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(AP) - The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of a former Oklahoma prison warden's wife who is charged with helping a convicted murderer escape. The jury told the judge a little before 2 pm Tuesday that it had come to a decision in the case of
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:44P
Jury takes less than 10 minutes to find man guilty of aggravated sexual
After the verdict was read by District Judge Skipper Koetter, the six-woman, six-man jury was polled individually and each responded "yes" when asked if guilty was their verdict. "I am pleased that justice has been reached for the victim," said
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:43P
Sierra sues UF institute over lawn-fertilizer study
Sierra Club is suing University of Florida's influential Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, accusing it of refusing to release public documents that could explain why IFAS has been giving conflicting advice
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:43P
Google head goes to Washington
Google supports the open Internet and fosters innovation and competition, Schmidt said -- unlike Microsoft, which he thinks had "lost sight of what mattered." "In the years since, many of us in Silicon Valley have absorbed the lessons of that era.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:42P
Judge sets December deadline for government reply
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Updated: 09/21/2011 07:42P
Come 12th Plan, discoms to work independent of SEBs
NEW DELHI: Unable to find solutions to the recurrent bankruptcy of state electricity boards, or SEBs, which is holding up the power sector, the government is working on marginalizing their role. Power distribution franchisees are likely to be allowed
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:41P
Ethics Watchdog Seeks Dismissal of Indictment Against John Edwards
The Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW, requested Wednesday to file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of dismissing an indictment against Edwards for alleged violations of campaign finance law.
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:41P
Is Rick Perry 'Soft' on Illegal Immigration?
But for immigration "restrictionists" who see just about any policy measure short of mass deportation as "soft," Perry's views come dangerously close to "apostasy." First, there's his opposition to Arizona's harsh crackdown law, SB 1070,
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:41P
The Necessary Evils of Drug Investigations on Mexico Border
Reports of FBI agents allowing drugs to be smuggled over the Mexican border, and working for years with a top Sinaloa Cartel operative, hint at the fundamental ambiguities of the drug war, and the challenges that the authorities face when trying to
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:41P
Ex-Texan prison employee convicted of rape
Authorities allege DNA samples also link Harris to five other assaults or attempted assaults involving women 65 to 91 years old over two years in central and Southeast Texas. Investigators believe Harris is "The Twilight Rapist," so dubbed because most
Updated: 09/21/2011 07:40P
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