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- U.S. District Court, Western District of New York Case Summaries:
- Sexual Harassment Accurso v. Majestic Pools Inc. 06-CV-13 Judge Arcara Background: The plaintiff sued her former employer and asserted she was sexually harassed by the defendant. She claims she was subjected to pervasive, unwanted attention and requests for a romantic relationship. The...
- Research articles 2008-09-19
- 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Numbers unnecessary in harassment
- A former civilian employee for the Navy recruiting district office in Kansas City may pursue her sexual harassment claims, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Tuesday. But the plaintiff, Gina Jenkins, may not pursue her claims of retaliation or any claims against End to End...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- EEOC addresses religious discrimination
- Rising religious discrimination charges, increasing religious diversity in the United States and requests for guidance prompted the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEOC to issue a new Compliance Manual Section under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The guidance addresses such issues as what constitutes religion...
- Research articles 2008-09-01
- U.S. District Court for the Western Dist. of NY: Excessive police
- Jennejahn v. Village of Avon, 06-CV-6054T, U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York; written by Judge Marian W. Payson Must a civil rights claim based on a police officer's use of excessive force fail if an injury is not alleged? What evidence is sufficient to...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Australian plan to create 'homophobia-free zones' attacked
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's gay capital Sydney came under attack from a rebel city councillor on Monday over its plans to create 'homophobia-free zones' in the heart of its bar and nightclub precinct. The City of Sydney Council this month voted five-to-four for the special designation for parts of...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Swimming with giant humpback whales
- VAVA'U, Tonga AFP — The southern humpback whale lies suspended vertically near the surface just metres away from me, its ghostly white underside silhouetted against the deep blue of the Pacific Ocean. The giant mammal is nearly 16 metres (50 feet) long and weighs around 3.5 tonnes, but a...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- Man who sent threat to McCain included return address
- WASHINGTON AFP — The Colorado man who sent a threatening letter and white powder to Republican White House hopeful John McCain's Colorado campaign headquarters put his name and address on the envelope, court documents showed. The letter briefly sparked alarm among staffers who were hospitalized and placed under quarantine...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Animal researcher protection bill passes state Senate
- A bill to shield academic researchers from harassment by animal rights groups and others who oppose their work passed the state Senate on Friday. The Researcher Protect Act, submitted after a home invasion attempt at the home of a UC Santa Cruz scientist who uses mice in...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Mullin bill to protect researchers passes state Senate
- A bill to shield academic researchers from harassment by animal rights groups and others who oppose their work passed the state Senate on Friday. The Researcher Protect Act, submitted after a home invasion attempt at the home of a UC Santa Cruz scientist who uses mice in...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- McCain letters not dangerous: officials
- WASHINGTON AFP — A threatening letter sent to Republican White House hopeful John McCain's headquarters near Denver, Colorado contained a powder substance that posed no danger, officials said Friday. The letter, which briefly sparked panic among staffers who were hospitalized and placed under quarantine on Thursday, was mailed by...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- McCain letters not dangerous: officials
- WASHINGTON AFP — A threatening letter sent to Republican White House hopeful John McCain's headquarters near Denver, Colorado contained a powder substance that posed no danger, officials said Friday. The letter, which briefly sparked panic among staffers who were hospitalized and placed under quarantine on Thursday, was mailed by...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
- Coffee time: The news quiz
- 1 What, known to be contagious in humans, did a scientific study at Birbeck College, University of London suggest can be 'caught' by dogs? 2 Which swimmer was chosen to carry the flag for Great Britain at the Olympic opening ceremony? 3 Which celebrity chef apologised after mistakenly...
- Research articles 2008-08-09
- Ex-ETA killer freed from jail on group's 40th anniversary
- ARANJUEZ, Spain AFP — A former ETA member guilty of 25 murders was released from a Spanish jail Saturday, as the armed Basque separatist group marked its 40 anniversary. Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos served 20 years of an original 3,000 year sentence for the killings, which came in...
- Research articles 2008-08-02
- Spanish PM voices 'contempt' for ETA killer set for release
- MADRID AFP — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero voiced "contempt" Friday for a convicted member of the Basque separatist group ETA who is to be released from prison, but said the "law must be respected." Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos is to be freed from jail on...
- Research articles 2008-08-01
- FAA investigating Concord low flyer
- CONCORD -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating whether a Concord man repeatedly flew his small plane over his ex- girlfriend's neighborhood in violation of FAA rules. FAA spokesman Mike Fergus said his office does not comment on active investigations, but he confirmed that the Beech single- engine...
- Research articles 2008-07-30
- Hits, misses and all that from college grid world
- Scattershooting the college football scene while reviewing notes from all those media days. THUMBS UP: Say what you want to about Joe Paterno, but he's not going to retire this season, and he told reporters he doesn't know when he ever will. No matter how many...
- Research articles 2008-07-29
- Hedonistic 'Mad Men' echoes the times
- As seen through a prism of modern-day political correctness, the hedonistic 1960s-era advertising executives of AMC's mesmerizing "Mad Men" have a way of provoking utter shock and revulsion. Not only do they smoke and booze it up and spew inappropriate office banter, but they also make no effort to suppress...
- Research articles 2008-07-27
- BRoncos await NFL decision
- ENGLEWOOD - Rod Smith went with Denver Broncos receiver Brandon Marshall to a meeting in New York with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell last week, and hoped Marshall would not be suspended for some off-field incidents. "I pray he doesn't," Smith said. "I honestly believe he has a...
- Research articles 2008-07-25
- Environment drives fashion sense: lady damselflies aren't just mimicking the male color
- MINNEAPOLIS -- It's not the sexual harassment. It's the sunshine. That's Idelle Cooper's new take on the evolutionary force driving female Hawaiian damselflies to dress like males. The slim bodies of male Megalagrion calliphya damselflies shine fire-engine red, says Cooper, of Indiana University in Bloomington. Species-wide, half the females have...
- Research articles 2008-07-19
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of N.Y. Case Summaries: July
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of N.Y. Preliminary Injunction Civil Rights Dzwonczyk v. Syracuse City Police Department 08-CV-00557 Judge McCurn Background: The plaintiff seeks a preliminary injunction and restraining order against the Syracuse City...
- Research articles 2008-07-09
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