Judge: Protesters can't rally in park
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NEW YORK - More than 200,000 people expected to protest on the eve of the Republican National Convention will not be able to rally in Central Park.
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A judge has issued a temporary restraining order preventing Providence leaders from making any land-use decisions until a court can review plans for a housing development project.
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A US judge has refused to force New York to allow a rally in Central Park after the mayor and protest organisers failed to reach a compromise in negotiations.
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By ANABELLE GARAY  DALLAS - A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Dallas suburb of Farmers Branch from enforcing a voter-approved law prohibiting apartment rentals to illegal immigrants until a legal challenge is resolved.  U.S.
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A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.
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The city's decision to deny a permit to protesters for a rally on Central Park's Great Lawn on the weekend before the Republican National Convention is about preserving the lawn, not suppressing speech, lawyers for the city said in federal court Friday.
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An estimated 250,000 protesters yesterday were denied access to the grassy expanse of Central Park by a state Supreme Court judge, leaving the Aug. 29 marchers with a final destination
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A retired judge refused Monday to intervene in the city's mayoral election, where Mayor Dick Murphy has claimed victory over a maverick city councilwoman who mounted a surprising write-in bid.
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US District Court Judge William H. Pauley III yesterday handed down the only opinion a sane person could offer when he advised City Hall and two political protest groups to maybe sit down and try to work out their differences.
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Thousands of protesters have gathered in Union Square park on the edge of the city's Greenwich Village neighborhood.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A Saudi judge postponed the trial of three advocates seeking democratic overhauls yesterday after their supporters, in a rare show of public dissent, demonstrated for access and then protested loudly once allowed into court.
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A Saudi judge has postponed a hearing for three reform activists after a rare display of public protest in the kingdom by spectators in the courtroom.
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NEW YORK - Mayor Michael Bloomberg turned down requests to allow an anti-war demonstration in Central Park on the eve of the Republican National Convention, but he offered protesters something else: cheap tickets to a Broadway show.    All they have to do to get discounted tickets, reduced hotel rates and other perks is play nice when they come to town...
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The District&#39;s $435.2 million proposal for a baseball stadium in Southeast received a hostile reception yesterday from the DC Council during a public hearing that lasted more than 12 hours.
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Some protesters-in-waiting seem to think that their right to free expression can&#39;t be separated from the right to trash New York City&#39;s Central Park.
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NEW YORK -- Despite a federal judge&#39;s refusal to force city officials to allow a protest rally in Central Park before the Republican convention, organizers of an even-larger demonstration remained optimistic.
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federal judge in Manhattan refused yesterday to force the city to allow a rally on Saturday on the Great Lawn in Central Park, after the Bloomberg administration and protest organizers failed