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Flight Attendants Suing Government for Bad Weather Forecasting

bnd.com: “Two Alaska Airlines flight attendants who were injured when a 2007 flight from Seattle to California encountered turbulent air have filed a legal claim against a national weather forecasting service and against the U.S. government. Donna Dacko and Inga Isakson were working on the flight to Ontario, Calif., on Dec. 25, 2007, when the aircraft hit “previously unreported severe turbulence” before landing, according to the claim filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle. Isakson slammed her head against a metal chair arm and on a metal frame beneath a passenger seat, according to the claim. A pool of blood surrounded her head and she was seen “frothing at the mouth;” she lost consciousness, the claim said.”

Undercover Sting Operation Busts Farmer’s Daughters Caught Selling Milk from Misty the Cow

Natural News: “Springfield Missouri: Where farmers are branded criminals. . . . real events that happened recently in Springfield, Missouri, where the state has decided to spend considerable taxpayer resources running a sting operating against a family that was caught dealing — gulp! — raw milk in a parking lot.

Animal Rights Group Sues Developers of $300 Million Windmill Project for Violating Endangered Species Act

It’s enough to drive you batty. Wind turbines kill endangered Indiana bats. Result: one special interest group (bat lovers) sues another special interest group (green energy lovers). It should be interesting.

Court House News: “A federal judge in Maryland ordered project developers to stop building wind turbines along Appalachian ridgelines in West Virginia until they got a federal permit allowing the ‘incidental take’ 0f endangered Indiana bats. ‘It is uncontroverted that wind turbines kill bats, and do so in large numbers,’ wrote Judge Roger Titus. The underlying case, filed last June by the Animal Welfare Institute, Mountain Communities for Responsible Energy and David Cowan, accused turbine construction companies Beech Ridge Energy and Invenergy Wind of violating the Endangered Species Act by harming endangered Indiana bats.”

Sidewalk Confrontation Between Man & 6 Year Old Big Wheel Trike Driver Results in Battery Conviction

Enquirer-Herald: “Denny Bogan said he felt threatened when he used “self defense” to stop a youth, who was riding a “weapon” at him on a summer day in 2008. The vehicle was a Big Wheel, nicknamed the “King of the Sidewalk for 40 Years,” and the rider was a 6-year-old boy. Versions of what happened differ.”

EEOC Files Class Action Lawsuit to Stop Employer from Considering Prospective Employee’s Criminal History

Workplace Prof Blog: “Continuing their recent focus on the potential discriminatory effects on racial and ethic minorities from employers’ use of criminal background checks in hiring, EEOC filed a class action law suit on September 30, 2009. EEOC alleged that a Dallas-based convention and corporate events planning company unlawfully discriminates against black, Hispanic and male job applicants by using credit histories and certain types of criminal arrests or convictions as selection criteria in hiring.” Does this mean that a children’s day care could not refuse to hire a convicted child molester?