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- Fear grips immigrants after Miss. plant raid
By HOLBROOK MOHR Associated Press Writer LAUREL, Miss. (AP) _ A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she’d see her husband again. Nearly 600 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally were detained, creating panic among dozens of [...]
- Jury awards Mattel Inc. $100 million in Bratz suit
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Writer RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) _ Barbie may have taken some of the sass out of her pouty-lipped rivals Yasmin, Jade, Cloe and Sasha with a $100 million verdict against Bratz-maker MGA Entertainment Inc., but no one’s left the playground yet. A federal jury awarded toy giant Mattel the damages Tuesday in their copyright [...]
- Strahan’s child support to be recalculated
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press Writer NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ Retired New York Giants defensive end Michael Strahan won the latest round in his lengthy divorce case on Tuesday when a state appeals court reversed a lower court’s awarding of about $18,000 per month in child support to his twin 3-year-old daughters. The three-judge panel found a lower [...]
- Bonds asks judge to dismiss bulk of perjury case
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Barry Bonds asked a federal judge Monday to toss out most of the government’s case against him that charges the slugger lied to a federal grand jury about his alleged steroids use. In a filing made in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, lawyers for baseball’s home run [...]
- Calif. AG: Some medi-pot dispensers may be illegal
By PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) _ Medical marijuana dispensers that operate for-profit likely violate California law, according to guidelines that may encourage local police to join a federal crackdown against the enterprises. State Attorney General Jerry Brown said Monday that formal cooperatives registered under the state’s Food and Agricultural Code or organized as less [...]
- Mich. governor to decide fate of Detroit mayor
By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press Writers DETROIT (AP) _ Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s office said Tuesday she will hold a historic hearing next week to decide whether Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick should be removed from office. Granholm turned down a request by Kilpatrick’s lawyers to stop the process, and her office posted an order confirming the Sept. [...]
- Settlement in deadly NYC Staten Island ferry crash
NEW YORK (AP) _ Lawyers say the widow of a man killed in the 2003 Staten Island ferry crash has settled a wrongful death claim against New York City for $8.7 million. The lawyers made the announcement on behalf of Kathy Healy and her four children. Healy’s husband, John, was killed in 2003 when the ferry crashed [...]
- US turns over Mexican man accused in 1998 massacre
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ A Mexican national wanted in connection with the 1998 drug-related massacre of 19 people in the Baja California resort town of Ensenada has been captured and turned over to Mexican authorities, U.S. immigration officials said Sunday. Officers confronted Jesus Ruben Moncada, 33, at his Los Angeles home Thursday night as he took [...]
- Lone accountant takes on IRS and wins
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) _ It took seven years, but Charles Ulrich did something many people dream about, but few succeed at: He beat the IRS in a tax dispute. Not only that, but tax experts say potentially millions of other taxpayers could benefit from his victory. The accountant from Baxter, Minn., challenged the [...]
- Sex offender gets life in slaying of Fla. teen
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) _ A convicted sex offender has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a 13-year-old Florida girl three years ago. David Lee Onstott was sentenced Friday, a day after a Tampa jury found him guilty of second-degree murder and battery in the death of Sarah Lunde. Both are lesser convictions than prosecutors [...]
