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New Mexico Turns Corner On Drunk Driving
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2009/08/03 09:08
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The Los Angeles Times reports that California DUI arrests could be down, if only they copy what's been implemented just a few states away.
New Mexico, which led the nation in alcohol-related crash rates for years, in 2005 became the first state to require the interlock for every convicted drunk driver. The interlock legislation has been the centerpiece of the state's sweeping anti-drunk-driving efforts, which include more sobriety checkpoints, tougher mandatory sentencing laws for driving while intoxicated, and the creation of the nation's first DWI czar.
The initiatives have paid off.
New Mexico, home to high rates of alcohol abuse and miles and miles of open road, is now ranked 25th in alcohol-related fatal crash rates and is expected to place lower when the latest rankings are compiled later this year. From 2004 to 2008, the number of DWI fatalities here dropped 35%, from 219 to 143.
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DHS Owes 148 Workers Overtime For Training
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2009/08/02 12:10
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Courthouse News reports nearly 150 current and former Department of Homeland Security employees are a href=http://www.wlfirm.com/entitled to overtime pay/a for training a sixth day each week, the Court of Federal Claims ruled.
The agency employees said the department failed to pay them overtime for a mandatory sixth day of training at its Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Ga.
The government admitted that it never paid overtime for those extra days, but argued that the 148 employees missed their two-year deadline to sue under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
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Alabama senator's DUI court date now set for May
Legal World News |
2009/04/27 08:42
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State Senate Majority Leader Zeb Little's first court hearing on driving under the influence and other charges has been canceled.
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The Cullman Democrat had originally been scheduled to be in Jefferson County District Court on Tuesday. Defense attorney Mark White said Monday the hearing was to determine if Little had an attorney, and the court has already been notified that he does./ppLittle's next court date is May 18, but that could be changed because that's the final day of the 2009 legislative session./ppLittle was arrested April 3 in Jefferson County. He was charged with drunken driving, failure to yield for an emergency vehicle, having an open container of alcohol in the car and having an expired driver's license./p |
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Court won't revive Va. anti-spam law
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2009/03/31 09:40
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The Supreme Court will not consider reinstating Virginia's anti-spam law, among the nation's toughest in banning unsolicited e-mails.
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The court on Monday said it will leave in place a ruling by the Virginia Supreme Court that the law was unconstitutional because it prohibited political, religious and other messages in addition to commercial solicitations./ppVirginia was the only state to ban noncommerical spam e-mail./ppThe decision also cements the reversal of the conviction of Jeremy Jaynes, who once was considered one of the world's most prolific spammers. Jaynes bombarded Internet users with millions of pieces of spam, all of it commercial./ppIn 2004, Jaynes became the first person in the U.S. to be convicted of a felony for sending unsolicited bulk e-mail. He was sentenced to nine years but is currently serving time in federal prison on an unrelated conviction for securities fraud./ppThe case is Virginia v. Jaynes, 08-765./p |
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Crack Down on Scalping for 2010 Olympics.
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2009/03/19 11:00
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Let the games begin! but without ticket scalping, please, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics says. The committee is cracking down on scalpers who claim to have guaranteed tickets to events despite a license agreement that specifically prohibits ticket scalping.
The committee claims that Shane Bourdage and his company Coast2Coast Tickets are illegally using Olympic trademarks to falsely advertise tickets to Olympic events at fees that grossly exceed the face value of the tickets.
Scalped or resold tickets can be confiscated and invalidated, Olympic organizers say.
The Vancouver Organizing Committee - VANOC - claims that Bourdage is selling ducats through the Internet, and is not warning people about the real and substantial risk that Bourdage and Coast2Coast will not be able to deliver tickets to their customers, and that any such tickets presented by their customers at 2010 Winter Games events will be cancelled, invalidated and seized by VANOC.
The only ticket resellers authorized to sell to Canadians are Jet Set Sports and Tickets.com, the complaint states. The committee says Bourdage has failed to stop advertising the tickets despite demands to stop.
The stringent anti-scalping rules are intended to ensure the fair, worldwide distribution of tickets at reasonable cost, according to the complaint. |
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