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Federal judge orders Pittsylvania Co. Board of Supervisors to stop prayers at meetings
WDBJ7 Associate ProducerA federal judge has ordered the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors to stop opening its meetings with prayer, at least for the time being. A woman who regularly attended the meetings filed an anonymous lawsuit against the Board. The American...Tags: Civil Rights, Pittsylvania County, Trials, Justice and Rights, Justice System
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Civil rights pioneer and friend of Martin Luther King shares insight in Lynchburg
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefA man who many call the "authority" on Martin Luther King, Junior is in Lynchburg, sharing insight about the late civil rights leader's work. Dr. Virgil Wood helped organize King's efforts to integrate schools and businesses in Lynchburg. After...Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Business, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Political finger-pointing
Jesse Jackson is right.
In response to the face-off in Arizona between President Barack Obama and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer last week, Jackson said, "Even George Wallace did not put his finger in Dr. King's face." And it's true; he didn't. Similarly, not...Tags: Democratic Party, Radio, Stephanie Miller, Radio, Juan Williams
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Rawlings-Blake readies for battle over proposal to raise bottle tax
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration is gearing up for a tough fight over her plan to raise Baltimore's bottle tax to pay for repairs to dilapidated city schools.
A bill to increase the 2-cent tax to 5 cents – and devote all bottle-tax...Tags: Beverage Industry, Lobbying, American Civil Liberties Union, Economy, Business and Finance, Baltimore County
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Legendary Lawmen, Part 6: Frank Pape
Frank Pape leapt into the city's conscience with a gun in his hand — a gun he wasn't afraid to use during his storied career as a Chicago cop.
Before he retired in April 1972, he would be called the "city's toughest cop," "the cop all hoodlums...Tags: Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Laws, Shootings, WGN
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O'Malley makes his case for 'investments' in Maryland
Gov. Martin O'Malley used his State of the State address Wednesday to make his case for his most ambitious legislative agenda since taking office.
Now comes the hard job of selling it.
In an upbeat, 33-minute speech to both chambers of the General...Tags: Taxation, Calvert County, Democratic Party, Nancy Jacobs, Government
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Anne Arundel Co. MLK dinner honors community leaders
As a small-business owner on Clay Street, the rough-and-tumble Annapolis community where he grew up, Michael McFarland was keenly aware of the need for mentors for the neighborhood's youth. In the early 1970s, when he owned a laundromat there, he began...Tags: Minority Groups, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Anthony G. Brown, Anne Arundel County
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Feds Balk At Supplying East Haven Cops With Witness List
The Hartford CourantAs a federal judge set a January 2013 trial date for four East Haven police officers charged with civil rights violations, the prosecutor Thursday expressed reservations about turning over witness lists to the defense because fellow officers are on it....Tags: Trials, Litigation, Witnesses, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Judges
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When Enforcing Undocumented Workers Law, One Police Department Dominates
The Hartford CourantDealing with immigration law is primarily a federal issue, but over the past 10 years local police departments have issued 14 tickets under an obscure state statute that prohibits businesses from employing someone who is in the country illegally. Half of...Tags: Transportation Accidents, Motorvehicle Accidents, Illegal Immigrants, Immigration, U.S. Department of Justice
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FBI: 4 Arrested Police Officers Were "Bullies With Badges"
The Hartford CourantThey were known as "Miller's boys," a small group of East Haven officers on the 4-to-midnight shift arrested Tuesday following a long federal investigation and charged with terrorizing Latinos who dared enter the town's borders. Federal authorities...Tags: Prisons, Punishment, Local Government, Prisons, Prosecution
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Helping businesses defend against cyber threats
Analysts with the National Security Agency see the threats coming at corporate America: viruses, worms and other malware targeting the computer networks that serve the nation's banks, utilities and businesses.
But the 64-year-old law that established the...Tags: National Security Agency, C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Networking
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Sedgwick County approves concealed weapons in some county buildings
Sedgwick County Commissioners passed a measure allowing people with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons into some county-owned buildings.
Commissioner Richard Ranzau said the law was to help protect the rights of gun owners, "if you can't...Tags: Civil Rights, Politics, Weaponry, Personal Weapon Control, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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