Cuban political prisoner dies after 85-day hunger strike

Havana, Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) Cuban political prisoner Orlando Zapata Tamayo died Tuesday in a Havana hospital after an 85-day hunger strike to demand that authorities acknowledge his status as a Amnesty International (AI) designated prisoner of conscience, opposition sources said.

Citing confirmation from family members, the sources told EFE that Zapata died between 3.30 and 4 …. Original article  : Cuban political prisoner dies after 85-day hunger strike.

Chinese engineers bail plea hearing on March 8

RAIPUR – The Chhattisgarh High Court has set March 8 to hear the bail pleas of the three Chinese engineers, arrested for their alleged role in the Korba Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd (BALCO) power plant chimney crash that killed 40 workers.

The high court, based in Bilaspur, about 100 km from here, Tuesday deferred the … Read : Chinese engineers bail plea hearing on March 8.

Giving a voice to Orissa’s exploited tribal women

KANDHAMAL – Reena Rana, a tribal woman in her 20s, is waiting for her five-year-old son to be returned to her. Her husband married another woman a few years ago and Reena had to leave his house. She is voiceless, like many other tribal women in Orissa’s Kandhamal district who are victims of domestic violence.

“I …. Original article  : Giving a voice to Orissa’s exploited tribal women.

Wayward wiener: Kansas man sues Kansas City Royals claiming injury from flying hot dog

Kan. man sues Royals claiming hot dog injury

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Baseball fans who sit six rows behind the third-base dugout at the Kansas City Royals’ stadium know they might have to duck a few foul balls.
But a Kansas man says it was a flying hot dog, not a baseball, that almost put his eye …. Source article  : Wayward wiener: Kansas man sues Kansas City Royals claiming injury from flying hot dog.

Former timber baron Blixseth goes on trial, accused of ‘looting’ $286M from Yellowstone Club

Club founder goes on trial for ‘looting’ MT resort

BILLINGS, Mont. – The founder of the millionaires-only Yellowstone Club goes on trial this week to face claims that he fleeced the private Montana resort out of at least $286 million.
Before its 2008 bankruptcy, the club gained a reputation as a Western haven for the nation’s elite.
In …. Original article  : Former timber baron Blixseth goes on trial, accused of ‘looting’ $286M from Yellowstone Club.

Illegal immigrant population in Georgia doubles, confirms changing migration trends

Illegal immigrants numbers rise in Southeast

ATLANTA – When the Olympic Games came to Atlanta in 1996, a building boom transformed the landscape of downtown and brought with it an influx of Latino immigrants – both legal and illegal.
In the years since, the number of illegal immigrants living in Georgia has skyrocketed. A new federal report … Read more »».

Vt. judge orders arrest of Va. woman who disappeared with child she shared with ex-partner

Arrest ordered in Vt. same-sex parent custody case

RUTLAND, Vt. – A Vermont judge has ordered the arrest of a woman who has refused to turn over her 7-year-old daughter to her former lesbian partner.
Family Court Judge William Cohen found Lisa Miller of Forest, Va., in contempt of court during a hearing Tuesday and issued the … Read : Vt. judge orders arrest of Va. woman who disappeared with child she shared with ex-partner.

Attorneys for ex-Edwards aide ask to see sex tape, say it will help in lawsuit defense

Ex-Edwards aide’s lawyers want to see sex tape

HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. – Attorneys for an estranged aide to John Edwards want to watch a tape purportedly showing the former presidential candidate in a sexual encounter with his pregnant mistress.
Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones didn’t not immediately rule on the request Tuesday. Attorneys for former Edwards aide [..] Read the original article: here.

Trump, Icahn’s group start making their case for owning Trump’s namesake casinos in AC

Trump, Icahn vying for Atlantic City casinos

CAMDEN, N.J. – Lawyers for billionaires Donald Trump and Carl Icahn are in court playing a real-life version of Monopoly over who should control some prized Atlantic City property.
Arguments started Tuesday as two groups try to persuade a federal bankruptcy judge in Camden that their plan and ownership group … Original source on Gaea Times at : Trump, Icahn’s group start making their case for owning Trump’s namesake casinos in AC.

Settlement reached in ‘Rocky Top’ copyright lawsuit by writers’ children against A&E network

Settlement in ‘Rocky Top’ song lawsuit against A&E

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The owners of the rights to “Rocky Top,” the song that’s played throughout football season in Tennessee, have settled a copyright lawsuit against the television network A&E.
The Tennessean reported that U.S. District Court Judge Aleta Trauger approved the settlement Monday and dismissed the lawsuit. The …. Original article  : Settlement reached in ‘Rocky Top’ copyright lawsuit by writers’ children against A&E network.