the past eight years." - Vladimir Putin endorsing Medvedev's candidacy...