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CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMTroy Davis asks Supreme Court to stop execution
Though Davis' attorneys say seven of nine key witnesses against him have disputed all or parts of their testimony, state and federal judges have repeatedly ruled against granting him a new trial. As the court losses piled up Wednesday,
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:48P
Use of Sound Weapon Provokes Lawsuit Two Years After Pittsburgh G20
Just under a week shy of the two year anniversary of the Pittsburgh-hosted G-20 summit that included the inaugural use of the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) sound weapon on Americans comes a federal lawsuit about its alleged harm.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:48P
Madoff Trustee, Firm Seek $45M Fees for 4 Months
(JPM), said in the fee application he expects to spend more time working on cases that may go to the US Supreme Court, the appeals court and district court, as well as bankruptcy court where he originally filed his suits. He has appealed a July ruling
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:47P
Madoff Trustee, Firm Seek $45M Fees for 4 Months
(JPM), said in the fee application he expects to spend more time working on cases that may go to the US Supreme Court, the appeals court and district court, as well as bankruptcy court where he originally filed his suits. He has appealed a July ruling
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:47P
police unveil anti-text mobile
In a recent study, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that cell phone use while driving delays a driver's reactions as much as having a blood alcohol concentration at the legal limit of .08 percent. Sumter City Council passed a
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:47P
WNEM TV 5 Jurors hear confession in Conn. home invasion
The Associated Press had obtained a transcript of the confession before the case's second trial began this week, but the audio was played in court Wednesday for the first time. As the tape played, Petit sat hunched in the front row staring at the floor
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:47P
Study: Crime Rises When Pot Dispensaries Close
Researchers predicted that the crime detected near closed dispensaries might have been caused by "a loss of foot traffic, a resurgence in outdoor drug activity, a change in police efforts such as fewer nearby patrols or a loss of the on-site security
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:45P
Family of hockey scout settles 9/11 lawsuit, claiming judge's rulings “gutted
By AP, BOSTON — Even after settling what had been the last wrongful death lawsuit against the airlines over the Sept. 11 attacks, the family of Mark Bavis warned on Wednesday that neither those companies, nor government regulators have done enough to
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:44P
Bobbi Parker trial: Warden's wife found GUILTY of helping prisoner lover escape
By Daily Mail Reporter The wife of a former Oklahoma prison warden who disappeared with a convicted murderer only to be found living with him in a Texas mobile home nearly 11 years later was found guilty Wednesday of helping him escape.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:44P
Salvadoran plaintiff in race bias case against Frederick, Md., deputies faces
By AP, HAGERSTOWN, Md. — A looming deportation order could complicate a Salvadoran woman's federal lawsuit alleging race discrimination by two Frederick County sheriff's deputies, a Latino civil-rights group said Wednesday.
Updated: 09/21/2011 06:44P
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