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Charges Against Abdul Benbrika And Terror Cell Members Abandoned
Justice Forrest also found each of the men would not receive a significantly longer sentence if convicted in the second trial. "I have concluded that the proposed conspiracy trial is an abuse of the court's process and that I ought to stay it
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:56A
Charges Against Abdul Benbrika And Terror Cell Members Abandoned
Justice Forrest also found each of the men would not receive a significantly longer sentence if convicted in the second trial. "I have concluded that the proposed conspiracy trial is an abuse of the court's process and that I ought to stay it
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:56A
US court unfreezes $18 billion award vs Chevron
Appeals court judges Gerald Lynch, Rosemary Pooler and Richard Wesley also granted the plaintiffs' request to stop a November bench trial before Kaplan, who was to determine whether to extend his injunction. Chevron said it was “disappointed” about the
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:56A
In Business: Obama's health care cuts spread the pain
"I would describe this as an attempt to spread the pain pretty broadly. While it does hit Medicare beneficiaries, it's better than most of the alternatives we've seen thus far, which would involve bigger hits." Obama did promise Medicare beneficiaries
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:56A
Abused man wants justice from pope
He wants to use the pontiff's first state visit to his home country Germany this week to demand justice, accusing him of deliberately turning a blind eye to the suffering of abuse victims. "After a holiday spent at a Catholic camp, Father Peter
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:55A
Olswang signs up for touted new trainee temp business Acculaw
Olswang has become the first firm to agree to take on trainee solicitors from Acculaw, a newly-launched body that will take on and second trainee solicitors to law firms. The company, which received approval this month from the Solicitors Regulation
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:55A
$25M to drop lawsuit? Sheen may take it
Charlie Sheen may soon be sitting pretty with another $25 million, which Warner Bros. studio reportedly has promised if he drops his lawsuit against them. By NATALIE FINN Charlie Sheen is finally saying the right things. Or at least his lawyers are.
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:55A
AT&T Offers to Sell T-Mobile Assets to Sprint, Others
Bloomberg reports that the department of justice may not even consider the sale of assets a huge band-aid for AT&T's case. That ruling could come to if AT&T offers assets of low value to their competitors. We'd think spectrum would be the most valuable
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:55A
Drew Peterson remains jailed
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 Kathleen Savio was to have
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:54A
Karnataka Lokayukta's resignation accepted
The ombudsman is appointed by the governor on the advice of the chief minister in consultation with the Karnataka High Court chief justice, the state legislative assembly speaker, legislative council chairman and leaders of opposition in both the
Updated: 09/20/2011 07:53A
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