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Judges tosses ex-terror suspect's lawsuit against FBI agent, Convertino
A federal judge today dismissed a former terrorism suspect's lawsuit against an FBI agent in the aftermath of a major terrorism trial in Detroit. The dismissal ends four years of litigation against FBI agent Michael Thomas and former Assistant US
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Serial burglar gets four years jail
Acting Justice John Nield yesterday jailed Patrick Michael Tate for six years, backdated to take into account almost a month already spent in custody, with a non-parole period of four years. The lengthy sentence was handed down in the ACT Supreme Court
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Pa. Jury Slaps J&J Unit With $10M Motrin Verdict
Law360, New York (May 23, 2011) -- A jury in Pennsylvania state court hit a Johnson & Johnson unit with a $10 million verdict Friday, holding the company liable for skin burns and blindness suffered by a girl who took Children's
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Lengthy SC budget debate may maroon lawsuit limits
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman says he has never seen debate go on this long in his more than three decades in office. Also stuck behind the budget is a proposal to give online retailer Amazon a break on collecting state sales tax in
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Lengthy SC budget debate may maroon lawsuit limits
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Hugh Leatherman says he has never seen debate go on this long in his more than three decades in office. Also stuck behind the budget is a proposal to give online retailer Amazon a break on collecting state sales tax in
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Twitter users, Brit MP flout gag order
Britain's scandal-hungry news media, an outspoken parliamentarian and thousands of ordinary people using the Twitter micro-blogging site have dealt a body blow to an institution of British justice, flouting a gag order imposed by one of the country's
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Belgrade man to St. Cloud Hospital after crash near Holdingford
HOLDINGFORD — A 57-year-old Belgrade man was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle crash Monday morning northeast of Holdingford. HOLDINGFORD — A 57-year-old Belgrade man was taken to St. Cloud Hospital for
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
Separate crashes at Central Calif. bike race leave woman on life support, man
A crash during a Central California bicycle race over the weekend has left a woman on life support. Twenty-nine-year-old Crystel Stanford crashed while riding downhill in the 100-mile Eye-Q California Classic in Fresno County on Saturday.
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:16P
KTVN Channel 2 - Reno Tahoe News Weather, Video - Court won't help either side
For the past 20 years, the government has been demanding repayment of money spent on the plane's development and the companies have been resisting, filing a lawsuit in federal court to block the Pentagon from collecting. But the government asked for
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:15P
Man turns himself into Aurora police in fatal hit-run
AURORA — The driver in a fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a 15-month-old boy over the weekend turned himself into police Monday, Aurora police said. Rodolfo Pichardo, 21, of the 400 block of Hinman Street, was backing a vehicle in the driveway of
Updated: 05/23/2011 05:15P
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