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Poverty up 20 percent among N.J. children 5 and younger, report says

 

TRENTON — More than two years after the nation’s deep recession formally ended, a new report released today says the sharp economic downturn continued to drive an unprecedented number of New Jersey families into poverty, forcing them to rely on such safety net programs as food stamps, reduced-cost school meals programs and Medicaid.

Almost one-third of New Jersey’s children 5 and younger were living in low-income homes in 2011 — defined as earning at or below 200 percent of the poverty level, or about $37,000 for a family of three — according to the report, called “Kids Count,” which was prepared by Advocates for Children of New Jersey and funded by the Annie E. Casey

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Posted May 21, 2013 | by Stacy Kapes

U-Haul full of animals abandoned outside Publix

Hernando County, Florida — Nearly 40 cats had to be euthanized Tuesday after they were found, along with other animals, in a U-Haul truck abandoned in the parking lot of a Spring Hill Publix.

Hernando Sheriff’s deputies were called out to investigate and when they arrived, along with Pasco County Code Enforcement officials and Animal Services officers, they reported they could hear the animals “screaming” inside.

When they opened the door, 50 cats and three dogs were found inside the “extremely hot” truck and stored inside plastic containers similar to Tupperware containers.

The driver of the U-Haul was not around, but an investigation revealed it had been driven to Publix by 50-year-old Frances Terry Evans.

Pasco County officials say they have an ongoing case with Evans regarding animal hoarding.

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Posted May 21, 2013 | by Archer Margarot
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ALJ Essex Grants New Motion To Terminate Investigation As To Pantech In Certain Electronic Imaging Devices (337-TA-850)

On May 13, 2013, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 26 (dated May 10, 2013) in Certain Electronic Imaging Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-850).

By way of background, ALJ Essex issued Order No. 21 granting Complainant FlashPoint Technology, Inc. (“Flashpoint”) and Respondents Pantech., Co., Ltd. and Pantech Wireless, Inc.’s (collectively, “Pantech”) joint motion to terminate the investigation as to Pantech based on entry of a consent order and an associated letter of intent to execute a final patent license agreement.  Subsequently, the International Trade Commission remanded the initial determination back to ALJ Essex to allow for FlashPoint and Pantech to file a new motion to terminate after the parties have executed their final patent license agreement.

According to Order No. 26, FlashP

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Posted May 20, 2013 | by Lucinda Menge

Attorney General Eric Holder Meets with Russian Interior Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder met today with Minister of Interior (MVD) of the Russian Federation Vladimir Alexandrovich Kolokoltsev.  During the meeting, Attorney General Holder thanked Minister Kolokoltsev for the assistance by the Russian government relating to the investigation into the terror attack in Boston. They also discussed law enforcement cooperation between the two countries in areas including counterterrorism, transnational organized crime and child pornography.

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Posted May 19, 2013 | by Phoebe Schnaars

Town Sued for Requiring Residents to Own Guns

The tiny town of Nelson, Georgia, is facing a court battle after passing a law that requires all households to own a gun and ammunition. The DC-based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence had filed a federal lawsuit against the town on the grounds that the law, which was passed in April, is unconstitutional, and violates the the 1st and 14th Amendments, reports CNN. “Forcing residents to buy guns they do not want or need won’t make the City of Nelson or its people any safer, and only serves to increase gun sales and gun industry profits,” said a spokesman in a statement. <

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Posted May 18, 2013 | by Lucinda Menge

Should this toy be saved?

Illustration by Bob Schuchman

After a 6-year-old Canadian girl swallowed 19 superstrong, pea-size magnets in March, she told her mother she thought they were candy. The magnets failed to pass through naturally, and a surgeon removed them three days later, finding a perforated small intestine, ulcerations in the stomach and two small holes in the bowel.

The rare-earth magnets with the brand name Buckyballs had been a gift for the womans two children, the other a 2-year-old.

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Posted May 17, 2013 | by Phoebe Schnaars

Rally Sunday against Belmont soccer stadium

3:48 pm Fri, May 17, 2013 Community leaders and residents who oppose a proposal to bring a 25,000-seat soccer stadium at Belmont Park are holding a rally on Sunday. $69A Good Deal!

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Posted May 15, 2013 | by Stacy Kapes

GE BETZ INC v. ZEE COMPANY INC BMO

After winning a multi-million dollar judgment against Zee Company in a North Carolina state court, GE Betz discovered that Zee had tied up virtually all of its assets in a credit facility agreement with BMO Harris Bank before the entry of final judgment. As a result, GE Betz registered the North Carolina final judgment in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Harris’s principal place of business, and served Harris with a citation to discover Zee’s assets. Zee subsequently removed the Cook County case to federal court based on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1441(b). But GE Betz objected to Zee’s removal, arguing that it ran afoul of (1) subject-matter jurisdiction, and (2) the forum-defendant rule.

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Posted May 15, 2013 | by Archer Margarot