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Moscow court upholds Mikhail Khodorkovsky conviction
During the one-day appeal hearing at Moscow City Court, Khodorkovsky poured scorn on the judges who had written the verdict, a lengthy summary of the trial that spelled out his guilt. "From which dusty basement did they dig out the venomous Stalinist
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:28A
Henderson city attorney placed on leave after arrest on hit-run crash and DUI
The city attorney of Nevada's second-largest city has been placed on leave after she was arrested on driving under the influence, leaving the scene of a property damage crash and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle charges.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:27A
You don't haul: U-Haul won't rent a trailer for our 2012 Ford Explorer, or
(Ford was sued in a class-action lawsuit in 1998 over defective Firestone tires on early Ford Explorers, which led to several deadly rollover accidents. The lawsuit was eventually settled. But this new Explorer has zero in common with those early SUVs
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:27A
Film producers behind Oscar winning Hurt Locker sue 25000 people
In what you could call an incredibly challenging lawsuit, the Hurt Locker film producers are taking on nearly 25000 illegal file sharers. Winning Best Picture at the 2010 Academy Awards, The Hurt Locker, produced by Voltage Pictures was leaked online
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:26A
Man Sues IRS for Giving Him a Headache
Before you start ringing up the lawyers, you should know what this guy's head pain was caused by something that Doug Shulman has very little control over. A New Orleans resident has filed a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:26A
Amid regional revolts, Saudi women are driven to rebellion
traffic police, so that women drivers would not have to interact with men, not allowing women under 30 to drive, and not allowing women to drive at night or outside of the cities. But none of these proposals were ever formulated into a draft law.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:26A
Jackson Hewitt files for pre-packaged bankruptcy
(Reuters) - Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Inc filed for a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as the second largest US tax preparer finally reached an agreement with its lenders on how to restructure its debt. In prearranged bankruptcies, companies and
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:25A
Jury begins deliberations
death of his 70-year-old father, Daniel Kerrigan, at the family's home in Stoneham, just north of Boston. A Woburn Superior Court jury resumed deliberations Tuesday morning after deliberating for about 4 1/2 hours Monday without reaching a verdict.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:24A
Former Niles Cop To Be Sentenced This Week
the local jail on a marijuana charge is due to be sentenced this week. Ivory Cross will be sentenced Thursday at 8-30 AM in the Berrien County Trial Court before Judge Scott Schofield. Prosecutor Art Cotter says that the proceeding had to be moved up.
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:24A
Report: Mets Could Lose $70 Million This Season
Wilpon also told the magazine he fears losing the team if he loses the lawsuit lawsuit filed by Irving Picard seeking $1 billion for victims of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Considering this news, and Wilpon's critical comments in the New Yorker about
Updated: 05/24/2011 11:24A
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