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The Law Library of Congress launched a site on the World Wide Web to provide visitors with essential legal information regarding the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants by the Supreme Iraqi Criminal Tribunal. “The trial ...

Rehabilitation of the Interstate 435 bridge over the Missouri River will close the structure’s right northbound lane beginning Wednesday. The one-lane reduction is expected to continue until at least May 21 and marks the beginning of a $21 million project ...

Everyone knows some jobs are more hazardous than others. Police officers, firemen, test pilots and others all face dangers most of us never have to confront. Home inspecting is one occupation that doesn’t conjure up visions of peril for its ...

Peter Moloney, president of Moloney Family Funeral Homes, last spring decided to install solar panels at his funeral homes in Holbrook, Lake Ronkonkoma, Bohemia, Central Islip and Hauppauge, N.Y. Then he waited. And waited. Moloney said he ordered them around ...

When Kerri and Jeff Wagner wanted to replace the original cedar siding on their Dutch colonial, they faced a decision: More cedar or vinyl? The Northport, N.Y. couple opted for vinyl. According to Remodeling Magazine’s 2005 Cost vs. Value Report, ...

A contract employee who conflicted with a company’s employees cannot expect to return to the same job by simply changing placement agencies, the Missouri Supreme Court said last week in John Stehno v. Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Amdocs Ltd. John ...

Juries across the country continued to be tightfisted with their awards in 2005 as the total for jury verdicts declined for the third straight year, according to a recent report released by the National Law Journal. Based on a review ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, workers quickly transformed an airplane hangar at Lambert Airport into a makeshift mini-hospital and emergency refuge, expecting thousands of evacuees to be airlifted to St. Louis needing temporary shelter and medical care. The Gulf ...

When Terry Schiavo’s family battled publicly last year over whether to remove her feeding tube, many attorneys stressed the need for living wills and health care proxies. But few mentioned the importance of discussing how their clients’ religious beliefs affect ...

Kim Smith was a radiation therapist treating cancer patients. For 15 years at Stony Brook University Hospital, North Fork Radiation Therapy and John T. Mather Memorial, she played her part in helping patients make life-altering decisions. Then she made one ...

Four uniform acts, dealing with issues ranging from the oversight of debt counseling services to a new statute on the titling of motor vehicles, were approved last week by the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates at its Midyear Meeting ...