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Tens of thousands of protesters defy ban in Spain
Spanish university students and youth groups are protesting against a youth unemployment rate of 40 percent and austerity measures taken to end Spain's debt crisis. The biggest banner in Spanish reads "Change". Photo: Emilio Morenatti / AP
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
Criminal Law: Sentencing - Prior Conviction - Domestic Assault
a predicate violent felony for sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act because he served only probation, the district court did not err because the focus of the law is on the sentence that may be imposed under state law, and the court also .
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
Criminal Law: Second-Degree Murder - Hearsay - Prior Misconduct
(1)Where a defendant convicted of second-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend's child challenged the trial court's exclusion of his 911 call, the tape of the call was not admissible under the excited utterances
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
Criminal Law: Second-Degree Murder - Hearsay - Prior Misconduct
(1)Where a defendant convicted of second-degree murder for the death of his girlfriend's child challenged the trial court's exclusion of his 911 call, the tape of the call was not admissible under the excited utterances
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
Chemical barrels found in Van Buren County creek
The well pad is owned by Storm Cat Energy USA, a company that is currently in bankruptcy court in Colorado. Neighbor Dennis Brummett said he noticed the leak a couple of months ago. After his complaints, about 6-8 inches of dirt was piled around the
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
A top state judge supports Montco veterans court
Pennsylvania State Supreme Court Justice Seamus P. McCaffrey Friday came to Norristown to show his support for Montgomery County's fledgling Veterans Court. Many men and woman in the Armed Services return home "with a malady you can't see,
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
No Specific Cause Cited for Clergy Sexual Abuse Reports
The group requested that the John Jay College of Criminal Justice perform the study. But many people are criticizing the results. The study indicates that homosexuality was not the cause of abuse, nor was celibacy. And only five-percent of accused
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
How have Agent Orange victims been compensated?
Vietnam War veterans and their families filed the first class-action lawsuit in 1978. The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange represented by Sgt. Charles Hartz filed a lawsuit for 4 million US dollars in damages against seven defoliant
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:34P
Paris Hilton's little brother heads to court for DUI lawsuit
Socialite Paris Hilton's little brother Barron heads to court on Monday for a lawsuit stemming from his 2008 arrest for driving under the influence. The victim says Barron ran him over. Barron Hilton, Paris Hilton's little brother, will be in a Santa
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:33P
A&P approves 1% tax rules; lawsuit being prepped
The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission approved on Friday the rules and regulations for collection and enforcement of the 1% prepared food tax, although the attorney representing a group who opposed the tax indicated a lawsuit will be filed
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:33P
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