Sunday May 13th 2007, 11:52 pm
CHICAGO (AP) -- A girl and her grandparents have sued the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that a substitute teacher showed the R-rated film "Brokeback Mountain" in class.
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Chicago Lawsuit Claims Substitute Showed ‘Brokeback Mountain’ in Class (Washington Post)
Brokeback Mountain Lawsuit Issued Against School Board (ContactMusic)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 10:47 pm
A lawsuit has been launched against a school teacher who showed BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN to a class of young students. Twelve-year-old Jessica Turner and h
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Lawsuit over Brokeback Mountain in class (AP via Yahoo! News)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 7:46 pm
A girl and her grandparents have sued the Chicago Board of Education, alleging that a substitute teacher showed the R-rated film "Brokeback Mountain" in class.
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Court Postpones First Lawsuit Against Virtue Commission (Arab News)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 7:09 pm
JEDDAH, 14 May 2007 — The Court of Grievances in Riyadh yesterday postponed until July 2 the first ever compensation lawsuit against a member of the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice filed by a Saudi woman after commission members failed to respond to a court summons.
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Lawsuit settled against town of Christiansburg and its police department (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 4:27 pm
A lawsuit against the town of Christiansburg and its police department has been settled. A Montgomery County woman claims a female police officer with the force failed to protect her from an abusive husband because the officer was secretly in a relationship with him.
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Lawsuit settled against town of Christiansburg and its police department (WDBJ 7 Roanoke)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 3:11 pm
A lawsuit against the town of Christiansburg and its police department has been settled. A Montgomery County woman claims a female police officer with the force failed to protect her from an abusive husband because the officer was secretly in a relationship with him.
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Plantiff Hopes Lawsuit Prompts Independent Investigation (The Morning News)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 5:49 am
FAYETTEVILLE -- The attorney for an Arkansas resident who filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the University of Arkansas said his client seeks an independent investigation into an e-mail sent by a booster.
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Flood Lawsuit Finally Settled (WLUC TV 6)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 4:08 am
The Dead River flood lawsuit, which pitted the city of Marquette against UPPCO, has finally been settled. The deal calls for UPPCO and the engineering firm M-W-H to pay the city $195,000 and the Board of Power and Light $1.725 million.
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Property Owners File Lawsuit Over Variance Denials (The Morning News)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 4:02 am
SPRINGDALE -- A long battle over a proposed business at what will be one of the busiest intersections in Springdale has resulted in a lawsuit.
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Makers of Equal, Splenda settle advertising lawsuit (The Pantagraph)
Sunday May 13th 2007, 4:00 am
PHILADELPHIA — The maker of Splenda on Friday settled a lawsuit over its disputed advertising slogan — “Made from sugar so it tastes like sugar’’ — just after the jury reached a verdict that would have gone against the market-leading artificial sweetener.
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