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Judge Who Accused Cop of Striking Him Sees Cover-up in Refusal to Prosecute

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by Debra Cassens Weiss

August 23, 2012

A New York judge who says a police officer struck him after apparently mistaking him for a heckler is blasting Queens District Attorney Richard Brown for refusing to prosecute.

Judge Thomas Raffaele claims Brown is orchestrating a cover-up, the New York Law Journal reports. A press release explaining the refusal to prosecute is full of falsehoods, Raffaele told the publication. "Everything they say is a lie." Raffaele has said the incident occurred on June 1 when a crowd had gathered as officers were making an arrest. One officer was ramming his knee into the back of a screaming handcuffed man, and the crowd was jeering, according to Raffaele's account. One officer appeared to be getting angry, and he ran toward the crowd and began hitting people, Raffaele said. Raffaele said he was the first one hit in "a full-force, open-hand blow to the front of my throat."

Mom and Daughter Go AWOL in Lesbian Custody Case

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by Emily Friedman and Susan Donaldson James

January 1, 2010

Lisa Miller and her daughter Isabella didn't show up at the home of Janet Jenkins on New Year's Day, despite a court order that switched custody from one lesbian parent to the other.

Lisa Miller, 41, of Winchester, Va., was ordered by a Vermont family court judge in November to hand over her daughter Isabella by 1 p.m. to Janet Jenkins, 45, of Fairhaven, Vt. But according to Jenkins' lawyer, Miller failed to show up.

Food Stamps Create Jobs... in India

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by Scott Mayerowitz

April 29, 2009

Several states with high unemployment rates are outsourcing their food stamp services to call centers in India, angering many residents.

Americans have never liked the idea of jobs going overseas. But for many, it's more offensive when taxpayer dollars -- including those in the federal stimulus plan -- go to create those jobs. And when those jobs deal with food stamps, unemployment insurance and other public benefits, well forgot irony, to many it's just downright plain insulting.

Schools Say Immunize Kids or Go to Jail

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by Cullen Dirner

November 14, 2007

A Maryland school district has ordered parents of more than 2,300 students to court Saturday for failure to immunize their children. The parents could face fines and jail time if they do not appear.

The students, in grades five through 10, will be required to report to court with their parents. While students can expect to be vaccinated before they leave the courthouse, parents will be lectured to by Circuit Court Judge Philip Nichols Jr. on the necessity of vaccination.

First-Grader Suspended for Sexual Harassment

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by Gitika Ahuja

February 7, 2006

Boy's Mother Says He's Too Young to Even Understand the Accusation

A first-grader was suspended from Downey Elementary School in Brockton, Mass., after school officials said he sexually harassed a female schoolmate. The young boy is accused of touching a fellow first-grader's skin underneath the rear waistband of her pants.

Was School Strip-Search Legal?

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by Reynolds Holding

March 28, 2008

Case Pits Students' Privacy Rights vs. Need to Keep Drugs, Weapons Out of Schools

A student strip-searched for drugs when she was in eighth grade took her case to a federal appeals court on Wednesday, arguing through a lawyer that school officials had violated her constitutional rights by overzealously enforcing a strict policy against alcohol, narcotics - and, in her case, Ibuprofen.

EXCLUSIVE: Marijuana to be legalized in Utah?

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by Chris Vanocur

October 2, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY -- A California ballot measure to legalize marijuana is now ahead in the polls.

This has one of Utah's most prominent and outspoken politicians saying, someday, the drug will even be legal here in Utah. Ten years ago, when the Democratic National Convention was meeting in Los Angeles, Rocky Anderson made headlines.

Foster couple accused of stealing child funds

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by Rob McMillan

June 2, 2010

A foster couple is accused of taking in thousands of dollars meant for child care and spending it on themselves.

They are also accused of trying to collect more money after the children had left their care. Over the past six years, Purcell and Laverne Johnson were trusted with taking care of nearly 90 foster children in their Riverside County foster home. For that, they were paid a salary of $144,000 a year.

State issues final foster care plan

ABC News 7

May 13, 2009

A state commission has released a final report and action plan on how to improve foster care for more than 75,000 California children.

Moreno said nearly half of California's children in foster care have been in care for more than two years and 17 percent more than three years. One recommendation is to have the same judge handle a case from start to end when possible. Other recommendations are for changes in law or better collaboration between courts and child welfare agencies.

The Real Cost Of Abolishing Estate Tax

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by Mark Matthews

March 2, 2007

The President is trying once again to eliminate the estate tax and his critics have come up with some extreme comparisons on who it will impact.

Senator Bernie Sanders has compiled a list of what he calls the winners and losers. The family that owns the Nordstrom department stores? Sanders figures they'd get to save $826 million dollars if the tax is repealed.

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