Herman: Our new federal courthouse, too big and too small

Mayor Sam Katz will keep his job. A judge has dismissed a conflict of interest case against the mayor that could have cost him his seat. The decision came down at the courthouse late this afternoon. Restaurant owner Joe Chan alleged Katz was in a ...

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IT IS A SLEEPY SUNDAY NIGHT over San Diego Bay, and Ive just finished an intense contest-judging session in a hotel conference room that, just an hour earlier, held enough graphical books to look like TVs Comic Book Men before an intervention by ...

A federal judge has ruled that an Austin police officer did not use excessive force when he shot and killed 16-year-old Devin Contreras outside a South Austin store in 2010. But U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks also ruled in favor of the teen's family ...

SAFE HAVEN is taken from a romantic thriller by Nicolas Sparks, an author who seems to rely on death as a plot device, at least in most of the screen versions of his prolific output. On this occasion, however, Sparks has found a slightly different ...

If the judges in this year's Turner Prize, as The Independent has it, will need to make a sincere effort to stop themselves giggling at a foursome often known for frivolousness, then the reactions, as usual, are also reliably entertaining. A deluge ...

In Iraq, Kurds were the target of chemical attacks under deposed strongman Saddam Hussein, but now enjoy a large measure of self-rule in the north of the country, where they run their own administration and armed forces. Kurdish autonomy is ...

Suit dismissed without prejudice AUSTIN, Texas—A lawsuit brought by Interactive Life Forms, the makers of Fleshlight, against Legend Toys has been dismissed without prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. A dismissal ...

Topics: States, Politics, Health Reform, Medicaid, Mental Health, Marketplace, Hospitals, Health Costs, Delivery of Care A selection of health policy stories from Texas, Kansas, Georgia, Wisconsin and California. CQ HealthBeat: OIG Final Rule Allows ...