AScribe Law News Service articles from April 2008

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Gang Violence, Police Abuse Shatter Lives in Jamaica's Poor Communities, Says Report by Amnesty International; Violent Crime and Police Killings of Civilians Are Among Highest Rate in Hemisphere, Human Rights Organization Says.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Amnesty International USA KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 1 (AScribe Newswire) -- With one of the hemisphere's highest rates of violent crime and police killings of civilians -- an average of three homicides a day and three police...

Broad-Based Coalition Urges Bush Administration to Reconsider Proposals to Water Down Family and Medical Leave.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Communications Consortium WASHINGTON, April 3 (AScribe Newswire) -- Led by the National Partnership for Women & Families, a coalition of over 100 organizations, representing tens of millions of workers is urging the Bush...

Clinical Trial Volunteers Mostly Indifferent - But Not Blind to - Researchers' Financial Conflicts.
April 4, 2008... Byline: Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions BALTIMORE, April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- Unless a researcher has stock ownership in a company whose drug is being tested, telling potential research volunteers about an investigator's financial...

Statement on Iraq War Deaths From The Michael D. Palm Center.
April 4, 2008... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 4 (AScribe Newswire) -- After it was confirmed recently that a gay soldier, Maj. Alan Rogers, died in combat in the Iraq War on January 27, the Palm Center has learned that an...

Fair Finance Watch: Subprime Racial Disparities Grew Worse in 2007 at JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, WaMu, Other Large Banks and Countrywide; 'Time to Stop the Bail-Outs and Instead Protect Consumers,' Says Inner City Press.
April 7, 2008... Byline: Inner City Press NEW YORK, April 7 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first study of the just-released 2007 mortgage lending data, watchdog organization Fair Finance Watch has identified worsening disparities by race and ethnicity in the...

The HIV Cruise Retreat Raises $6000 for HIV/AIDS Causes.
April 8, 2008... Byline: Program for Wellness Restoration FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., April 8 (AScribe Newswire) -- Last October, a group of 225 HIV positive men and women went sailing away from the worries of the disease while obtaining key health information...

Tax Day Gifts for the Rich - by Holly Sklar.
April 9, 2008... Byline: Holly Sklar BOSTON, April 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Following is commentary by Holly Sklar, co-author of "Raise the Floor: Wages and Policies That Work for All of Us" and "A Just Minimum Wage: Good for Workers, Business and Our...

Voice of the Faithful Petition to Pope Calls All Catholics to Transform Church; Available Online for Catholics to Sign.
April 10, 2008... Byline: Voice of the Faithful NEWTON, Mass., April 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- According to Voice of the Faithful VOTF), the Catholic Church will continue to decline unless it uniformly treats survivors of sexual abuse with justice and...

New Book Explores the Hidden Story Behind Sky-Rocketing Debt in America; 'Up to Our Eyeballs: How Shady Lenders and Failed Economic Policies are Drowning Americans in Debt' by Jose Garcia, James Lardner, and Cindy Zeldin: http://www.uptooureyeballs.com.
April 15, 2008... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- "A modern classic of financial reporting on the corrupt alliance between predatory lenders and free-market zealots in government... A well timed and lively guide to the wreckage...

Unique Partnership Makes New Residence Hall Possible for Small College; Moravian College to Create Living, Learning Space on Historic Hurd Campus.
April 15, 2008... Byline: Moravian College BETHLEHEM, Pa., April 15 (AScribe Newswire) -- Moravian College has partnered with Bethlehem Area Moravians, Inc. (BAM) on a $25 million project that will transform the Priscilla Payne Hurd Campus by creating a...

Association of American University Presses Supports University Presses in Suit Against Georgia State.
April 16, 2008... Byline: Association of American University Presses NEW YORK, April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- In today's universities, it is increasingly rare for students to buy assigned books at the campus bookstore or purchase coursepacks at the local...

