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La Plata County has not experienced the same problems as Cortez with lawyers toting guns into court. Nonetheless, there is an unwritten policy that lawyers cannot carry their weapons past the bar, officials for the 6th Judicial District said. In the 22nd Judicial District, which covers Montezuma County, Chief District Judge Sharon L. Hansen redrafted an order limiting firearms within court facilities. The written policy is similar to one issued in October 1992. It was sent to District Attorney Joe Olt, advising him that he must use security lockers provided for firearms and knives. Olt was in the habit of...

SAN FRANCISCO - Defense lawyers want guarantees from the Bush administration that outside attorneys will not be hamstrung by the Pentagon if they represent terrorism suspects before military tribunals. The American Bar Association may object to restrictions the administration placed on civilian lawyers who defend accused terrorists. One point of contention is the government's ability to listen to conversations between suspects and their lawyers. In a vote expected next week, the lawyers' group probably will ask the administration and Congress to loosen some rules and agree to new conditions before civilian defense lawyers join military lawyers in any military tribunal....

<p>WASHINGTON — High-income white-collar workers of America are uniting to oppose any loss in wages that may result from changes coming to the Labor Department's rules on overtime worker earnings.</p> <p>The changes, expected to take place in December, foresee increasing overtime eligibility for low-income service sector workers — those who make between $8,000 and $22,000 per year — while reducing eligibility for high-income workers.</p>

There's a lot of debate these days about the Congo, Liberia, and what the USA should do. What if the answer is "nothing"? How do we make choices like that? This 5-way discussion among liberals and conservatives addresses some of these issues, providing solid background on the situations and history at play in The Congo & Liberia, the limits on foreign intervention, and the USA's capacity to intervene. We can't be everywhere. As Kaplan notes, we need to be in some of these places. How do we think about those choices? Sometimes, too, the depressing answer to how much we...

MOSCOW, June 5 - President Vladimir Putin, enjoying seemingly unassailable popularity, assured Russians on Thursday that he would respect a constitutional two-term limit that would force him to retire within five years. In a wide-ranging exchange with teenagers at his country retreat, he said post-Soviet Russia would see no return to Stalin-style personality cults and blamed bureaucracy and corruption for inhibiting the growth of democracy. ... ''Two terms are enough,'' Putin said during two hours of chat, excerpts of which were shown on prime-time television news. ''It's a question of whether we need a five-year or a four-year term. But...

<p>EDITOR'S NOTE: This year, 90 of the 163 members of the Missouri House are freshmen - a historic shift in power brought about by term limits. To help chronicle that change, the Post-Dispatch has followed Rep. Jodi Stefanick, part of the new Republican majority, through her first legislative session. This is the third article in an occasional series.</p>

<p>Few Californians are aware of it, but 107 sovereign nations exist within the borders of the state. These nations are federally recognized Indian tribes, which under treaty and law are entitled to run their own governments on their own land, free of interference from state and local authorities.</p>

"Mountainous ingratitude" ran the headline on the front page of one of the London tabloids a few days ago. The reference was, of course, to the policy of France and Germany, and some of their other European hangers-on, of obstructing American attempts to prevent Saddam Hussein from possessing non-conventional weapons. Three times during the 20th century, the United States came to the aid of Europe - in World War I, when the kaiser's armies were bleeding France to death; during World War II, when Hitler's hordes were overrunning Europe and U.S. armed forces saved the day; and again, during the...

How quickly time passes! It seems only yesterday that we were reporting in this space on Annie Sprinkle’s performance at The Kitchen, the supertrendy performance venue in downtown Manhattan. In fact, it was more than a decade ago, in the winter of 1990, that Miss Sprinkle, the former prostitute and porn star reborn as a “feminist porn activist,” came to entertain and enlighten the hip multitudes that congregate at places like The Kitchen. What captured our interest back then was not so much the particulars of this sexual entrepreneur’s performance—pornographic exhibitionism masquerading as art had already become a bit of...

<p>A hotly debated decision by California's campaign watchdog has allowed legislators to raise nearly $5 million in donations that exceed limits approved by voters in 2000.</p> <p>Proposition 34 put a $3,000-per-election cap on campaign contributions to lawmakers and legislative candidates from most sources.</p>

!--mobile-->Zoning bible to alter face of city June 4, 2002BY FRAN SPIELMAN CITY HALL REPORTER Developers respond to possible changes BY DAVID ROEDER BUSINESS REPORTER The power to tax has been called the power to destroy. But in Chicago, the power to zone can be just as lethal. By producing a densely written ordinance and drawing new lines on musty maps, City Hall can transfer millions of dollars in land value, enriching some investors while leaving others in the cold. Zoning is a public policy decision about what to build where. If it's ill-advised, neighborhoods suffer. Developers and community groups,...

The Case For Higher Speed Limits on Hwy. 401 (Trans-Canada Hwy) Local News - Gord Thompson may be the only man in Ontario ever charged under the Highway Traffic Act for obeying the letter of the law. The teacher from Campbellford and another motorist caused a four-kilometre traffic jam on Highway 401 seven years ago by driving side by side at the posted 100 km/h speed limit. They were charged with obstructing traffic and had their licences temporarily suspended. Weeks earlier, Thompson had been ticketed for going 117 km/h on the same road and staged his slow-motion protest after a...