Welcome to Monday, the 157th anniversary of Republican President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election victory over his Democratic opponent, George B. McClellan. Here are some news items for the eighth day of November. — Japanese death-row inmates sue over same-day notification of ...

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ST. LOUIS — Carol DeVaughan assumed her suburban St. Louis home was simply settling when cracks appeared in the walls. When she noticed huge gaps between her fireplace and ceiling, and that her family room was starting to tilt, she ...

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Welcome to this week’s law blog roundup, that weekly compilation of on-line news from around the nation that only lawyers and judges can truly appreciate. Immigration lawyers in New York get low marks Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers seek ...

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WASHINGTON — A burgeoning arts and entertainment district in Baltimore is the focus of a new grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, along with public-private partnerships in New Orleans and elsewhere. The endowment is announcing its inaugural round ...

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The word from Google finally came down last week, and for Baltimore it was disappointing: The California Internet giant picked Kansas City, Kan., as the beta site for an ultra-fast broadband network designed to increase Web access for residents and ...

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Despite heavy lobbying by city boosters, Baltimore was not picked as the beta site for the Google Fiber high-speed, broadband project. Baltimore had been one of 1,100 cities vying to be picked by the Mountain View, Calif.-based company to be ...

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