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High court: Ashcroft not liable
Justice Antonin Scalia said using the federal "material witness" statute to detain Abdullah al-Kidd as a "material witness" in a terrorism investigation does not give al-Kidd a right to sue, because no court precedent had said such a use of the law was
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:30A
High court upholds '04 murder conviction
"Based on these facts and the absence of specific harm or prejudice to (Kitchens), the trial court did not err when it denied (his) motion for a new trial on the basis of prosecutorial misconduct," Justice Robert Benham wrote in an opinion released
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:30A
Tim Pawlenty, western Iowans talk
Tim Pawlenty on immigration. It was a day of hiccups for the Republican presidential hopeful's campaign, which canceled two of its events Tuesday with little or no notice. Eight Iowans gathered in a semi-circle at a bakery in one of the more
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:29A
Gosselaar now all grown up starring in 'Franklin & Bash'
"The divorce was a big turning point, another point where I had to step up and grow up. I had a relationship from the time I was 19 till I was 36, so I grew up with the individual but now I'm on my own and having to grow up on my own and that's
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:29A
UN probe on video biased; SL
This procedure does not augur well for the concept of independence as after all justice , the say, should not only be done but should appear to be done. The Special Rapporteur will be pleased to learn that the LLRC has taken cognizance of this matter
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:29A
DC heroes get new threads as comics relaunched
Marvel, which is owned by Walt Disney Co, accounts for 40 per cent of the publications sold at comic book stores compared to 27 per cent for second-place DC Comics, according to statistics from Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. With the possible
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:29A
Lehman Asks Judge to Order Goldman to Speed Turn-Over of E-Mails in Probe
Lehman is asking US Bankruptcy Judge James Peck to order Goldman Sachs to provide the documents within two weeks of his decision. Michael DuVally, a spokesman for New York-based Goldman Sachs, declined to comment yesterday. Lehman filed the largest
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:28A
Will nomination alter Boeing suit?
Haley argues that the lawsuit could weaken the state's anti-union stances and be harmful to economic development in America. "The governor hopes Mr. Bryson's first order of business will be to tell the president that, if he is serious about creating
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:27A
Pak constitutes commission to probe bin Laden killing
Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani constituted the five-member commission headed by Supreme Court Justice Javed Iqbal to investigate the "Abbottabad incident", said a statement from the premier's office. operation in Abbottabad on May 2", the statement
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:26A
DC revamps superhero comic books
Marvel, which is owned by Walt Disney Co, accounts for 40 percent of the publications sold at comic-book stores compared to 27 percent for second-place DC Comics, according to statistics from Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. With the possible exception
Updated: 06/01/2011 12:25A
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