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ACLU Sues New York
March 16, 2010; New York Times | A class-action suit being brought by the American Civil Liberties Union against the State of New York argues that the public defender system doesn’t adequately provide representation to defendants in criminal trials.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Donor Sues for Return of Gift
March 16, 2010; Yale Daily News | Bearing Point, Inc., a consulting firm, pledged $30 million to Yale University . . . and, in fact paid the university $8.1 million. But now it wants it back.—Ruth McCambridge
Schools Perched on Funding Cliff
March 16, 2010; Omaha World-Herald | In Omaha, the school district is already beginning the process of determining which and how many of its 8,224 employees will be laid off over the next two years as stimulus funds disappear.—Rick Cohen
Wife of Clarence Thomas Launches “Tea Party” Nonprofit
March 16, 2010; Wall Street Journal blog | Virginia Thomas, the wife of taciturn Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, is bursting out all over, getting quoted in the press for her comments at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference last month.—Rick Cohen
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Obama Donates Nobel Money to Education
March 1, 2010; Savannah Tribune | Of the 10 charities receiving part of Obama’s $1.4 million Nobel Prize award, six directly support higher education for student groups that are traditionally underserved.—Aaron Lester
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