Birds fly on Wednesday through downtown Kansas City near the Hotel Phillips.Photo by Scott Lauck A historic Kansas City hotel is blaming a local construction company for “graphic markings” that have appeared in a number of rooms over the past ...
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The Missouri Supreme Court is set to consider which types of damages are allowed when an unusual company vehicle is involved in a wreck. The court today will hear oral arguments in the case of Gateway Foam Insulators. v. Jokerst ...
Read More »Racial discrimination suit revived by 8th Circuit
A federal appeals court said five St. Louis County employees can pursue their racial discrimination lawsuit against the county. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday the federal trial court was wrong to grant the county’s motion for ...
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Dr. Joel Cooper, the famous lung surgeon who is suing Washington University, admitted on cross-examination to making transfers of foundation funds to offset an operational deficit in his division. “My running of the division differed from other division chiefs,” Cooper ...
Read More »Obama seeks 120-day pause for Guantanamo tribunals
Bloomberg News The Obama administration, asserting the “interests of justice,” is seeking a 120-day pause in military war-crimes tribunals of suspected terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. A military judge on Wednesday granted the prosecution’s request to delay ...
Read More »Holder vote postponed
Senate Republicans forced the Judiciary Committee to delay a vote on Eric Holder, President Barack Obama’s choice to be attorney general. They said the nominee has failed to answer all their questions. Wednesday’s move postpones a confirmation vote by the ...
Read More »‘Pinkos’ back in, ‘right-thinking Americans’ out
Like many young idealists, Bradley Schlozman aimed to make a difference in government. Overseeing the U.S. Justice Department’s civil-rights division, he dedicated himself to making sure he hired “right-thinking Americans” instead of the sort of “politburo members” and “pinkos” who ...
Read More »Hotel sues over obscene sheetrock
A historic Kansas City hotel is blaming a local construction company for “graphic markings” that have appeared in a number of rooms over the past several years. Since the Hotel Phillips opened in 2001, according to a recent lawsuit, drawings ...
Read More »High court to consider losses allowed in company vehicle case
The Missouri Supreme Court is set to consider which types of damages are allowed when an unusual company vehicle is involved in a wreck. The court today will hear oral arguments in the case of Gateway Foam Insulators. v. Jokerst ...
Read More »Racial discrimination suit revived against county
A federal appeals court said five St. Louis County employees can pursue their racial discrimination lawsuit against the county. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Friday the federal trial court was wrong to grant the county’s motion for ...
Read More »‘Pinkos’ back in, ‘right-thinking Amer-icans’ out
Like many young idealists, Bradley Schlozman aimed to make a difference in government. Overseeing the U.S. Justice Department’s civil-rights division, he dedicated himself to making sure he hired “right-thinking Americans” instead of the sort of “politburo members” and “pinkos” who ...
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