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City vows to appeal ruling on ‘drown’ teach

City officials have vowed to fight a Manhattan judge’s ruling last week that forces them to rehire a teacher who was fired after ranting her students deserved to drown.

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Ruling on motion to dismiss Poly Prep case postponed

A federal judge said Friday that he is inclined to allow an explosive lawsuit that alleges Poly Prep Country Day School officials covered up decades of sexual abuse by its longtime football coach to go forward.

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Russia’s ruling party wary as nation votes (AP)

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, signs autographs while visiting a shipbuilding plant in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Yana Lapikova, Pool)AP – Russians cast their ballots with muted enthusiasm in national parliament elections Sunday, a vote that opinion polls indicate could water down the strength of the country’s dominant party.


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Syrian ruling party building hit by grenades (AP)

AP – A key Syrian opposition group says a major building belonging to the ruling Baath party in the capital Damascus has been by hit several rocket-propelled grenades.

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Election-year ruling looms for health overhaul (AP)

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – President Barack Obama’s landmark health care overhaul appears headed for a Supreme Court ruling as the presidential election season hits full stride in the coming year.


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Justice Dept wants speedy health care ruling (AP)

Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, 91, works in his office at the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011. His new book is titled 'Five Chiefs: A Supreme Court Memoir,' a personal reflection on the five chief justices he has known.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP – The Justice Department is joining calls by states and a business group for prompt Supreme Court review of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.


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AP Exclusive: Insanity ruling not likely in Norway (AP)

FILE - In this July 25, 2011 file photo, Norway's twin terror attacks suspect Anders Behring Breivik, left, sits in an armored police vehicle after leaving the courthouse following a hearing in Oslo, Norway where he pleaded not guilty to one of the deadliest modern mass killings in peacetime. It's unlikely that Breivik will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Aftenposten/Jon-Are Berg-Jacobsen) NORWAY OUTAP – It’s unlikely that the right-wing extremist who admitted killing dozens in Norway last week will be declared legally insane because he appears to have been in control of his actions, the head of the panel that will review his psychiatric evaluation told The Associated Press.


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