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City settles suit; cameras down in 2 months
City settles suit; cameras down in 2 months Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 08:22 p.m., Wednesday, February 8, 2012 City Council approved a payout of at least $4.8 million Wednesday to settle a lawsuit and take down Houston's controversial red-light cameras, finally ... City Room: Dividing the 105th
A city councilman is trying, once again, to split the police precinct in two. Jersey City clears 'Jersey Shore' spinoff
Jersey City taxpayers won't be footing the bill for police assigned to security for the women of "Jersey Shore" and all the attention that comes with them. City Room: Examining the Separation of Church and Schools
The city's eviction of religious groups from public schools may well be regarded as a triumph for the Constitution. City Clerk yanks city stickers over gang sign flap
Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza is axing the controversial winning design for the 2012-13 city sticker, saying it could be ?misconstrued? as including gang signs.Speaking at a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Mendoza said the move was necessary.?I cannot ask drivers to put a sticker on their cars that may be misconstrued as containing gang symbols,? Mendoza said.?Communities suffer as a ... Mexico City modern metro meets ancient Aztec life
After two hours' grueling drive southeast from the center of Mexico City, through paralyzing traffic jams and clouds of throat-burning smog, the bleached-white haze of air pollution gives way to pale-blue sky. City offers $6.2 million to settle arrests at 2003 war protest
Lawyers for the city of Chicago told a federal judge today they have reached a $6.2 million settlement with more than 800 plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit stemming from the mass arrests of protesters during a 2003 demonstration against the Iraq war. City clerk investigates: Does new city sticker have gang signs?
City Clerk Susana Mendoza is investigating claims that the city?s 2012-13 vehicle sticker ? intended for every Chicagoan?s windshield ? includes symbols honoring the gang that Police Supt. Garry McCarthy vowed to destroy.The city sticker design, which includes the city?s skyline inside a heart, with hands pointing up towards a police hat, fire department helmet and paramedic symbol, was ... City offers $6.2M to settle 2003 protest arrests
Lawyers for the city of Chicago told a federal judge today they have reached a $6.2 million settlement with more than 800 plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit stemming from the mass arrests of protesters during a 2003 demonstration against the Iraq war. City agrees to $6.2 million settlement with Iraq war protestors
The City of Chicago reached a $6.2 million settlement Thursday with some 850 protesters who were wrongfully arrested or detained after a 2003 demonstration that shut down Lake Shore Drive.The settlement would end the nine-year-old class-action lawsuit protesters brought in the wake of mass arrests by the Chicago Police Department at the demonstration against the Iraq War.Under the settlement ...
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