NYC Model Who Married Doorman Sues Upscale Co-Op

Categories: U.S.| Nov 20, 2009

A foot model in New York City is suing her upscale apartment building, claiming the co-op board is trying to force her out because she married its former doorman. Christina Ambers filed a $10 million lawsuit in Manhattan state Supreme Court ...Read More

Bangladesh court upholds death sentences for coup

Categories: Top Stories, World| Nov 19, 2009

DHAKA, Bangladesh—The Supreme Court rejected final appeals Thursday by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of Bangladesh's independence leader in a military coup, a government attorney said. A five-member jury dismissed the men's plea to commute the ...Read More

Ban on racial preferences may get appeal

Categories: U.S.| Nov 18, 2009

Michigan's ban on racial preferences in public university admissions and government hiring was in court again Tuesday, another step closer to its assumed destination: the doorstep of the U.S. Supreme Court. "I don't see how they would give up, and we're ...Read More

Supreme Court refuses to hear Redskins naming case

Categories: Sports| Nov 16, 2009

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to revive a lawsuit on behalf of Native American activists who claimed that the Washington Redskins' team name is so offensive that it does not deserve trademark protection. The court without comment refused to get ...Read More

Supreme Court won't hear Redskins name case

Categories: U.S.| Nov 16, 2009

Supreme Court won't hear Redskins name case WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court said on Monday that it rejected an appeal by six American Indians in their long-running legal challenge of the Washington Redskins' name, which they find racially offensive. The justices declined to review a U.S. appeals ...Read More

Court won't hear complaint about Redskins name

Categories: Sports, Top Stories| Nov 16, 2009

Court won't hear complaint about Redskins name WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive. The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown ...Read More

Supreme Court sacks challenge to 'Redskins' moniker

Categories: Sports| Nov 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday spurned without comment an appeal by Native Americans challenging the Washington Redskins' team name as perpetuating offensive stereotypes. "For almost 40 years the Native American community has sought to retire Pro-Football's 'Redskins' trademark," the ...Read More

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of decision on Washington Redskins team name

Categories: Sports, Top Stories| Nov 16, 2009

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a group of Native Americans who think the name of the NFL's Washington Redskins football team is offensive. The high court on Monday turned away an appeal from Suzan Shown Harjo. ...Read More

Supreme Court acts to reinstate death sentence in Central Valley case

Categories: U.S.| Nov 16, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has thrown out, for the third time, a federal appeals court ruling favorable to a convicted murderer in California whose case has bounced around the courts for a quarter-century. The justices, in an unsigned opinion today, ...Read More

Supreme Court Denies Redskins Mascot Challenge

Categories: Sports| Nov 16, 2009

WASHINGTON -- The Washington Redskins ended their four-game losing streak Sunday. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed the professional football team another victory, declining to hear a petition alleging its use of the "Redskins" mascot is racially disparaging. Suzan Harjo ...Read More