Michigan judge refuses Hooters’ request to dismiss suits over weight-based waitress firings

Mich. judge lets Hooters weight bias suits proceed

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – A Michigan judge has given the go-ahead to lawsuits by two ex-Hooters waitresses who say they were fired because of their weight.
Michigan has a pioneering law that prohibits discrimination based on weight. The 1976 law also bans discrimination based on age and height.
Hooters of …. Original article  : Michigan judge refuses Hooters’ request to dismiss suits over weight-based waitress firings.

Va. man acquitted of 1991 killing of camp counselor from Fla. in northeastern PA

Va. man acquitted of killing camp counselor in Pa.

HONESDALE, Pa. – A Virginia man has been acquitted of killing a camp counselor from Florida nearly two decades ago in northeastern Pennsylvania.
Jurors deliberated for about 3 1/2 hours Tuesday before finding 47-year-old Jeffrey Plishka of Onley, Va., not guilty in the 1991 slaying of 24-year-old Laura … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Va. man acquitted of 1991 killing of camp counselor from Fla. in northeastern PA.

WaMu, JPMorgan deny trying to stall production of documents to securities holders

WaMu, securities holders haggle over documents

WILMINGTON, Del. – Holders of $1 billion in Washington Mutual Inc. securities are still trying to get documents from the company and JPMorgan Chase & Co. in a lawsuit they filed to protect their investment.
A bankruptcy judge in Delaware reiterated on Tuesday a previous order for WMI and JPMorgan to [..] Read the original article: here.

NIH: Some stem cell projects to continue, dozens of others halted after judge’s ruling

NIH: Some stem cell work OK despite court ruling

WASHINGTON – The government says dozens of stem cell experiments will continue, despite a judge’s ruling blocking taxpayer funding of the work, because the money already is in scientists’ hands.
But National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said dozens more studies of promising stem cell therapies – … Original article on : NIH: Some stem cell projects to continue, dozens of others halted after judge’s ruling.

Appeals court reinstates Calif. preacher’s defamation lawsuit against ABC’s ‘20/20???

Court: Calif. preacher can sue ABC for defamation

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a televangelist’s defamation lawsuit claiming ABC’s “20/20″ news program used a fictionalized sermon portraying himself as a wealthy braggart out of context.
A trial court judge had earlier tossed out the lawsuit filed by the Rev. Frederick Price, ruling …. Original source  : Appeals court reinstates Calif. preacher’s defamation lawsuit against ABC’s ‘20/20′.

Now playing in NY court: Michael Douglas, ex-wife clash over cash from ‘Wall Street’ sequel

Douglas, ex clashing over ‘Wall Street’ cash in NY

NEW YORK – Michael Douglas’ return to his Academy Award-winning “Wall Street” role also spawned a legal sequel to his decade-old divorce.
Lawyers representing the actor and ex-wife Diandra Douglas tangled in a New York court Tuesday over her claim that she’s entitled to half his earnings from …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Now playing in NY court: Michael Douglas, ex-wife clash over cash from ‘Wall Street’ sequel.

Status hearing set in Lindsay Lohan probation case amid reports of early release from rehab

Status hearing set in Lindsay Lohan probation case

LOS ANGELES – A status hearing will be held in Lindsay Lohan’s probation case amid unconfirmed reports that she could be released early from rehab.
Court officials had said Superior Court Judge Elden Fox planned to issue a ruling Tuesday, but spokesman Allan Parachini later said any ruling would …. Original article  : Status hearing set in Lindsay Lohan probation case amid reports of early release from rehab.

Jairam Ramesh: India’s crusading green minister

NEW DELHI – Jairam Ramesh, India’s green minister, has found new power in saying no to big industrialists and multi-million dollar projects if he thinks ecological balance is at stake.

Saying no to London-based industrialist Anil Agarwal’s Vedanta group’s bauxite mining project in Orissa is the latest of his headline-hogging decisions that has firmed up … Read more >>.

Unfazed by row, Anand plays chess with 40 mathematicians

HYDERABAD – Unfazed by the row over his nationality, world chess champion Viswanathan Anand Tuesday played chess against 40 maths wizards simultaneously at the ongoing International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) here.

Moving from one table to another, the Grand Master made his moves with ease against 35 mathematicians and five nominees of software giant Infosys Technologies. … Original source on Gaea Times at : Unfazed by row, Anand plays chess with 40 mathematicians.

Britain seeks Punjab help to check illegal migration

CHANDIGARH – British Minister for Immigration Damian Green Tuesday urged the Punjab government to help the British High Commission in proper verification of people applying for visa to his country.

The British minister met Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal here Tuesday and urged him to direct Punjab police to ensure antecedents of visa applicants are …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Britain seeks Punjab help to check illegal migration.