Word: law
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...possible to be a little bit pregnant, but citizens of San Francisco can now get a little bit married. Last week the city's board of supervisors voted unanimously to adopt a law that officially recognizes the unions of live-in lovers, whether homosexual or heterosexual. Mayor Art Agnos has pledged to sign the bill, which permits couples who have agreed to share basic living expenses to register their "domestic partnerships" at the county clerk's office in a manner similar to filing a marriage license...
Though it has no immediate benefits, supporters see the law as a possible first step toward fuller legal recognition of such relationships. The supervisors also urged the city to consider extending health benefits to the live-in lovers of its employees...
...more cans each day, enough to pay for a meal and a night in a flophouse. Last week attorneys for the homeless filed a lawsuit in New York, one of nine states that require deposits, alleging that some of the state's largest supermarket chains have been breaking the law to discourage the scavengers...
Lawyers for the Legal Action Center for the Homeless claim that though the law requires stores to take up to 240 returns a day per customer, some refuse to accept more than ten. The suit alleges that grocers have given in to pressure from beverage bottlers and distributors not to accept the containers so that the distributors can keep unclaimed deposits, which last year totaled nearly $80 million. Bottlers say supermarkets don't want to hassle with returns...
Since starting the service a few years ago, TRW has persuaded 600,000 cautious customers to sign up. But privacy experts point out that TRW is selling information that federal law requires it to provide for $2 to $15, depending on the state, or, if consumers have been denied credit in the past 30 days, for free...