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Clinton: Green Energy Needs More Money
based Solyndra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this month and laid off its 1100 employees. The Silicon Valley company was the first renewable-energy company to receive a loan guarantee under a stimulus-law program to encourage green
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:11P
House Republicans step up probe into energy loans
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican lawmakers are stepping up their investigations into alternative energy loan programs in the wake of the collapse of the Solyndra solar company, the first company to receive the funding. The Energy Department has only
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:11P
Gupta fake encounter case: Special public prosecutor resigns
Meanwhile, alleging that the prosecution was following dilly-dallying tactics, defense lawyer RB Mokashi filed an application in the court for expediting the trial. He also sought trial on a day to day basis. The application will come up for hearing on
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:11P
Death for 7, life imprisonment for 6 in Pakistan
Anti-terrorism court judge Mushtaq Gondal, who reserved his decision this afternoon, announced the verdict late tonight.Nine policemen who did not take any action to prevent the lynching, including former Sialkot district police chief Waqar Chauhan,
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:11P
Connecticut home invasion survivor says was bound in basement
Dr. William Petit, who testified at the murder trial of Joshua Komisarjevsky, was badly beaten in the 2007 attack in which his wife Jennifer Hawke-Petit and daughters Michaela, 11, and Hayley, 17, died at their home in Cheshire, Connecticut.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:10P
Justice Department: Texas voting maps don't meet federal law
"Now, it's going to have to be decided by the court." A separate trial combining lawsuits filed against the plans wrapped up the previous week in San Antonio. During the trial, minority groups argued the new voting districts don't reflect the statewide
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:10P
US reviews care of deported Haitian who later died
The Associated Press obtained the medical review and other records from Guerrier's 109 days in immigration custody through a Freedom of Information Act request. Guerrier was among the first Haitians deported by the US since a catastrophic earthquake
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:10P
Pollard case stalled till Monday
“The court finds no wrongdoing or inappropriate action on the part of the sheriff,” said Crow, a judge from Craven County. “I am doing this to avoid even the possibility of the appearance of impropriety.” Pre-trial action that began Monday is expected
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:10P
Suspects to fight off retaliatory attacks charges
From left, Head of Public Service Francis Muthaura and his lawyer at the International Criminal Court. [PHOTO: FILE/STA International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in May 2009. [PHOTO: JOHN lectus/STANDARD] By Wahome Thuku The pre-trial
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:10P
Fugitive 'Dougherty gang' siblings return to court in Colorado
a police chase in southern Colorado could soon learn whether they'll stand trial. Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, and her brothers Dylan Stanley-Dougherty, 26, and Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, were in court Tuesday in Walsenburg for a preliminary hearing.
Updated: 09/20/2011 04:09P
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