So suggests John Avalon, in a Daily Beast column “The Secret History of the Birthers.” He traces birtherism to a Texas woman named Linda Starr, who was a Hillary Clinton delegate to the 2008 Texas state Democratic Convention. Avalon writes that Starr “was also cited as a key source for CBS’ discredi ...

By Linda Deutsch, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson’s doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter, capping an exhaustive investigation into the pop star’s stunning death last summer and setting up the prospect of another sensational celebrity co ...

An OFCCP ALJ has issued a recommended ruling that Bank of America discriminated against African-American job applicants for entry level positions in Charlotte, NC, in 1993 and from 2002 to 2005. Next: A hearing to determine what remedies should be provided by the bank. DOL Press release 02/02/ ...

Europe Defense Contractor BAE Systems to Plead Guilty to Bribes - ABC NewsEurope's largest defense contractor , U.K -based BAE Systems and the Justice Department have reached a settlement in a wide ranging bribery investigation that spans back to the 1990s. Under the settlement, the firm is expected ...

The son of a woman shot to death by Kansas City police officers in 2007 has filed suit against the officers and the Board of Police Commissioners. Police fatally shot Linda Friday inside her south Kansas [...]

By Robert Jablon, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES – A Mercedes that Charlie Sheen reported stolen from his Sherman Oaks home was found overturned hundreds of feet down a nearby cliff early Friday, but there’s no evidence anyone was in the car when it went into the ravine, police said ...

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The trial has started in a lawsuit that claims a 42-year-old woman died after being exposed to tear gas. Police in Jackson, Miss. stormed the home of Linda White, with her permission, in April 2006, using tear gas and pepper spray to arrest two individuals. When White returned home later that evenin ...

By Linda Deutsch,Thomas Watkins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors plan to charge Michael Jackson’s doctor with manslaughter rather than take the case to a grand jury, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press Tuesday. Prosecutors will file a criminal complaint against Dr. Con ...

New York Times' Linda Greenhouse, commenting on the U.S. Supreme Court's "exaltation of corporate speech" in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:...the Roberts court has lost its virginity.- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Firm website: www.wiselaw.net EMPLOYMENT LAW • CIVI ...