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Release denied for dying Manson follower
SACRAMENTO, Calif. AP - A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison was denied compassionate release Tuesday.The California Board of Parole released its unanimous decision on the release of Susan Atkins hours after a 90-minute hearing, during which it heard impassioned pleas from both sides.Gwinnett city, Catholic school dispute zoning
Litigation in Gwinnett County is addressing how churches and religious schools are affected by zoning laws enacted by local governments to cope with rapid population growth and commercial development.At issue are plans by Notre Dame Academy, a private Catholic school in Duluth, to acquire 36.5 acres inside the Suwanee city limits for a new campus.DA: 'Bad faith' in schools case
The DeKalb County district attorney and King Spalding are clashing bitterly as multimillion-dollar civil litigation over the DeKalb County School District, the firm's client, becomes enmeshed with the DA's prosecution of former school officials.In a scathing brief filed on Friday and replete with phrases that have been italicized, bolded or both, DeKalb DA Robert D.Skilling wraps up testimony; Lay to testify next week
Sides in schools case try again
If the multimillion-dollar legal battle between the DeKalb County School System and the construction project managers it fired in 2007 needed a motto, it could be: "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again."That was the theme during Tuesday's 3-hour hearing before DeKalb Superior Court Judge Clarence F.Ballard Spahr Acquires Atlanta IP Boutique
Ballard Spahr Andrews Ingersoll will announce today that it is acquiring Atlanta-based intellectual property boutique Needle Rosenberg.The merger, approved Thursday, ends for Philadelphia-based Ballard Spahr what had become a 15-year search for an IP group, says chairman Arthur Makadon. Needle Rosenberg has 26 lawyers and seven other professionals.FTC's effort to regulate lawyers draws ire
For the past eight years, the Federal Trade Commission has pushed for greater regulation of the legal profession, drawing ire from the American Bar Association and rebukes from federal judges.Now, the agency is back in court trying to salvage rules that would force lawyers to detect, combat and report identity theft. On Nov.Pepsi's new marketing dance: can can
PepsiCo Inc. is seeing its cans in a whole new light.For 109 years, the Purchase, N.Y., company has fiercely guarded the packaging of its namesake cola, crafting changes to its labels rarely. Now, though, it is launching a series of designs, to debut every three or four weeks - a marketing shift that the company hopes will grab the attention of increasingly fickle, restless and distracted young consumers.Courts face new challenges in faith healing cases
NASHVILLE, Tenn. AP - Most states have child abuse laws allowing some religious exemptions for parents who shun medicine for their sick children, but a few recent cases highlight thorny legal issues for parents following less-recognized faiths.Existing laws have gradually accounted for more well-known and established faiths, such as Pentecostalism, Christian Science and Jehovah's Witnesses.Jurors: FEMA trailer didn't expose family to fumes
NEW ORLEANS AP - A federal jury on Thursday rejected a New Orleans family's assertions that the government-issued trailer they lived in after Hurricane Katrina exposed them to dangerous fumes, in the first of several trials that could lead to hundreds of similar claims being resolved.Five men and three women decided that a trailer made by Gulf Stream Coach Inc.Trending Stories
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