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Justices to hear New Jersey fair housing case

June 17, 2013 11:30
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider whether a New Jersey township's plan to redevelop lower income housing violated the Fair Housing Act because it would reduce affordability for minorities. In weighing the lawsuit filed by Mount Holly Gardens Citizens in Action against the township of Mount Holly, the court will decide whether the statute allows for claims based on seemingly neutral practices that have a discriminatory effect.

Justices agree to hear airline defamation case

June 17, 2013 10:32
By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider whether an airline had legal immunity from a defamation claim after employees reported a disgruntled colleague to federal authorities as a possible security risk. Air Wisconsin Airlines Corp, a subsidiary of Harbor Diversified Inc, says it is immune from the claims made by former pilot William Hoeper under a law passed after the September 11, 2001, attacks that encouraged airlines to share security concerns.

Afghan police chief survives suicide attack

Agence France-PresseJune 17, 2013 04:31
The police chief of Afghanistan's volatile Helmand province survived a suicide attack on Monday when his convoy was bombed in the city of Lashkar Gah, officials said. Nabi Ilham's armoured car was badly damaged by the early-morning explosion in the provincial capital, and three of his guards were wounded. "At around 7:00 am (0230 GMT) the motorcade was passing through the city. A suicide car bomb targeted it," Omar Zwak, the provincial governor's spokesman, told AFP.

Political optics overlooked in 'Tea Party' review: IRS official

June 16, 2013 22:31
By Kim Dixon and Kevin Drawbaugh (Reuters) - Internal Revenue Service employees in Ohio, who singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny, likely did not consider the political implications, an IRS official in Washington has told congressional investigators.

US judge who presided over Microsoft antitrust case, branded company a monopoly dies at 76

The Canadian PressJune 16, 2013 15:30
WASHINGTON - Thomas Penfield Jackson, who as a federal judge in Washington presided over a Microsoft antitrust case and the drug possession trial of former Mayor Marion Barry, has died. Jackson died at his home in Compton, Md., his wife Patricia told The Associated Press on Sunday. He was 76 and had cancer.

After opening gambit, Detroit manager's next move vexes creditors

June 16, 2013 09:32
By Nick Carey and Tom Hals (Reuters) - Now that Detroit's emergency manager has laid out a tough road that could include a bankruptcy filing for the city, the bondholders, pension managers and others with a stake in the outcome are left to assess his next steps while seeking to minimize any possible losses.

Analysis: Why bankrupt W.R. Grace is thriving

June 16, 2013 09:31
By Ernest Scheyder and Nick Brown COLUMBIA, Md./NEW YORK (Reuters) - A company stuck in bankruptcy for 12 years may not seem like much of a catch, but investors have fallen in love with U.S. specialty chemical manufacturer W.R. Grace & Co <GRA.N> and its surging sales to the energy sector. One of the longest bankruptcies in U.S. history, Grace filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2001 after an asbestos leak at one of its mines led to thousands of lawsuits against the company.

President has very limited powers in Iran

Agence France-PresseJune 15, 2013 17:46
Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is the most powerful figure in Iran, and the powers of the country's president over policy decisions are very limited. But Hassan Rowhani, the moderate cleric elected to the presidency on Saturday, may find that as a figure of consensus he also has more room for manoeuvre in governing Iran. Under the constitution, the supreme leader "defines the major policies on running the Islamic republic and... supervises them".

Google launching Internet-beaming balloons to bring the Web to remote corners of the earth

The Canadian PressJune 15, 2013 16:00
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Google is launching Internet-beaming antennas into the stratosphere aboard giant, jellyfish-shaped balloons with the lofty goal of getting the entire planet online. Eighteen months in the works, the top-secret project was announced Saturday in New Zealand, where up to 50 volunteer households are already beginning to receive the Internet briefly on their home computers via translucent helium balloons that sail by on the wind 12 miles above Earth.

Google unveils Internet beaming balloons launched into stratosphere

The Canadian PressJune 15, 2013 11:00
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Wrinkled and skinny at first, the translucent, jellyfish-shaped balloons that Google released this week from a frozen field in the heart of New Zealand's South Island hardened into shiny pumpkins as they rose into the blue winter skies above Lake Tekapo, passing the first big test of a lofty goal to get the entire planet online.
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