N D Tiwari in fresh trouble over paternity suit

NEW DELHI – The Delhi High Court on Wednesday declined the plea of former AP Governor N D Tiwari on a paternity suit filed by a youth, who is claiming to be his biological son

The court will now hear the paternity filed by the youth Rohit Shekhar on April 7, who had earlier challenged a … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : N D Tiwari in fresh trouble over paternity suit.

9th Circuit Court of Appeals: Seminarians not covered by overtime laws

Appeals court: OT laws don’t cover seminarians

SEATTLE – The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that seminarians are not covered by overtime laws.
The appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling in the case of Cesar Rosas, a Catholic seminarian in Mexico who was assigned to a ministry training program in Washington …. Read the original article  : here.

Autopsy reports show heat stroke, organ failure caused Arizona sweat lodge deaths

Autopsy reports released in AZ sweat lodge deaths

CAMP VERDE, Ariz. – Two people who were overcome in an Arizona sweat lodge ceremony last year were unconscious when emergency crews arrived, and an autopsy concluded they died of heat stroke upon arrival at a hospital.
Autopsy reports released Tuesday show multi-system organ failure was the cause of … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Autopsy reports show heat stroke, organ failure caused Arizona sweat lodge deaths.

Authorities: 58 illegal immigrants found in west Phoenix drop house after car chase

58 suspected illegal immigrants found in Phoenix

PHOENIX – Authorities say they found 58 illegal immigrants in a west Phoenix drop house Tuesday following a lengthy police pursuit on a state highway.
Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says nine suspected illegal immigrants were found in the bed of a truck underneath some plywood after …. Source article  : Authorities: 58 illegal immigrants found in west Phoenix drop house after car chase.

Hearing set in lesbian teen’s lawsuit to force Miss. school district to hold prom

Hearing set in lesbian teen’s suit to force prom

JACKSON, Miss. – School officials in a rural Mississippi county told a lesbian student to get “guys” to take her and her girlfriend to a high school prom and warned the girls against slow dancing with each other because that could “push people’s buttons,” according to documents … Read more >>.

Journalists testify in lawsuit claiming New Orleans police threaten people who film them

Journalists describe New Orleans police encounters

NEW ORLEANS – Several journalists are testifying in New Orleans as part of a lawsuit by two men who claim New Orleans police routinely arrest or threaten people who film or photograph them.
Jurors heard testimony Tuesday from Associated Press Television News videojournalist Rich Matthews, whose crew filmed a 2005 arrest … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Journalists testify in lawsuit claiming New Orleans police threaten people who film them.

Winfrey set for March 29 defamation trial in Philly over comments on abuse at S. Africa school

Winfrey due in Philly for 2-week defamation trial

PHILADELPHIA – Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks in Philadelphia defending a defamation case linked to a sex-abuse scandal at her South African girls’ school.
The trial is set to start March 29.
Winfrey’s lawyers say in recent filings she must attend as a named … Read : Winfrey set for March 29 defamation trial in Philly over comments on abuse at S. Africa school.

AG Holder says Osama bin Laden will never face US trial because he will not be taken alive

Holder: Osama bin Laden will never face US trial

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder says Osama bin Laden (oh-SAH’-muh bin LAH’-din) will never face trial in the United States because he will not be captured alive.
Holder sternly rejected criticism from Republican lawmakers on a House Appropriations subcommittee, who contend it is too dangerous to put … Read more >>>.

NJ appeals judges: Tea party group must wait for final ruling on effort to recall US senator

NJ court: Tea party bid to oust senator must wait

TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey appeals court has put on hold a conservative tea party group’s effort to throw a Democratic U.S. senator out of office.
The three-judge panel Tuesday initially ordered the secretary of state to accept the group’s petition seeking to recall Sen. Robert … Read more : NJ appeals judges: Tea party group must wait for final ruling on effort to recall US senator.

US judge: Winfrey must defend Pa. defamation suit filed by S. Africa school’s ex-headmistress

Judge: Winfrey must defend ex-headmistress’s suit

PHILADELPHIA – Talk show host Oprah Winfrey must defend a defamation suit over remarks she made about a headmistress at her girls’ school in South Africa after a sex-abuse scandal erupted there, a U.S. judge ruled.
The case is now set for trial on March 29 in Philadelphia.
Judge Eduardo Robreno refused … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : US judge: Winfrey must defend Pa. defamation suit filed by S. Africa school’s ex-headmistress.