Atheist soldier revises lawsuit (The Charlotte Observer) Attorneys for a soldier who claims he has been harassed for being an atheist amended his lawsuit Tuesday after the military said it couldn't find the officer initially listed as a defendant. The amended complaint, filed in federal court in Kansas City, Kan., names Maj. Freddy J. Welborn and Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The plaintiffs, Spec. Jeremy Hall and the Military Religious Freedom ... [News Source]

Atheist soldier revises lawsuit (AP via Yahoo! News) Attorneys for a soldier who claims he has been harassed for being an atheist amended his lawsuit Tuesday after the military said it couldn't find the officer initially listed as a defendant. [News Source]

Man Fired For Carrying Gun Files Lawsuit (WJXT News4Jax.com via Yahoo! News) A Jacksonville man who lost his job after he rushed to help a victim at the scene of a shooting said he was wrongfully terminated and he plans to file a lawsuit. [News Source]

Lawsuit over Eastland pension fund to proceed (The Providence Journal)

PROVIDENCE — A federal bankruptcy court yesterday certified a class-action lawsuit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the receiver who oversaw the dissolution of Woonsocket’s Eastland Financial Corp.

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Lawsuit: Scholar kept from US over views (AP via Yahoo! News) A well-known South African scholar and political commentator is being kept out of the United States because he has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. [News Source]

Madigan slams governor’s lawsuit (Chicago Tribune) Blagojevich's action beyond 'political gamesmanship,' speaker says in response SPRINGFIELD— State Capitol feuding has escalated with House Speaker Michael Madigan blasting the governor's lawsuit over special sessions as an assault on the Constitution's declaration of equal branches of government. [News Source]

Woman joins class-action crib lawsuit (UPI) A suburban Chicago woman has joined a class-action lawsuit against Simplicity Inc. involving the recall of a million cribs. [News Source]

South African scholar barred from U.S., lawsuit says (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

A South African scholar was barred from the United States because of his criticism of U.S. policy in Iraq and the Guantanamo Bay prisoner camp, a civil rights group said in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday.

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Lawsuit: Scholar Kept From US Over Views (ABC News) ACLU Files Lawsuit Alleging South African Scholar Kept From United States for Political Views [News Source]

Lawsuit: Scholar kept from US over views (The Charlotte Observer)

A well-known South African scholar and political commentator is being kept out of the United States because he has been a vocal critic of the war in Iraq and the detention of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday. In the lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, the ACLU said the U.S. government’s decision to revoke the visa of …

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