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Russian court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction
Western governments have condemned the December verdict, saying it raised questions about Russia's commitment to the rule of law. US officials and prominent members of the Russian elite have warned the second conviction could discourage new investment
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:37P
Blockbuster to close, sell Canadian stores
s receiver earlier this month by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Some stores will be consolidated but the majority of Blockbuster's some 400 Canadian outlets will continue to operate as usual while Grant Thornton seeks potential buyers.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:37P
Opinion: Dan Walters: State senator resumes his attack on divorce laws
Senate Bill 481 would require divorce court judges "to consider the extent to which income for support was already capitalized and paid to the other spouse in the division of community property, in order to avoid double counting the income when the
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:36P
Judge denies bid to halt 'Hangover 2' over tattoo
"(The) plaintiff's failed attempt to enjoin the film in order to try and extract a massive settlement payment from Warner Bros. was highly inappropriate and unwarranted," Warner Bros said in a statement. Victor Whitmill, the tattoo artist who created
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:36P
Solicitor General Says NAIA Terminal 3 Ruling is `Triumph'
Solicitor General Joel Cadiz told Business Nightly that the Pasay Regional Trial Court ruling setting compensation for NAIA Terminal 3 was a ``triumph'' because it's $600 million less than what PIATCO, builder of the terminal, demanded.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:36P
WaMu Inches Closer to Exiting Bankruptcy
By Peg Brickley of Dow Jones Daily Bankruptcy Review Washington Mutual has reached a deal to quiet shareholder protests over its $7 billion Chapter 11 exit plan, an attorney for the company said. Associated Press The settlement was brokered by four
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:35P
Native consortium offers reward in 1997 Fairbanks killing
Jerry Isaac, president of the Tanana Chiefs Conference, says the 42 tribes of the region do not think justice has been served in the killing of John Hartman. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported Tuesday that $5500 dollars is being offered for
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:35P
Cameraman dies 3 weeks after Pa. helicopter crash
A cameraman for a reality TV show has died three weeks after being injured in a helicopter crash near a Pennsylvania university. A county coroner tells The Indiana Gazette that 33-year-old Greg Jacobsen, of Thunder Bay, Ontario, died Monday.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:35P
Clarke meets sex attack victim
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has said he had a "thought-provoking" meeting with the sex attack victim who broke down in tears as she denounced his sentencing proposals as a disaster. Mr Clarke met Gabrielle Browne, the victim of an attempted rape,
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:35P
NTSB says no definitive cause in Stevens plane crash
(Alaskan State Police, Getty Images) JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says no definitive cause can be determined for the plane crash that killed former US Sen. Ted Stevens and four others last summer in Alaska.
Updated: 05/24/2011 01:34P
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