Posts Tagged ‘ law enforcement ’

Information Access Bill Passes In House

May 18th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Information

A House Bill guaranteeing access to public information was approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives.
House Bill 3732, “An Act implementing the right of Access Information on Matters of Public Concern guaranteed under Section 7, Article III of the 1987 Philippine Constitution and for other purposes,” was authored by Manila Rep. [...]



Legal Opinion Cuts Exit Pay Of Ex Suffolk Executive

May 16th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

The exit pay of Suffolk’s former chief deputy county executive, Paul Sabatino, will be cut by $37,540 because the county attorney has found that a waiver that allowed him to carry over vacation time was not properly authorized.
Comptroller Joseph Sawicki, who withheld the exit pay in February to seek a legal opinion, said Sabatino’s payments [...]



Troopers Probe Texas Polygamist Compound

Apr 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

They are looking for evidence the girl, who allegedly had a baby at 15, and 50-year-old Dale Barlow were married. Under Texas law, girls younger than 16 cannot marry, even with parental approval.
Allison Palmer, the prosecutor working on the case, said other law enforcement agencies “know where (Barlow) is and have talked to him, but [...]



Lawyers seek jurors short on bias

Apr 7th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

Think of it as speed dating for justice.
“I like anyone who thinks logically,” says Bob Mansbach, a lawyer with Zimmerman, Kiser %26amp; Sutcliffe, P.A., who specializes in premises and products liability, legal and medical malpractice. He has chosen about 50 juries during 25 years of practice. “I like anyone who can process an argument.”
In most [...]



Faith medicine collide and a young girl dies

Apr 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

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But on Sunday in the Town of Weston, near Wausau, 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of diabetic ketoacidosis, a treatable though serious condition of type 1 diabetes in which acid builds up in the blood.
Neumann’s parents said they didn’t know she had diabetes. They didn’t take her to a doctor. They [...]



L.A. Times to investigate validity of documents in Tupac report

Mar 26th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Opinion

The purported FBI reports were filed by Sabatino with a federal court in Miami four months ago in connection with a $16-million lawsuit he filed against Combs. Sabatino, who is serving time in prison for fraud, claims he is due the money for a business deal gone bad.
“The Times appears to have been hoaxed by [...]



Drug disposal advocated for lakes sake

Mar 14th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Health

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Tests in 2007 of lake water collected more than a mile offshore found detectable amounts of prescription medications, as well as carbadox - an antibiotic and growth-promoting drug added to swine feed - caffeine and cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, said Lon Couillard, water quality manager for the Milwaukee Water Works.
The prescription [...]