Late tax law changes affect some workers
Boston Globe - NEW YORK— Americans who claim tax credits for child care expenses, college costs or home energy updates may have to wait a while for their refund checks from the IRS this year. That’s because Congress didn’t get a major tax bill passed until

Voter exclusion
San Francisco Gate - 93/NO. “Under current law, legislators are limited to 14 years: six in the Assembly, eight in the Senate. Proposition 93 would reduce the lifetime limit to 12 years, but allow a legislator to serve it in a single house. The concept is sound But

Montana Passes Newborn Screening Law for Cystic Fibrosis
Forbes - WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — All newborns in Montana will be screened for cystic fibrosis (CF), beginning today. Montana is the 37th state in the country, plus the District of Columbia, to join the roster of states that support

Berkeley Center for New Media gets endowed professorship
San Francisco Gate - The range of subjects the center addresses can be seen in the course list for the spring 2008 semester, and include Web-based Publishing, Designing Virtual Worlds, Sound Design for Film and Video, and Information Law and Policy. Currently, philosophy

Ukraine seeks court order to resolve Euro stadium dispute
ESPN.com - Given that the construction breaks the law and building regulations, is dangerous for spectators, threatens the Olympic Stadium’s operations and makes it impossible to host the Euro 2012 final, the general prosecutor has undertaken to oblige the

Four Decorated Veterans to be Inducted Into Southwestern Veterans
Forbes - Navy who is currently dean of the Duquesne University School of Law. Also in attendance will be Brig. Gen. Scott Wagner, Pennsylvania deputy adjutant general for veterans’ affairs. The Southwestern Veterans Center, operated by the Pennsylvania

Yahoo supports OpenID; MySpace leads Facebook; Digg Reel launches
ZDNet Blogs - submitted to Digg is copyrighted (much originating from television), and Digg Reel is republishing those clips (unlike Digg which is just linking to them) and so will need to clear copyright first , if it is to stay on the right side of the law.