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Federal grand jury investigating Countrywide, IndyMac, New Century
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterA federal grand jury in Los Angeles has begun probing three of the nation's largest subprime mortgage lenders in the clearest sign yet that prosecutors are investigating whether fraud and other crimes contributed to the mortgage debacle. Grand jury...Tags: Banking, Calabasas, California, Interior Policy, Trials
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Judge: EPA must regulate ship water discharge
Associated Press WriterAn appeals court Wednesday upheld a ruling ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the water discharged from ships as a way to protect local ecosystems from invasive species. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it agreed with the...Tags: Aquaculture, New York, California, Environmental Politics, Water
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Testing group reveals why it voided AP exams of about 400 students at O.C. high school
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAs a south Orange County high school made plans Wednesday for a mass retesting, the nonprofit group that administers the Advanced Placement exams offered a disturbing picture of the proctoring environment in May that led it to void the tests of nearly 400...Tags: New Services, Colleges and Universities, Trials, Teaching and Learning, Litigation
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$1.75 M settlement for family of teen hit by bus
An attorney says the family of a teenager who died after being hit by a school bus has settled a lawsuit against a Chicago bus company for $1.75 million. Sixteen-year-old Oneal Richardson was on his way to school in January 2005 when he was struck while...Tags: Lawyers
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Judge pleads innocent on drunken-driving charge
An Allen County judge is being allowed to keep his driver's license as he faces a charge of drunken driving. Police say Circuit Judge Thomas Felts was stopped Friday in downtown Indianapolis after he failed to use a turn signal and then backed into a...Tags: Judges
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States win court fight with EPA on ship discharges
Environmental groups and several states say they have a won court battle over a federal rule that allowed some dumping of ballast contaminated with invasive species by large commercial ships in coastal ports and the Great Lakes. New York Attorney...Tags: New York, Environmental Politics, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin
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Judge rules bomb search was illegal
A McHenry County judge has disallowed evidence against a Schaumburg man accused of hiding a powerful bomb in the basement of his estranged wife's home in Cary. Circuit Court Judge Joseph Condon ruled Wednesday that the search that uncovered the two-...Tags: Schaumburg, Witnesses, Cary, Prosecution, Judges
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FEMA seeks immunity from suits over trailer fumes
Associated Press WriterThe Federal Emergency Management Agency asked a federal judge Wednesday for immunity from lawsuits over potentially dangerous fumes in government-issued trailers that have housed tens of thousands of Gulf Coast hurricane victims. Lawyers for victims...Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Indiana, Alabama, Hurricane Preparedness, Trials
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Mukasey rapped on reporter shield bill
Associated Press WriterLawmakers chided Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Wednesday for claiming national security concerns in opposing legislation that would allow reporters to protect the identities of confidential sources. "Ten angels swearing on Bibles that that bill is...Tags: New York, Government, National Government, Mike Pence, Michael Mukasey
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Court backs firing of Wis. teacher who viewed porn
Associated Press WriterIn a case closely watched by public employees unions, a Wisconsin appeals court on Wednesday upheld the firing of a teacher who briefly looked at pornography on his work computer. Cedarburg High School science teacher Robert Zellner was fired after...Tags: Unions, Employees, Trials, Wisconsin, Fires
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