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At The Theatres This Week

Fierce Indians, Scouts, half-breeds, United States regulars, and the wives and sweethearts or all of them appear in the play to be given at the Manhattan Theatre this week, "John Ermine of the Yellowstone." James K. Hackett will have the lending role. Frederic Remington, the artist, whose Western types are widely known, has had a share in the building of this American drama. Source : query.nytimes.com

Our view: Exhibits offer awareness of domestic violence

Some issues often develop tedious exposure. They begin to humans something to eliminate or ignore. Domestic violence is not part of the issues, and citizens should consider. In a perfect world, they revolted and motivation to help, who are in need. In recognition of National Women's History Month, Shippensburg University done their part to draw attention to domestic violence. To protect their credit lines, the school is hosting two exhibits that focus on different types of abuse, such as rape, sexual assault, incest and crimes motivated by hate and crime. Both are available to the public. Dickinson College's Clothes Line

Emotional social issues at the Legislature

GOV. Ben Cayetano is pushing the Legislature to begin a discussion of emotional social issues such as domestic partnerships for same-sex couples, doctor-assisted death and medical use of marijuana. Senate President Norman Mizuguchi and House Speaker Calvin Say want legislators to fix their attention on the economy. Mizuguchi says the Senate probably won't get to the social issues this year and possibly not even next year. It sounds like a conflict. but that's not necessarily so. Cayetano is right that lawmakers must start a discussion of these issues to move them toward resolution. And legislative leaders are right that they don't have

These Minnesota lawyers practice by the Book.

A small plaque on Paul Baertschi's desk contains a quotation from the 18th-century Irish politician Edmund Burke: "All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." That philosophy helps guide Baertschi, a criminal prosecutor for the small Minneapolis firm of Tallen and Baertschi, and his work as president of the Minnesota chapter of the Christian Legal Society, a 45-year-old national organization consisting of Christian attorneys, judges, law professors and law students. While the national CLS advocates for freedom of religious expression and for pro-life causes, Baertschi said the local chapter stays away from lobbying

House approves anti-crime bill to fight violence against women

The House approved a sweeping anti-crime bill Friday that includes more than $3 billion to fight violence against women and seeks to protect women brought into the U.S. by the international illegal sex trade. The catchall legislation also has provisions that would make it easier for victims to collect compensation from terrorist states and would force states to pay costs when a criminal is released from prison and commits a crime in another state. It passed 371-1 and is expected to be approved by the Senate early next week. Reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act has been a top priority

Fractured Families: More Couples Resort To Faith-Based Divorce Counseling

AVON PARK - Jackie Stiles divorced less than 2 years but still had some problems with management. For her, with the consequences that it has been several times to visit "DivorceCare" classes with Donna Titus, a church volunteer. At the meeting on Wednesday, the second on the last for the course, Titus Stiles, and discuss with others, such as women. Both Titus and video, it uses bands, because it is in the Bible. She quoted II Corinthians 5:18. "And all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the word of reconciliation." The classes

Teenage Violence Linked To Later Domestic Violence

Adolescents who engaged in violent behavior at a relatively steady rate through their teenage years and those whose violence began in their mid teens and increased over the years are significantly more likely to engage in domestic violence in their mid 20s than other young adults, according to a new University of Washington study. "Most people think youth violence and domestic violence are separate problems, but this study shows that they are intertwined," said Todd Herrenkohl, lead author of the study and a UW associate professor of social work. The study also found no independent link between an individual's use of alcohol

Moursund family still profits from co-op ties

A.W. Moursund, a powerful friend and business partner of Lyndon Johnson's, was attacked. The General Council of the time, Peder of Alès Electric Cooperative, defending his regime and the non-receipt of the auction by its insurance contracts, securities and law firms during a Public Utility Commission in 1983 for a price. "I have always done, from right to left (co-op), although there are people who are trying to smear me," he was quoted in these terms in the 19th June 1983, American-Statesman history. Ten days later, regulatory authorities to an agreement to allow the Co-op to raise rates, but it

