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Pittsburgh: Defamation countersuit can proceed in sexual assault case

donal brown November 1, 2011

A federal judge ruled that a man accused of hypnotizing his employee and sexually molesting her could counter sue the employee for defamation. The woman made a number of statements to ABCNews.com describing the hypnosis and sexual assault that her employer says were made with malice and reckless disregard for the truth. -db From the Courthouse News Service, October 31, 2011, by Erin Mcauley. Full story  

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Commission unveils war fraud, seals records for 20 years

donal brown November 1, 2011

After uncovering $60 billion in contractor waste and fraud in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Commission on Wartime Contracting buried its internal records for 20 years. The Commission did release 8 reports and publish recommendations to avoid waste and fraud, but the decision to block access to the internal records and source material prevents the public and nonprofits from building on the work of the Commission, writes Jake Wiens, an investigator for POGO.  -db From a

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‘Overbroad doctrine’ upheld in Washington state ruling on car horns

donal brown October 31, 2011

The Washington Supreme Court struck down a county noise ordinance forbidding honking car horns for purposes other than public safety. The Court ruled that the ordiance was overbroad in limiting legitimate expression. The decision came in a case in which a woman was arrested for honking her horn in front of a house of a person who protested that she was raising chickens violating homeowner association rules. A justice writing for the majority set out

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Online posting: Student speech subject to greater regulation after Supreme Court refuses to hear case

donal brown October 31, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court left standing a lower court ruling supporting the punishment of a high school student for criticizing a decision by school officials in a vulgar online posting. By ruling not to hear the case, the Court sidestepped an opportunity to establish guidelines for regulation of student speech in social media forums. -db From The CT Mirror, October 31, 2011, by Jacqueline Rabe Thomas. Full story

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Bloggers advocating democratic reform suffer oppression

donal brown October 31, 2011

Despite the promise of the Arab Spring, bloggers world-wide are seen as threats to public order and  arrested and imprisoned for speaking out for democratic reform. Bloggers are in danger in many countries including Syria, Egypt, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. -db From a commentary by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, October 27, 2011, by Jillian C. York. Full story

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