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Law corner: A dog who takes a bite out of a guest takes a bite out of his owner’s wallet
In Michigan, a dog’s owner has a legal responsibility to ensure that the dog does not injure people. Specifically, the dog bite statute provides:(1) If a dog bites a person, without provocation while the person is on public property, or lawfully on private property, including the property of the owner of the dog, the owner of the...
Iranian Americans, scholars react to historic Iran nuclear deal
November 28th, 20130 Iranian and Arab Americans in communities across the country are expressing enthusiasm about the historic agreement between Iran and six world powers that was finalized on Sunday, Nov. 24.The deal between Iran and the six major nations, which include the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany, places constraints on Tehran’s...
Imad Hamad leaves ADC Michigan; Attorney Fatina Abdrabboh to head local chapter amid growing calls for reform
November 27th, 20130 DEARBORN - The former Director of Michigan’s regional office of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC-MI) Imad Hamad announced, on Friday Nov. 22, that he was no longer with the civil rights group. The announcement of Hamad’s retirement comes after heavy pressure had built over the last several months for him to...Imad Hamd leaves ADC Michigan; Attorney Fatina Abedrabboh to head local chapter
The former head of the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee of Michigan, Imad Hamad announced today that he is no longer with the civil rights group. Attorney Fatina Abedrabboh is now the new ADC-Michigan Director. A statement released by Hamad today read, “First and foremost, I extend my...Students celebrate Oman’s National Day at UMD
DEARBORN — The Omani Student Association (OSA) at the University of Michigan-Dearborn (UMD) celebrated Oman's National Day, on the evening of Tuesday, Oct. 19, at the "Victor's Den," a student center in the university's residential complex, The Union. The students turned the celebration into an opportunity to promote their home...JFK’s civil rights legacy: 50 Years of myth and fact
There’s been as much myth as fact regarding John F. Kennedy’s civil rights legacy in the more than fifty years before, during and especially after his assassination on November 22, 1963. In the days before he delivered his now famed presidential inaugural address on Friday, January 20, 1961, two of his principal advisors Louis Martin...Florida congressman gets probation on cocaine charge
WASHINGTON — Florida Congressman Henry "Trey" Radel pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Wednesday, Nov. 20, and was sentenced to one year of probation.Radel, 37, a Republican who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives last year with the backing of the conservative Tea...Albuquerque hotel settles religious discrimination suit with EEOC
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — MCM Elegante Hotel in Albuquerque has agreed to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for $100,000 and other relief, the agency announced today.The settlement resolves an EEOC lawsuit filed on Sept. 21, 2011 for alleged religious discrimination...Changes weighed for California high school’s Arab mascot
School officials are weighing possible changes to a California high school's decades-old Arab mascot that the Arab-American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) has called offensive, the local school superintendent stated.But Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Darryl Adams provided few details on alterations to be...The Israel lobby is killing Iran negotiations in favor of war
The Obama administration is close to an agreement with the Iranian government to achieve a decade’s long goal. Iran would give up any plans it might have to develop nuclear weapons (verified by international inspections) in exchange for the lifting of some international sanctions that are doing significant damage to the Iranian...
France’s sham philosopher:Bernard Henri Levy and the destruction of Libya
November 22nd, 20130 While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “the world’s most influential Jew,” Bernard Henri Levy is number 45, according to an article published in the Israeli right-wing newspaper the Jerusalem Post, on May 21, 2010.Levy, per the Post’s standards, came only two spots behind Irving Moskowitz, a “Florida-based tycoon...