Netflix Broke the Rules and Won, According to Stanford Business School Research.
April 16, 2008... Byline: Stanford Graduate School of Business STANFORD, Calif., April 16 (AScribe Newswire) -- It isn't often that a business model becomes the subject of a patent violation suit. But according to research reported today in Stanford...

Report Shows Tobacco Money Flows to Campaigns, Lobbying; American Lung Association of California's Center for Tobacco Policy & Organizing's Report Shows Philip Morris Spent More on Lobbying in Last Quarter of 2007 Than Any Other Quarter This Decade.
April 17, 2008... Byline: American Lung Association SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- Tobacco interests spent nearly $2 million to influence California elections and legislative policy in 2007, according to a new report by the American Lung...

Work-Authorized Immigrant Employee Reinstated After 'Document Abuse' Firing.
April 17, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 17 (AScribe Newswire) -- The Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center (LAS-ELC) today announced the successful resolution of an immigration-related...

New Data Show Military Has Recruited More Serious Ex-Offenders Than Previously Known; Pentagon List Reveals Reliance on Sexual Offenders, Kidnappers, Arsonists.
April 21, 2008... Byline: Michael D. Palm Center SANTA BARBARA, Calif., April 21 (AScribe Newswire) -- New information released today by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee shows that in 2006 and 2007 Americans who were convicted of serious...

Pilot Study Could Shake Up College Rankings II: Bias on Campus; Release Focusing on Bias Against Minorities Is Second in Planned Three-Part Series; Half of Students in Exploratory Study Reported Witnessing or Experiencing a Bias Incident on Campus.(Report)
April 22, 2008... Byline: Public Agenda NEW YORK, April 22 (AScribe Newswire) -- When families weigh their choices on which college their children should attend, they tend to focus on cost, academic reputation and campus amenities. The Campus Tolerance...

Despite Finding Little Evidence of Voter Fraud, Supreme Court Upholds Indiana Voter Identification Law; Statement From Voting Rights Center Demos: Other States Should Decline to Follow Indiana Down the Path of Imposing Unnecessary Restrictions on Right To Vote.
April 28, 2008... Byline: Demos NEW YORK, April 28 (AScribe Newswire) -- Today, the Supreme Court of The United States upheld one of the nation's most onerous voter identification laws in a six to three ruling on Crawford vs. Marion County Election Board, a...

Mrs. Rosa Parks' Mothers of Freedom Salute.
April 29, 2008... Byline: Straus Communications DETROIT, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- This Mother's Day (May 11), the Rosa & Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development invites everyone to remember the Mother of the Civil Rights Movement by giving...

John Jay College to Launch Academy for Critical Incident Analysis With $175,000 Grant From Dart Foundation.
April 29, 2008... Byline: John Jay College of Criminal Justice NEW YORK, April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- John Jay College of Criminal Justice today announced a $175,000 grant from the Dart Foundation to launch the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis...

Alhambra High School's Moor Field Opens After Landmark Title IX Case Settlement; A Field of Dreams Comes True for Female Athletes.
April 29, 2008... Byline: Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center ALHAMBRA, Calif., April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- The fight is over, and now the games can begin. Today, the plaintiffs in a landmark class action lawsuit celebrated their victory at the...

Florida Consumer Confidence in April Sinks to New 16-Year Record Low.
April 29, 2008... Byline: University of Florida GAINESVILLE, Fla., April 29 (AScribe Newswire) -- Falling housing prices, tighter credit and rising gas and food costs caused Florida's consumer confidence to drop four points to 66 in April and surpass its...

Sweeping Reform in Laws Protecting Kentucky Horses Called for on Eve of the Derby; Epidemic of Horse Neglect Cases Plague Bluegrass State.
April 30, 2008... Byline: Animal Legal Defense Fund LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 30 (AScribe Newswire) -- For two minutes at Churchill Downs, the eyes of the world will be on Kentucky -- but away from the roses and mint juleps, Kentucky horses often fall victim to...