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5 Reasons to Make a Will
Although there are numerous reasons to make a will, here are 5 big reasons making a will can benefit you and your loved ones:
1. Creating a will allows you to dispose of your property and assets according to your wishes
Perhaps the best reason to make a will is to exercise control over how your...
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What does getting a divorce mean for your property in Texas?
Texas is a community property state meaning all separate income and property acquired after marriage is considered to belong to both spouses equally. This applies to separate income that each spouse earns during the marriage.
Separate property is property owned before marriage and any gifts or inheritance acquired during marriage. Personal injury settlements are sometimes...
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Supreme Court Clarifies Prisoner’s Religious Rights in Texas Case
The Texas prison inmate sued the state under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, which aims to protect religious freedom in prisons and in land use situations.
The court said that inmates could file suits to seek a change in prison policies that might violate their Constitutional rights, but money does not constitute
appropriate...
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Oklahoma Passes Law Restricting Funeral Protests
Under the bill, protests would be prohibited two hours before or after a funeral. Under previous law, protests were impermissible within 500 feet of the funeral; the new measure changes that to 1,000 feet.
The decision came after the Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that individuals have a constitutionally protected right to protest at funerals under...
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Obama Signs Repeal of 1099 Law
President Obama signed legislation into law repealing a mandate which required small businesses to file 1099 forms with all vendors paid more than a sum of $600 for goods and services in a calendar year. The law will take effect in 2012. Congress had approved the repeal earlier this month.
Small business owners, including many...
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Bolivia Wants to Pass the ‘Law of Mother Earth’
The rights would include: the right to life and existence, the right to continue vital cycles and processes free from human alteration; the right to pure water and clean air and many others.
In recent decades, Bolivia’s natural resources have been threatened by environmental changes, particularly rising temperatures, which are leading to the dissipation of...
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Kansas Tightens Abortion Restrictions
The two-parent requirement is inapplicable in situations where the nuclear family is not intact.
Under current law, only one parent needs to be notified about the abortion and most states across the nation only require one parent to be informed.
It seems as though girls who come from an intact family face an additional obstacle in...
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Appeals Court Rules Against Arizona Immigration Law
The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge’s earlier ruling blocking the most controversial aspects of the Arizona immigration law.
The law would require Arizona police officers force to demand documentation from suspected illegal immigrants. Furthermore, police would be forced to detain those who are arrested until their immigration status was verified...
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Former Professor Stores Over 1,600 Child Pornography Files on Computer
Law enforcement immediately confiscated the computer and later reported finding numerous illegal photos and videos containing sexually graphic imagery of children under the age of 12.
Quinn, 44, was previously employed as a professor at East Texas Baptist University. Comforting right? It is scary to think this could literally happening next door to any of...
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Concerns Persist over Hungary’s Media Laws
The U.N. is still concerned about Hungary’s media law despite EU requested changes. Frank La Rue, the U.N. Human Rights Council’s special investigator on freedom of expression expressed concern about Hungary’s media regulations unnecessarily limiting the press and falling short of the acceptable benchmark for freedom.
The legislature passed a media law, which took effect...
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Michigan Passes Strict Law for Teenage Drivers
Now that’s what I’m talking aboot.
A Michigan law recently went into effect for teenagers comparable to the driving regulations in parts of Canada. The law applies to every teenager with a level two license and aims to reduce distractions and make the roads safer.
Teenagers are prohibited from driving between the hours of 10:00pm and...
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California Launches Abuse Hotline for Senior Citizens
California recently launched a hotline that would provide free and confidential legal advice for abused seniors. The hotline aims to refer seniors to other resources based on their specific situation. The project is being funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Senior citizens over the age of 60 can call the California...
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Colorado Passes Strict Concussion Law for Young Athletes
As concern over sports-related injuries increase across the nation, Colorado is taking action. Gov. John Hickenlooper signed a bill into law on Tuesday requiring football coaches of all public and private middle schools, junior high schools, high schools and recreational youth sports to take online training to effectively recognize symptoms of a concussion. The...
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Woman Claiming Rape by Gaddafi’s Men is Taken Away by Libyan Authorities
A visibly distraught woman stormed into a hotel in Tripoli, Libya’s capital city, on Saturday screaming she had been gang raped by Gaddafi’s guards. That woman’s name, as we later learned, is Iman Al-Obeidi.
Al-Obeidi’s desperate cries were crippling as she showed journalists bruises on her face and ankles. Tears streamed down her face as...
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Don’t Even Think About Wrongly Labeling Bath Salts in Kentucky
While other states contemplate abortion laws and bans on Sharia, Kentucky has its hands full with mislabeled bath salts. That’s right, Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear recently signed a law banning a new synthetic drug commonly marketed as bath salts.
Nice try fake bath salt company, you can’t pull a fast one on Kentucky!
Satire aside, there...
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Texas Approves Bill Allowing Handguns on College Campuses
Last week, the House Homeland Security and Public Safety Committee in Austin, Texas voted 5-3 to further legislation allowing concealed handguns on college campuses. Rep. Joe Driver (R), proposed House Bill 750, which would allow individuals who obtain a concealed-handgun permit to carry their weapons into college buildings.
The current law forbids taking guns onto...
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South Dakota Passes Nation’s Longest Waiting Period to Have an Abortion
South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard (R) signed a law last week mandating women must wait three days after meeting with a doctor to have an abortion, the country’s longest waiting period. About half of all states have a 24-hour waiting period.
The law also requires women to attend counseling at pregnancy centers that will inform...
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Cuba Condemns Foreign Involvement in Libya
Cuba condemns foreign military intervention in Libya as a “gross manipulation” of the UN charter. Cuba supports the right of Libyans to exercise self-determination and overthrow Gaddafi but thinks foreign nations should respect Libyan sovereignty. The Cuban Foreign Ministry issued a statement highlighting the need for dialogue and negotiations rather than physical force.
The United...
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Copyright Infringement Lawsuit against Kanye West gets Dismissed
A lawsuit against Kanye West for copyright infringement was filed last year. Specifically, a Virginia rapper, Vince Peters, alleged that West’s hit song “stronger” was not an original. Peters says he played the song for West’s business associate, John Monopoly, and West subsequently came out with a track that sounded eerily similar to the one...
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Daughter of Rolling Stones Guitarist Arrested for Graffiti Charges
Theodora Richards, the daughter of Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards was arrested in Manhattan on Tuesday for scribbling graffiti on a local building. She used a paint marker to write “T (heart) A” on a building. Once police grabbed her on the graffiti charges, they also found marijuana in her possession. Not very shocking...
