States brief ~ SD Supreme Court rules alimony does not automatically terminate at remarriage
Leading Thursday's states brief, the South Dakota Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that remarriage does not automatically terminate alimony payments, but recipients must show there is a good cause to continue the payments. Justice Judith Meierhenry wrote, "Absent...
States brief ~ WI Supreme Court rules damage cap unconstitutional
Leading Thursday's states brief, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled today that the state's cap on medical malpractice noneconomic damage awards is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guarantees of the state constitution and the legislature's...
Leading Friday's states brief, Florida Governor Jeb Bush Friday signed legislation overhauling Florida's state growth and development guidelines for the first time in twenty years. The legislation calls for $1.5 billion of state money to be spent...
UNESCO calls for action against illegal digging, theft of artifacts in Iraq
Fearing damage to historic sites, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has called for action against illegal digs and looting in Iraq. Director-general Koichiro Matsuura said archeological sites as well as museums...
A military court sentenced 12 French soldiers to prison for up to one year on Tuesday for robbing an Ivory Coast bank regularly while stationed with France's Licorne Force backing up a...
International brief ~ Kenya wants permanent seat on UN Security Council
Leading Monday's international brief, Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Chirau Mwakwere has announced that Kenya would actively be seeking to obtain one of the two permanent regional seats for Africa under the current proposed reform...
The CEO of CardSystems Solutions Inc. , the corporation responsible for a security breach that may have left up to 40 million credit card owners vulnerable to credit card fraud and identity theft, said Monday that...
MasterCard says 40 million cards potentially exposed to fraud
MasterCard announced late Friday that a security lapse at CardSystems Solutions , a third-party processing company in Tuscon, Arizona, has potentially exposed more than 40 million cards to fraud, and that it has notified banks of...
2004 Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report, FBI, June 6, 2005 . Excerpt:The number of violent crimes reported to law enforcement agencies in the...
New Jersey police said Tuesday that they were only in the initial stages of an investigation that has so far revealed data theft from over 700,000 account holders from four major banks in the US. Ten arrests have been...
