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New York City Native To Be Nominated For Supreme Court Today
President Barack Obama will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court, a person familiar with the president's thinking said Sunday night.
The move positions the court to have three female justices for the first time in history.
The...Tags: Court Administration, Lawyers, Interior Policy, Local Government, Elections
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Elena Kagan: A (Very) Native New Yorker
wpix.comThe newest nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court is just about as native a New Yorker as it gets. Elena Kagan is a self-professed die-hard New York Mets fan from the Upper West Side, and graduated from Hunter College High School, where her late mother taught...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Judaism, Crime, Law and Justice, Local Government
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SCR's 'Jitney' to debut Friday
Kristy Johnson found out the hard way that she could not overpower or subdue her creative side. The Chicago native and lone female cast member in South Coast Repertory's production of the August Wilson play "Jitney," which opens on Friday night, gave...
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Remarkable Woman: Tara Thompson
If you tracked down Tara Thompson's childhood friends and told them what she was doing these days, she says they wouldn't be surprised.
"I can remember as a kid doing mock trial stuff in grade school, thinking, 'This is what I want to do,'" says...Tags: Health, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, DNA, Justice System
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Court denies city's appeal in police negligence case
When Chicago police released a white, mentally ill California woman in a high-crime black neighborhood, they "might as well have released her into the lions' den at the Brookfield Zoo," a federal judge wrote in a scathing opinion Thursday.
In stark...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Health, Behavioral Conditions, Trials, Broken Bones
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Mayor says he can't talk about disabled girl's lawsuit against police
Tribune reportersA day after a federal court likened the Chicago Police Department’s handling of a mentally ill woman to throwing her in a lions den, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he wants to talk about the issue but can’t until Christina Eilman's lawsuit is closed....Tags: Health, Wars and Interventions, Local Government, Behavioral Conditions, Trials
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Tong Drops Out Of U.S. Senate Race, Supports Murphy
The Hartford CourantEAST HARTFORD — Democrat William Tong entered the U.S. Senate race last year with a compelling personal story and quickly amassed more than $500,000 in donations. But his fundraising soon stalled, and he failed to gain traction in public opinion...Tags: Brown University, Stamford, Joe Lieberman, Chinese Restaurants, Elections
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Santa Monica College's two-tier pricing gets scholarship donation
L.A. NOWSanta Monica College’s plan to offer some high-demand classes at a premium cost received a boost Thursday with the announcement of a $250,000 donation to support scholarships for students who qualify. The donors are businessman Daniel Greenberg... -
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained for the head of the nation's largest public REIT
It was past 7 p.m. when Ventas Inc. CEO Debra Cafaro emerged from her last meeting. Her voice echoed in the halls of the mostly empty offices on the 48th floor of 111 S. Wacker Drive.
As she spoke, the last rays of sun disappeared behind the West Loop...Tags: High School Sports, Investments, Health, Lawyers, Rental Service
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Judge rejects both competing plans in Tribune Co. bankruptcy case
Tribune reporterThe judge in Tribune Co.'s bankruptcy case on Monday rejected two competing plans for reorganizing the company, leaving the Chapter 11 proceeding unresolved after nearly three contentious years in court. In an expansive 126-page opinion, U.S....Tags: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Tribune Company, Trials, Banking, Entertainment Events
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Probe of Indiana cops could mean dismissal of charges
CROWN POINT, Ind. (AP) — Legal experts say an unknown number of criminal cases could be dismissed because of the involvement of six Lake County police officers who newspapers said are targets of a federal investigation. University of Chicago Law...Tags: Munster, Lake County (Indiana), Colleges and Universities
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