Fox News objects it wasn’t given chance by AP to respond to story on discrimination lawsuit

Fox News objects to AP story on lawsuit
WASHINGTON – Fox News Network objected Friday that it wasn’t given an opportunity to comment on a discrimination lawsuit filed against the network by the federal government before The Associated Press published its initial story on the federal action.

The AP distributed a five-paragraph article Thursday reporting that the …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Fox News objects it wasn’t given chance by AP to respond to story on discrimination lawsuit.

APNewsBreak: Lawyer says settlement in Wis. amusement park accident that injured 12-year-old

APNewsBreak: Settlement in Wis. ride accident

MILWAUKEE – The lawyer for a 13-year-old Florida girl who was seriously injured when she fell about 100 feet to the ground from an amusement park ride said Friday that they have reached a settlement with the park.
Stuart Grossman, an attorney for Teagan Marti, said Friday that a pre-lawsuit settlement … Read more : APNewsBreak: Lawyer says settlement in Wis. amusement park accident that injured 12-year-old.

Charges, countercharges fly as son, father battle for renowned Mardi Gras float-making company

Mardi Gras float-makers spar over company control

NEW ORLEANS – A father and son are battling over a family business that has made Mardi Gras floats for more than 50 years, and the son accuses his 83-year-old father’s much younger fourth wife of manipulating the older man.
The power struggle came to a light in a lawsuit …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Charges, countercharges fly as son, father battle for renowned Mardi Gras float-making company.

APNewsBreak: US Steel sued over diabetic who claims false positive on alcohol breath tests

AP: US Steel sued over probationary alcohol tests

PITTSBURGH – The federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing to stop United States Steel Corp. from randomly testing probationary employees for alcohol use, saying the tests led to the illegal firing of a diabetic who said her positive results were false.
The lawsuit, filed late Thursday in a … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : APNewsBreak: US Steel sued over diabetic who claims false positive on alcohol breath tests.

Specify clearances needed for Mayawati’s Noida project: Court

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday asked the central government to categorically state the statutory clearances that were required to be complied with for Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s ambitious Noida Park Project to go ahead.

The project costing Rs.700 crore was initiated after cutting 6,000 trees which were about 35 years old.
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Judge: NY jury can see bin Laden evidence at Guantanamo detainee’s trial

Bin Laden evidence allowed at detainee’s NYC trial

NEW YORK – Jurors in the trial of a Guantanamo detainee accused of supplying explosives for the deadly bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa can see Osama bin Laden’s orders more than a decade ago that his followers kill Americans, a judge ruled Friday.
U.S. District Judge Lewis …. Original article  : Judge: NY jury can see bin Laden evidence at Guantanamo detainee’s trial.

Charge sheet filed against Virbhadra Singh in graft case (Second Lead)

SHIMLA – A charge sheet was filed against Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh in a special court here Friday, hours after the Himachal Pradesh High Court dismissed his petition to transfer a corruption case against him to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

State Vigilance Bureau Inspector General K.C. Sadyal told IANS that a charge sheet …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Charge sheet filed against Virbhadra Singh in graft case (Second Lead).

Supreme Court allows Ketan Parekh to go aboard

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday permitted former stock broker Ketan V. Parekh, one of the key players in the mid-1990s’ securities scam, to travel abroad for two months for the treatment of his ailing daughter.

Overruling objections of Additional Solicitor General Harin Rawal, appearing for the Central Bureau of Investigations (CBI), a bench … Original article on : Supreme Court allows Ketan Parekh to go aboard.

Sahmat slams Ayodhya verdict, finds it ‘gravely disturbing’

NEW DELHI – The Allahabad High Court judgment on Ayodhya is a “blow” to India’s secular fabric, a group of over 50 eminent historians, artists and activists said Friday, raising their “serious concerns because of the way history, reason and secular values” have been treated in the verdict.

Coming together under the umbrella of …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Supreme Court stays Madras High Court’s order on closure of Sterlite Industries’

NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the interim order of the Madras High Court on the closure of Sterlite Industries’ copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin city.

This stay will be in operation till the date of next hearing on October 18.

Sterlite Industries had earlier approached the … Original article on : Supreme Court stays Madras High Court’s order on closure of Sterlite Industries’.