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FBI puts UFOs on Ten Most Wanted list. Not so much.
A screaming comes across the sky. Is it Superman? Thomas Pynchon? Or just a meteor en route to Chelyabinsk, Russia, that somehow made a wrong turn and got lost over New Jersey? Well, if you really want to know, here’s a tip: Don’t ask the...
Tags: Stranger Than Fiction, Superman (fictional character), FBI, Police Investigations, Entertainment Events
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Switching to a staff civil counsel could cost the county more
CHARLEVOIX -- Whether Charlevoix County should hire a full-time staff civil counsel rather than continuing to contract the service is continuing to be discussed by county commissioners. The matter was discussed at Wednesday's county personnel committee...
Tags: Employment Opportunities, Labor Legislation, Business Enterprises, Bellaire, Services and Shopping
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CPS mishandles 'Persepolis' ban
Change of SubjectCensure de Persepolis: Inapproprié dans les écoles de Chicago That headline in a Paris-based literary publication Monday indicates just how far and fast the controversy that broke late last week at Lane Tech College Prep High School has spread. Loosely...... -
Our Voice: Everyone has the right to open records
In a story in Saturday's paper, Kay Nguyen tried an old reporter stand-by. She filed a FOIA request with the city of Aberdeen for FOIA requests they've received. FOIA is the Freedom of Information Act. Anyone can file a FOIA request with local, state...Tags: Freedom of Information Laws
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Sunshine Week: Government records are public domain
Editor's note: This article is part of a weeklong series for Sunshine Week, which highlights the importance of transparent government. Articles about public information run through Sunday. Look at City Attorney Adam Altman's desk, which has...Tags: Laws, Mike Rounds, Environmental Politics, Justice and Rights, Doug Johnson
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County may hire staff attorney
CHARLEVOIX -- Charlevoix County may hire a full-time civil counsel staff member. The county board of commissioners discussed the matter during a meeting Tuesday. "We have a really good man for civil council right now," said board chair Joel Evans,...
Tags: Justice System, Lawyers, Bellaire, Crime, Law and Justice
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Ex-NIU police officer pleads innocent to sexually assaulting student
Tribune reporterA former Northern Illinois University police officer pleaded not guilty this morning to raping a student, less than four months after prosecutors dropped an identical charge against him and a week after the FBI raided the campus police department. Andrew...Tags: Sex Crimes, FBI, Northern Illinois University, Judges, Prosecution
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Auditors To Legislature: Tighten Overused Bidding Loophole
The Hartford CourantThe General Assembly should consider limiting what qualifies under law for a waiver for competitive bidding on state contracts, state auditors John C. Geragosian and Robert M. Ward said in their annual report to lawmakers, released Friday. The law...Tags: Laws, Accounting and Auditing, Personal Service, Business Enterprises, Waterbury
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State Spending Habit Still Out Of Control
The Hartford CourantPrepare for weeks of talk about the state's deteriorating finances as Gov. Dannel begins another unhappy chapter of the tale of declining fortunes. The problem is that state government spends more than is produced by the array of taxes it imposes. The...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Politics, Justice and Rights, Freedom of Information Laws, Justice System
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Justifying assassination
A federal judge in New York ruled this week that the Obama administration may withhold from the public a document providing the legal rationale for the targeted killing in Yemen of Anwar Awlaki, an Al Qaeda operative who was also a U.S. citizen. But...
Tags: Armed Conflicts, Judges, Justice and Rights, Politics, Pakistan
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Records: Teacher resigned after explicit photos found on school computer
A Downers Grove middle school teacher resigned and gave up her teaching certificate after explicit photos were found on her school computer and authorities began investigating allegations that she shared them with an underage boy, according to records...
Tags: Downers Grove, Computer Crime, DuPage County, Abusive Behavior, Teaching and Learning
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Legislature Resisting Federal Investigators
The Hartford CourantClues to how serious the federal investigation of corruption at the General Assembly is come from the reaction of state officials to routine requests for documents under the Freedom of Information Act. Facts surrounding a list — that an official's...Tags: Labor Legislation, Justice System, Lawyers, Services and Shopping, George C. Jepsen
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Jan 26, 2013
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