Iran, West struggle to reach agreement at Geneva nuclear talks
November 22nd, 20130 GENEVA - France and Iran traded tough words on Thursday, Nov. 21, as major powers struggled to finalize an interim deal to curb Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, with Paris urging the West to hold firm and Tehran deploring a loss of trust.Each side appeared to be dampening down anticipation of an imminent...U.S. foster parent charged after child found with dead chicken around neck
North Carolina — A social worker has been charged after her 11-year-old foster child was found chained to the porch of her home with a dead chicken hanging around his neck, a sheriff's official said on Saturday.Wanda Sue Larson, 57, was arrested and charged with child abuse and false imprisonment on Friday after a deputy found...Virginia state senator stabbed, son dead by suicide
Charlottesville, Va. — Virginia State Sen. Creigh Deeds was grievously stabbed by his son, who then shot himself on the morning of Tuesday Nov. 19.Austin "Gus" Deeds, 24, stabbed and critically wounded his father around 7 a.m. at their home in Millboro, Bath County, Virginia State Police said in a statement. At a press conference...Boston man drags motel manager to death with pickup truck after bill dispute
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man was charged on Tuesday, in the death of a woman dragged under his pickup truck for three miles along a highway south of Boston, after a dispute about a motel bill.Moses Acloque, 22, pleaded not guilty to charges including motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation and leaving the scene of an......
Illinois governor signs law legalizing gay marriage
Illinois - Governor Pat Quinn signed same-sex marriage into law on Wednesday, Nov. 20, which makes President Barack Obama's home state the 16th to allow such unions.Illinois state senators voted to legalize gay marriage last February, and the state House followed suit by a slim margin earlier this month. The illinois law is due to take...Obama, Clintons honor President Kennedy 50 years after assassinatio
ARLINGTON, Va. — President Obama paid respects to President John F. Kennedy Wednesday, Nov. 19, in a graveside ceremony, commemorating the 50th anniversary of his assassination in Dallas.Attending the ceremony at Kennedy's grave with its eternal flame were first lady Michelle Obama, former President Bill Clinton and former first lady......
Battlefield gains to strengthen Assad position at peace talks
BEIRUT - Divisions in rebel ranks and more committed loyalist fighters are helping the Syrian regime notch up military victories that would give it the upper hand at peace talks, analysts and rebels say.The army's capture this week of the strategic town of Qara, north of Damascus, followed three days of fighting against Al-Nusra Front...Syrian army makes major advances as militants calls for jihadi unification
DAMASCUS - Pro-government forces have made advances throughout Syria in recent days in fighting with rebels around the big cities of Damascus and Aleppo.Some of the key clashes have been close to the Lebanese border, where deadly twin suicide bombings this week hit the embassy of Iran, Syria's main regional ally, in what was widely seen...Hizbullah: “March 14” justifying Beirut terrorist attacks
BEIRUT - Hizbullah’s bloc took an indirect swipe Thursday at the March 14 coalition, which it accused of attempting to justify recent car bombings in the country particularly Tuesday's attack against the Iranian Embassy.Hizbullah, which issued a statement after its weekly meeting in the Beirut suburb of Haret Hreik, also called on...Investigation identifies one of the bombers
BEIRUT - The suicide bombers, who carried out the terrorist attack against the Iranian embassy in south Beirut, killing 25 people, entered Lebanon with fake passports, the investigation revealed.Investigators identified one of the suicide bombers who ravaged the Bir Hasan neighborhood earlier this week as a Palestinian national, as they......
Deaths of football fans cloud Algeria World Cup celebrations
ALGIERS - Algeria's celebrations at qualifying for next year's FIFA World Cup in Brazil have been clouded by traffic accidents that have killed at least 12 people, Algerian media reported on Thursday, Nov. 21.In Bejaia, east of the capital, four football fans died when the car they were travelling in after the match collided with a heavy...Saudi police arrest two men for offering ‘free hugs’
RIYADH - Saudi religious police has arrested, on Thursday, Nov. 21, two men who were offering "free hugs" to strangers in the country’s capital, Riyadh. The arrests were made by Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice in the main Tahlia Street, where the young men were standing with banners saying, "Free......
Iraqi militia launches mortar attack on Saudi border
RIYADH - Six mortar bombs landed near a border post in northern Saudi Arabia in an attack claimed by an Iraqi Shi'a militia, which said on Thursday, Nov. 21, that it was warning the kingdom to stop meddling in Iraqi affairs.The mortar rounds hit desert on the far northwestern fringes of the kingdom's oil-producing region on Wednesday,...Car bomb kills 25 in northeast Iraq
BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in a busy market in northeastern Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 25, killing at least 25 people and wounding more than 30, according to medics.Iraq is suffering its worst wave of violence in at least five years, with insurgents targeting mainly Shi'a Muslim civilians in attacks on public places such as shopping areas......
