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Lawyer Calls for Mistrial in 'Bratz' Lawsuit
The Associated PressA lawyer for the maker of Bratz dolls sought a mistrial Friday in a copyright infringement case brought by Mattel Inc. after a juror was dismissed for allegedly making racial slurs. The federal judge in the closely watched intellectual property dispute...Tags: Trials, Lawyers, Judges, Mattel Inc., Toy Industry
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Man admits racist graffiti in Metro East
Federal sentencing is set for October for a Missouri man who admits he spray-painted racist threats and slurs on a black couple's home near Collinsville. Twenty-five-year-old William Bowen of Missouri's St. Louis County pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S....Tags: Trials, Court Preliminary
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Teens charged in illegal immigrant's death
Two teenagers -- one a National Honor Society student -- have been charged with homicide and two other teenagers with related charges in the racially charged beating death of a 25-year-old illegal immigrant this month in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County....Tags: Schuylkill County, Juvenile Delinquency, Lawyers, Health and Safety at School, Murder
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Aurora police investigating possible hate crime
The owner of a car parked in the driveway of a home in the 1700 block of Kautz Road in Aurora found all four tires had been slashed and a racial slur had been keyed into two of the doors, police said. The incident occurred between 8 p.m. Sunday and 6:...Tags: Assault
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2 Teens Face More Charges
Two teenagers accused of painting racist and satanic graffiti on a local church allegedly vandalized a second church and a couple of houses in the neighborhood on the same night, police say. Daniel Forgione and Alex Uliasz, both 18, were arrested June...Tags: Waterbury, Meriden, Prosecution
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Civil rights groups want consent searches banned
Associated Press WriterCivil rights groups on Thursday asked Gov. Rod Blagojevich to bar state police from conducting consent searches during traffic stops, citing four years of data that show minorities are searched more often than whites. In 2007, minorities underwent...Tags: Executive Branch, Vehicles, Health and Safety at School, Government, Rod Blagojevich
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Sports briefs: Roddick, Federer upset in Toronto
Andy Roddick followed Roger Federer out of the Rogers Cup in Toronto. The sixth-seeded Roddick was upset by 44th-ranked Marin Cilic 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 Thursday. Defending champion Novak Djokovic advanced to the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Robin...Tags: Major League Baseball, David Beckham, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Prisons, Los Angeles Clippers
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Study sees racial bias in traffic-stop searches
Chicago Tribune reportersCivil rights groups called Thursday for ending the state police practice of searching vehicles during routine traffic stops, citing new statistics that show black and Hispanic motorists are searched more often even though drugs or other illegal items turn...Tags: Council on American-Islamic Relations, Road Transportation, Carol Stream, House, Barack Obama
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Hate Crimes Hit 5-year High in L.A. County
Associated PressLOS ANGELES -- Hate crimes in Los Angeles County soared last year to their highest mark in five years even as overall crime dropped across the region, according to a report released Thursday. The annual report by the county's human relations commission...Tags: Abusive Behavior, William Bratton, Assault, National or Ethnic Minorities, Laws
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Monkeying with evolution
"My dear, let us hope that it isn't true!" the wife of the bishop of Worcester is reputed to have exclaimed 150 years ago, on hearing that human beings might be descended from apes. "But if it is true, let us hope that it doesn't become widely known!"...Tags: Galileo Galilei, Blaise Pascal, Biology, Sociology, Genetics
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