| Show IN THE NATION New Hampshire New ai approach to fighting illegal immigration The police chief of this tiny whitewashed whitewashed whitewashed white white- washed New England town has crafted his own border control policy policy he he has charged illegal immigrants from Mexico with trespassing in New Hampshire The novel legal strategy has made a minor celebrity of W. W Garrett Chamberlain The police chief hops to his feet and deposits a pile of letters on his desk from Alaskans and Californians border patrol agents and soldiers in Iraq all applauding his initiative Fox News commentators have called too seeking his views on national immigration policy Chamberlain 36 who has served as chief for three years describes his actions as born of frustration with the federal government His officers had discovered illegal immigrants several times but immigration agents declined to detain them Interviews with a dozen residents of the two towns found nothing but support for forthe forthe forthe the chief The poor chief is just doing his job Diane Slyman said as she sipped coffee in a New Ipswich bagel shop We want to live in a small town where we feel safe Gendron has heard much the same at athis athis athis his end Ive got pretty close to 80 emails emails emails e- e mails and only one was negative he said And that person was concerned that if illegal immigration slowed down the price of lettuce might go up up New York Court rejects suit by newspaper game winners winners' Hundreds of people who sued because they mistakenly thought they won the Scratch N Match promotional game sponsored sponsored sponsored spon spon- by the New York Daily News cant can't all cash in a state Supreme Court justice in Mineola NY decided decide Justice Leonard Austin in a ruling I Thursday that dismissed their case said the supposed winners must adhere to the contract contract contract con con- tract that governs the game It says in a case like this in which a typographical mistake mistake mis mis- mistake take was made in the numbers published there will be a random drawing to determine determine determine deter deter- mine the actual winners of the prize The rules clearly and unequivocally state that no more than the stated number of prizes will be awarded each week the decision says referring to rules in small print on the game ticket Kenneth the lawyer for the six plaintiffs said We are very disappointed and are contemplating a possible appeal The bottom line is as a practical matter the Daily News can run this contest and make mistakes whenever they want to without fe fear r of retribution said said the decision will also have a detrimental effect on similar cases brought in courts in the Bronx and New Jersey which have accused the paper and the games game's organizer DL Blair of Garden City NY of negligence and breach of contract DL Blair attorneys could not be reached for comment Washington DC D.C. Tobacco companies win in court Justice Department decided a limit of 10 billion in law suit against the U.S.'s US s top tobacco company on June 8 The money isto is isto isto to be used for a stop-smoking stop program that one witness estimated around billion Various health groups and lawmakers disagreed with the decision to pay the 10 billion suggesting that it was politically motivated The department claimed that the decision was based on the idea that defendants with continue with false deeds Tobacco companies were pleasantly surprised surprised surprised sur sur- with the outcome of the trial The justice department said that the 10 billion is an amount that they could meet |
