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Woman sues tabloid for defamation over report of alleged tryst with Obama

donal brown November 14, 2010

A woman suing the Globe tabloid for defamation says that the publication ran a story fabricated by Barack Obama’s political opponents that as a campaign worker she had an affair with Obama. -db Courthouse News Service November 12, 2010 By Marimer Matos MIAMI (CN) – President Obama’s political rivals fabricated a sex scandal about a former campaign worker, the woman says in a defamation complaint against the Globe tabloid. Vera Baker says the “story came

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Middle school student told he could keep American flag on bike

donal brown November 13, 2010

After telling a student he could not fly an American flag on his bike on the possibility that the flag could cause disruption at Denair Middle School, the school authorities relented and allowed the flag. -db FOX40 News November 12, 2010 By Elissa Harrington DENAIR, Calif. -13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather,

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Free speech: ‘Sign man’ faces charges for obstruction

donal brown November 11, 2010

A Mountain View, California man known as ‘sign man’ claims that his right to free speech was violated when he was arrested for creating threats to public safety and obstructing traffic. -db San Francisco Chronicle November 7, 2010 By Kelsey Williams On any given day in Mountain View, a man called Wo’O Ideafarm can be found standing by his roughly 5-by-4-by-8 foot box/home that he covers with large signs. Ranging in content from relatively mild

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No plan yet to improve public access to information in EPA libraries

donal brown November 11, 2010

The Environmental Protection Agency is still working on a strategic plan to inventory its information and make it easily accessible to the public. -db OMB Watch Analysis November 9, 2010 After more than three years of development, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has yet to complete a strategic plan for its library network or to inventory the network’s holdings, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Bush administration controversially moved to close several

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Media law expert questions college ban on athletes’ tweets

donal brown November 11, 2010

Public and private universities are increasingly limiting players’ use of social media that one expert says constitutes in most cases illegal prior restraint and a violation of their free speech rights. -db Citizen Media Law Center Commentary November 9, 2010 By Eric P. Robinson An exercise we did Friday at University of Nevada, Reno’s High School Journalism Day raised an interesting legal question: can a public university restrict its students’ use of social networking sites such

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