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Scene at home not 'right,' Negasi daughter tells court
Negasi, 54, is on trial in Edmonton Court of Queen's Bench for second-degree murder in the July 2009 death and dismemberment of his wife, Selamawit, 46. Eden Negasi, 27, told the jury the front door to the family home was wide open when she came home
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:44P
Abbottabad fiasco: Government names probe commission
The five-member commission will be headed by Justice Javed Iqbal, a senior judge of the Supreme Court, it added. Other members of the commission are Justice Fakhruddin G Ebrahim, Lt-Gen (retd) Nadeem Ahmed, former police chief Abbas Khan and former
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43P
New Jersey State Police superintendent reappointed
"We experienced a disturbing spike in off-duty, alcohol-related events, to include DWI, domestic violence and disorderly offenses," Fuentes said. In April 2010, state Trooper Sheila McKaig was suspended for seven months after it was revealed she had
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:43P
Supreme Court grants bail to Binayak Sen's aide
Suspending his lifer given by the Chhattisgarh High Court, the apex court released Guha on bail against a bail bond of Rs 2 lakh and two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each. The Kolkata-based businessman was convicted along with Sen and Naxal ideologue Narayan
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:42P
More 9/11 masterminds to face justice
US military prosecutors are bringing new charges against people suspected of complicity in the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington. Five suspects, including Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused of planning the deadly attacks and training the
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:41P
New Jersey Supreme Court nominee clears Judiciary panel
Christie is the first governor in recent memory to decline to re-nominate a sitting justice for tenure. That infuriated Democrats, who responded by blocking a hearing on Patterson for a year. They claimed that Christie was tampering with the
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:41P
Localization -- Necessary, But Not Sufficient
They include strengthening local communities (instead of multinational corporations), social justice (instead of glorification of greed), environmental health (instead of destruction), and improved nutrition and food security (instead of
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:41P
Engelhardt, Welcome to Post-Legal America
If, in a country theoretically organized under the rule of law, wrongdoers are never brought to justice and nobody is held accountable for possibly serious crimes, then you don't have to be a constitutional law professor to know that its citizens
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:40P
Lehman Reportedly To Settle $22B Derivatives Claims
US Bankruptcy Judge James M. Peck will weigh at least three competing reorganization plans for the bankrupt firm at a hearing June 28. Besides a Lehman-proposed plan, there is a proposal from an ad hoc creditors group that includes the California
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:40P
4 set for June 28 mayor's race
Javier del Sol, 56, an English and Spanish tutor at Palm Beach State College who serves as an artist in residence at the college for storytelling, is the only candidate who said he favors ending the city's law-enforcement contract with the Palm Beach
Updated: 05/31/2011 10:40P
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