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Court upholds validity of infrastructure levy on builders
A bench comprising Justice D Murugesan and Justice KK Sasidharan dismissed a batch of more than 50 petitions involving over 100 builders against the levy. The government , the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and the Chennai Metropolitan
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:52P
Trial for 2nd Defendant in Connecticut Family Murders
While it was not yet entered into testimony on this trial's first day, during Hayes' trial, a court clerk read from writings of Komisarjevsky, in which he described the incident in a 40-page letter that he wrote to author Brian McDonald in 2008.
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:51P
WNEM TV 5 Video of Calif. gay marriage trial to be unsealed
Entertainment News from AP By LISA LEFF AP SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A federal judge decided Monday to unseal video recordings of last year's landmark trial on the constitutionality of California's same-sex marriage ban. Chief US District Judge James Ware
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:50P
'The 99' aspires to teach Muslim principles
Superman has been espousing the virtues of truth, justice and the American way for decades. It's 99 virtues and a global way, however, that power the Muslim-inspired superheroes of The 99. Psychologist Naif Al-Mutawa created
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:49P
Source: Sheen, Warner nearing deal on lawsuit
Sheen filed a $100 million lawsuit for wrongful termination against Warner Bros. after his firing. A judge ordered arbitration. The Los Angeles Times reports that final touches are being put on a deal that would give Sheen about $25 million to settle
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:48P
Oconee zoning not an impediment to possible water plant plans
The plan set off a controversy with local residents who objected to the planned facility, citing noise, traffic and possible hazardous chemicals on site as among their reasons for objecting. Organized residents have threatened legal action to try to
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:48P
'Dying for the dunny'
Organisers of the event, Voices for Justice, hope to highlight the link between access to sanitation and preventable deaths amongst the world's most poor. Speaking with AAP, national coordinator John Beckett said over two million children could be
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:48P
Ouch! $US675,000 fine forillegally downloading 30 songs
A US appeals court has reinstated a $US675,000 verdict against a man who for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online. In 2009, Joel Tenenbaum was ordered to pay $US675,000, or $US22,500 for each of the songs he had downloaded and shared.
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:47P
Ill. Supreme Court says Drew Peterson must stay in jail while murder case proceeds
By AP, SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Drew Peterson must stay behind bars while he fights charges that he murdered his third wife, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Monday. Peterson, 57, has been in jail since 2009 without a trial. His trial in the death of
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:46P
Disgraced ex-Secaucus mayor wants new trial, alleges prosecutorial misconduct
At the same time, Elwell's lawyer, Jeffrey Garrigan, also contended that his client is owed an acquittal after the fact, because, he said, there was insufficient evidence presented at trial against the former nine-year mayor. But US District Court
Updated: 09/19/2011 09:46P
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