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Last chance for high-profile US death row inmate
The European Union on Monday urged justice officials against killing Davis. "Serious and compelling doubts have persistently surrounded the evidence on which Mr. Davis was convicted," said EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, calling for his death
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:54P
US Logs Big Drop in Crime
The FBI report is separate from a survey released last week by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics. That survey, which seeks to measure the total crime rate, including unreported crimes, came to a similar conclusion about declining
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:54P
DOJ: Texas Voting Maps Don't Meet Federal Law
AUSTIN, Texas - The US Department of Justice said in a court filing Monday that Texas' new voting maps for Congress and for the Texas House do not meet federal anti-discrimination requirements, setting up a legal battle that will
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
DOJ: Texas Voting Maps Don't Meet Federal Law
AUSTIN, Texas - The US Department of Justice said in a court filing Monday that Texas' new voting maps for Congress and for the Texas House do not meet federal anti-discrimination requirements, setting up a legal battle that will
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
Sheen, Warner Bros. near deal on 'Men' lawsuit
LOS ANGELES, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Charlie Sheen and Warner Bros are close to a settlement on the actor's $100 million lawsuit against the studio over his firing from "Two and a Half Men," a source with knowledge of the situation said on Monday.
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
CLOUT: Who's got juice in Las Vegas?
But a economy tanked as good as Las Vegas Sands came close to bankruptcy.Adelson afterwards invested $1 billion in his own company, re! duced hi s tenure stake to 53 percent as good as changed management teams.Today, Las Vegas Sands is upon track for
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
Companies agree to pay $44.4M for US spill
Moreno said the settlement is the largest of its kind, resolving a lawsuit filed under the 1990 Oil Pollution Act passed after the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska. Several lawsuits were filed under the act against BP following the massive 2010
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
Al-Qaeda recruit deserves more prison time, judges rule
The appellate court found that the judge in Padilla's Miami trial was too lenient in 2008 when she “unreasonably discounted” his criminal history before lowering a potential 30-year-to-life sentence. Padilla, born in New York to Puerto Rican parents,
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
Arrest at Inner Harbor renews free speech debate
City officials have been nearing a settlement in the lawsuit filed in 2003 by the ACLU, which claimed that restrictions governing protests along the harbor are too restrictive. But those involved in the negotiations warn that Sunday's arrest of artist
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:53P
Mass. lawsuit seeks cleanup of Cape Cod bays
AP BOSTON — BOSTON (AP) - Two environmental groups have filed a second lawsuit against the federal government aimed at forcing the clean-up of Cape Cod's bays. The lawsuit filed Monday by the Conservation Law Foundation and Buzzards Bay Coalition is
Updated: 09/19/2011 07:52P
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