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Kaine: Don't politicize Michelle Obama's travels
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2010/08/09 05:47
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pDemocratic Party Chairman Tim Kaine is defending first lady Michelle Obama's vacation trip to Spain, saying critics of her travels are trying to politicize the issue./ppKaine tells NBC's Today show he thinks it's wrong to talk critically about her trips. Critics contend they send a poor message at a time when many Americans are out of work./ppKaine said, She's a mom. He said this was an opportunity for her to take nine-year-old daughter Sasha to a part of the world she hadn't seen before./ppKaine said President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are focused on being good parents. Mrs. Obama returned with Sasha to the White House late Sunday. Her trip occurred as Obama was celebrating his 49th birthday and their other daughter, 12-year-old Malia, was away at summer camp.
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Family of victims sues over Marine jet crash in SD
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2010/07/29 08:56
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| pThe family of four people killed in the crash of a Marine Corps jet in a San Diego County neighborhood two years ago sued the federal government and Boeing Wednesday./ppThe lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court by Dong Yun Yoon, whose wife, two daughters and mother-in-law were killed in the December 2008 crash that incinerated two homes and damaged others in University City./ppThe suit accuses the military and Boeing, the aircraft's maker, of negligence and seeks unspecified damages./ppThe military disciplined 13 members of the Marines and Navy after the crash, which was blamed on mechanical problems and a string of bad decisions that led the pilot to bypass a potentially safe landing at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado./ppThe suit claims the F-18 Hornet had a history of warnings and system failures related to its fuel system and never should have been cleared for takeoff./ppCalls to Boeing after hours Wednesday were not immediately returned./ppCourt documents accuse the Marine Corps of making decisions in violation of written military standards, which if complied with would have avoided the tragic ending./ppFour members of a Korean family were killed in their home — Young Mi Yoon, 36; her daughters Grace, 15 months, and Rachel, 2 months; and her mother Suk Im Kim, 60. Kim was visiting from South Korea to help her daughter move across town and adjust to the arrival of her second child./ppThe pilot, Lt. Dan Neubauer, described in a statement to investigators how he struggled to control the malfunctioning jet in the minutes before the crash./ppThe pilot was on a training flight from the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln when he was forced to shut down one engine because of mechanical trouble. The hobbled jet was told to bypass a coastal Navy base that offered an approach over water and to instead fly inland over San Diego to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar./p |
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Neb. town may halt immigration law to save money
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2010/07/27 09:04
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pFaced with expensive legal challenges, officials in the eastern Nebraska town of Fremont are considering suspending a voter-approved ban on hiring or renting property to illegal immigrants until the lawsuits are resolved./ppThe City Council narrowly rejected the ban in 2008, prompting supporters to gather enough signatures for the ballot measure. The ordinance, which was approved by voters last month, has divided the community. Supporters say it was necessary to make up for what they see as lax federal law enforcement and opponents argue that it could fuel discrimination./ppBut the council's president, Scott Getzschman, insisted the elected body was concerned about money, not about any lack of support for the ordinance. The City Council is scheduled to vote on suspending the ban on Tuesday night, a day before the city goes to court over the measure./ppThe city faces lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Mexican American Legal Defense amp; Educational Fund. City officials have estimated that Fremont's costs of implementing the ordinance — including legal fees, employee overtime and improved computer software — would average $1 million a year.
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Officer wants Ariz. lawsuit merged with feds' case
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2010/07/19 09:30
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The lawyer for a Phoenix police officer who is challenging Arizona's new immigration law in court has asked a federal judge to merge his lawsuit with a challenge filed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
The officer's attorney, Stephen Montoya, tells U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton in a court filing that the cases are virtually identical because they claim the state law is trumped by federal immigration law and because both seek to keep the state law from being enforced.
The law requires police, while enforcing other laws, to question a person's immigration status if officers have a reasonable suspicion that the person is in the country illegally.
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