Fight On In Court For De Saulles Boy

The likelihood that the guardianship of John L. De Saulles, Jr., the infant son of Mrs. Blanca Errazuriz De Saulles, will be taken from her before she has been indicted for killing her husband was indicated yesterday in the course of an argument before Surrogate Fowler in the application of Charles A.H. De Saulles, uncle of the boy, to be named Source : query.nytimes.com

Dinkins Is Endorsed By Two Gay Groups

LEAD: Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Manhattan Borough President David N. Dinkins yesterday accepted the endorsement of two gay political groups in his race for the Democratic mayoral nomination, saying he would fight for legal recognition of gay and lesbian domestic partnerships. Mr. Dinkins met at City Hall with the leaders of both groups, the Gay and Lesbian Independent Democrats and the Lambda Independent Democrats. The city's third major

Conecticut Q&A: Anne Menard; '95 Percent of the Victims Are Women'

ANNE MENARD is executive director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence, which was formed in 1976. The coalition represents 18 programs across the state that provide services to women, who are the primary victims of domestic violence. ANNE MENARD is executive director of the Connecticut Coalition Against Domestic Violence,

Asking A Separation; A Jewish Wife's Complaint Against Her Gentile Husband

A motion for the payment of alimony in an action for limited divorce or separation, instituted by Kate N. Spraker against George Spraker, was argued yesterday before Justice Andrews by Counselor Myer J. Stein, of ex-Recorder James M. Smith's office. The defendant did not appear. Source : query.nytimes.com

Maryland law firms announce staffing changes: October 22, 2007

Stuart S. Greenfeig and Darcy A. Shoop have been named to the 2008 list of Best Lawyers in America, a leading referral guide to the legal profession in the U.S. Greenfeig was recognized in the areas of collaborative law and family law, and Shoop in the area of collaborative law.

Couple-busters offer 50 ways to say sayonara to your lover

Breaking up is hard to do, or so they used to say. Now, however, Japanese people who tire of a lover or spouse can always call in the professionals. For around £65 an hour, the wakaresase-ya - or couple-buster agencies - will seduce or blackmail a troublesome partner into divorce

In 10 Years, Family & Medical Leave Act Has Transformed Lives, Workplaces.

Aug. 4--Brad Dennie could have been a trendsetter 10 years ago. Yet when the 40-year-old network administrator at the Capital District Transportation Authority in Albany decided to take a one-month paternity leave this year after the birth of his first child, it was no big deal. He didn't think twice

Heiresses Guarded Against Kidnappers

The three children Julia Fletcher Barnard, the sister of Mrs. Booth Tarkington, who died Friday in Pasadena, tourbillonné were secretly in a car in Pasadena Riverside on Monday evening, where the wait, they were nationals.

Sealed Divorce Papers Cause Census Wrangle

Differences between the Federal officials sent here from Washington to take charge of the census of divorce and separation eases which is now in course of preparation throughout the country and the officers of the Supreme Court neared actual hostilities yesterday morning. The officers of the Supreme Court refused to

Californians Are Calling It 'Dissolution' -- but That's Still End of a Marriage

There hasn't been a divorce in California in more than a year, but that's only because the name has been changed to protect the innocent, and the guilty as well. Source : select.nytimes.com

United States: DOL Proposes Revisions To The FMLA Regulations

Am 11. Februar 2008, dem US Department of Labor (DOL) veröffentlicht vorgeschlagenen Änderungen der Familie Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Vorschriften. Dies ist das erste Mal, wurden vorgeschlagen Änderungen, die seit der Regelungen Verabschiedung des Gesetzes im Jahr 1993. Der FMLA erfordert unter Arbeitgebern, die bis zu zwölf Wochen unbezahlten Urlaub

Case Settled in Two Minutes -- Divorce Follows Automatically in Three Years

The separation suit of Langevin vs. Langevin was disposed of in two minutes in the First Chamber of the Paris court to-day. The presiding Magistrate read the judgment so hurriedly and indistinctly that no one in the court was able to understand him, and the case passed unnoticed. Source : query.nytimes.com