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US court throws out Padilla's 17-year terror sentence
The appeals court sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing. Padilla and two co-conspirators were convicted in 2007 after a three-month trial in which prosecutors said they sent money, recruits and supplies to Islamic extremist groups including
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:43A
Patent reform: America Invents Act
After years of debate and false starts, a comprehensive patent reform bill has made it through Congress, and President Obama is expected to sign the “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act" into law on Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. This act, which represents the
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:43A
US court throws out 17-year terror sentence
The appeals court sent the case back for a new sentencing hearing. Padilla and two co-conspirators were convicted in 2007 after a three-month trial in which prosecutors said they sent money, recruits and supplies to Islamic extremist groups including
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:42A
UO Law School Grads Face Tough Job Market
Business transactions in particular slowed down, fall-out he says, of the damaged timber industry. "It's wood products and manufacturing growth that really drive the kind of business transactions and corporate work that our firm and other signifcant
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:42A
Padilla's Prison Sentence Too Short: Appeals Court
planned to explode a so-called dirty bomb on US soil, should have received a longer sentence than the 17-year term he is serving, a federal appeals court said. The US Court of Appeals in Atlanta sent the case back to the trial court for resentencing.
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:42A
Wall Street Areas Blocked as Police Arrest Seven in Protest
Anyone who stops and disrupts pedestrian traffic is subject to arrest, Browne said. The city established a demonstration area on Broad Street and Exchange Place, adjacent to the New York Stock Exchange, that protesters chose not to use, Browne said.
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:41A
Susanta Ghosh Moves High Court for Bail
Moving the prayer before a division bench comprising Chief Justice JN Patel and Justice AK Roy, his counsel Balai Roy claimed he was not involved in the incident in which seven persons were allegedly murdered in West Midnapore district in 2002,
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:40A
Verdict expected in cyberstalking trial
PROVIDENCE, RI (AP) — A Rhode Island judge is expected to rule on whether a teachers' union official is guilty of cyberstalking a former state lawmaker. Prosecutors say John Leidecker, an assistant executive director with the National Education
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:40A
Local Police Departments Face Increasing Justice Department Scrutiny for Civil
The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is increasing its probes of civil rights violations by local police and sheriff's departments. Seventeen local police departments are facing scrutiny, the highest number in the
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:39A
Prokhorov's revolt
This is the essence of 'managed democracy', or to do more justice to the direction of the vector: managed democratization. We're not talking big changes here. A mere 10% less Duma seats for the United Russia party, meaning a small majority in the next
Updated: 09/19/2011 11:39A
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