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Mubarak faces trial in protest deaths
It would be the first time an Arab leader is sent to trial solely by his own people in modern history. Iraq's leader Saddam Hussein was toppled during the US invasion in 2003 and sentenced three years later to death for killing 140 Shiites.
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:13A
Chuck Jaffe: Your Funds Jaffe
After the "greed decade" of the 1980s and the market boom of the 1990s, it took two bear markets in the 2000s to convince most people that it was time to cut back on their excesses and at least try to spend within their means.
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:13A
Justice Department seeks interviews with legislators over redistricting
The US Justice Department has requested telephone interviews with key Virginia legislators involved in redistricting as part of its Voting Rights Act review of the Virginia legislative districts. "I think they're just doing due
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:13A
Nassau Passes Controversial Redistricting Plan
Lawyers for Democratic and GOP lawmakers are slated to argue the legality of the new map in court this week while critics are planning another lawsuit alleging minority communities would have their political representation diluted.
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:13A
Samsung must cough up Android prototypes to Android
The order grows out of Apple's lawsuit against Samsung for "slavishly" copying its iPhone and iPad designs, which Cupertino filed on April 11. Samsung was not amused, and on the following Tuesday it threatened a countersuit, then made good on that
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:13A
McDonnell won't intervene in Soering's parole request
McDonnell told reporters on Tuesday that based on the information he reviewed, "I didn't see anything that would either cast doubt on Mr. Soering's original guilt, the jury's verdict, his own multiple confessions or anything that ought to have me
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:12A
Two sent to hospital after nine-car crash in Westborough
An adult and a 4-year-old were sent to the hospital after a nine-car crash on Rte. 9 East near Otis Street yesterday morning. A witness told police that a 2002 Kia Rio, which was speeding, smashed into eight cars
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:12A
Russian court trims oil magnate's jail term
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: 05/25/2011 12:12A
Leaks allege pilot error in '09 crash
In recent days, a series of reports have surfaced in the European and US media purporting to describe details that accident investigators have gleaned from the data contained in the plane's so-called black box recorders, which were successfully
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:12A
Rochester Asphalt Plant Approved
Commercial and residential abutters, led by legal representative Benjamin Tyman of Mintz Levin, have brought in numerous experts on the lighting, sound, and traffic impacts in an effort to thwart the proposal. Prior to the vote, Town Planner John
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:11A
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