Justice dept asks judge to clarify health care ruling
The Justice Department urged U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson to require states to continue enacting and enforcing the Affordable Care Act during appeal. The motion argues withholding 2011 Medicare payment changes could delay roughly 100 million claims monthly, while Alaska Governor Parnell says his state will not implement the law.
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Pensacola
Fla
Justice Department
Florida
U.S
Roger Vinson
Congress
Vinson
Barack Obama
Supreme Court
Alaska
Sean Parnell
Parnell
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
Pam Bondi
Jennifer Meale
Justice Lawyers
Missing drug samples at Lawrence Livermore lab raise concern
A federal inspector general report finds Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory failed to track 42 controlled substances including cocaine and heroin. Discrepancies show opium and black tar heroin exceeding records and amphetamine samples disappearing, with sloppier records hindering misuse or misappropriation determinations.
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San Francisco
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Energy Department
Inspector General
Jim Bono
Livermore
Bond
Man acquitted in New York cat marinating case
A 52 year old Buffalo man, Gary Korkuc, was acquitted of animal cruelty after a one day non jury trial. Police found a cat soaked in oil and peppers in his car trunk and he claimed the cat entered food items by accident. He was fined $70 for a traffic citation and released to local care.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Gary Korkuc
Korkuc
SPCA
Michael Pacifico
Pittsburgh Zoo to Move Callee the Elephant to Alabama
A 10 year old male elephant named Callee at the Pittsburgh Zoo is being moved to the Birmingham Zoo in Alabama due to herd dynamics. Keepers will take him off display on Friday as Callee joins other males, after even his mother began to push him away in a natural staging of elephant social life.
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Willie Theison
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Zoo & Ppg Aquarium
Alabama
Birmingham Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Willie Thieson
Callee
Court ruling upholds error in trip and fall case
Bay City loses lawsuit as Robert Graczyk failed to provide precise accident location. Appeals court says under state law he must state exact corner. incident in December 2006 occurred at the northwest corner, not the northeast corner of Broadway and 21st Street.
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Bay City
Mich
Michigan
Robert Graczyk
Graczyk
Broadway
21St Street
Wiry hair defense helps man beat robbery charge
A Bucks County jury acquitted Timo thy Corbett of robbery and terroristic threats after evidence including surveillance video and eyewitness accounts. Defense attorney Louis Busko argued the defendant’s stiff hair could not resemble the mussed locks in the video, and jurors found reasonable doubt.
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Doylestown
Philadelphia
Timothy Corbett
Bucks County
Louis Busko
Corbett
Bensalem
Christopher Rees
Suspect Arrested After Glue Jar Attack in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh police say Shawn Dillard threatened to throw a grenade at a narcotics detective after a suspected drug deal. He tossed a jar of rubber cement from his car moon roof, led officers on a chase, and crashed. Police found 15 dose stamp bags of heroin, marijuana, and $200 in the vehicle. Dillard, 20, is jailed on drug possession and resisting arrest charges awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Pittsburgh
Shawn Dillard
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh Tribune- Review
Dillard
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