FL JUDGE DENIES MOTION TO INSPECT CHILD REMAINS

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A judge has denied a defense attorney's motion to inspect a child's remains found near the home of a missing 3-year-old central Florida girl.
The motion, filed by Jose Baez, was denied Friday. He represents the girl's mother, 22-year-old Casey Anthony, who is charged with first-degree murder in the disappearance of Caylee Anthony.

Orange County Sheriff Kevin Beary says a medical examiner found evidence among the remains link them to the missing girl's home, but officials would not immediately give further information.
The remains were found Thursday by a utility worker on a wooded lot less than a half-mile from the house where Caylee lived with her grandparents and her mother.

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GROUND ZERO LAWSUITS WILL BEGIN 2010

After years of wrangling, lawyers for New York City and for the thousands of ground zero workers suing the city have agreed to begin trials in the spring of 2010. The lawsuits claim that workers suffered illnesses as a result of their exposure to dust at the site, and most of the first cases to be heard will involve people with the most severe health claims.

After a hearing on Wednesday, the lawyers said they were moving forward with 50 to 60 cases.
“The people who need relief the most will be at the front of the line, where they should be,” said Paul J. Napoli, who represents more than 9,000 of the workers.

Nearly 10,000 firefighters, police officers, construction workers and others have sued the city and its contractors, saying they suffered respiratory and other illnesses because they were not given breathing masks during the nine-month rescue and recovery operation after the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.

The defendants face a liability that could reach $1 billion or more if they are found to have been negligent.

The thousands of claims range from deaths, cancers and serious respiratory problems to cases which the city has said involve nothing more than common symptoms like a runny nose or cough, or no illness at all.

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