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US Supreme Court refuses to block execution of Troy Davis
Davis' best chance may have come last year, in a hearing ordered by the US Supreme Court. It was the first time in 50 years that justices had considered a request to grant a new trial for a death row inmate. The high court set a tough standard for
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:06P
Muslim students' speech trial goes to US jury
The other 10 defendants, A jury has completed its first full day of deliberations in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine. The Orange County Superior Court jury
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
Muslim students' speech trial goes to US jury
The other 10 defendants, A jury has completed its first full day of deliberations in the trial of 10 Muslim students charged with disrupting a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine. The Orange County Superior Court jury
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
One dead in head-on crash at Wellsford
The Waitemata Serious Crash Unit is investigating the circumstances of a head-on crash at Wellsford yesterday. One person died at the scene. Three other persons were taken to hospital with moderate to serious injuries. Police say a northbound Nissan
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
RWC bus crash witnesses sought
Police investigating a crash on Fanshawe St in Auckland on September 9 - the opening night of the Rugby World Cup Tournament - that left a 12 year-old rugby fan seriously injured, are appealing for witnesses who were on the North Star bus to contact
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
Judge rules against ACCC in Google sponsored links misleading conduct case
In the Federal Court in Sydney on Thursday, Justice John Nicholas said he was not satisfied that Google failed to sufficiently distinguish advertisements -- sponsored links -- from "organic" results on its search results pages.
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
Supreme Court rejects Davis stay of 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 11:05P
Driver of pilot car accompanying big load killed in 3-vehicle Wash. crash
The Washington State Patrol says the driver of a pilot car killed in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 82 in southeast Washington was a 32-year-old Georgia man. Troopers say a car driven by Stephen L. Roberts, of Doerun, Ga., was hit from behind
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
Idaho woman drowns in northwestern Montana
Flathead County Sheriff Chuck Curry says the woman and her husband were in a two-seated kayak about two miles south of Polebridge when the accident happened at about 1 pm Wednesday. Curry says the kayak became entangled in a root ball before it folded,
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
Troy Davis to be executed after court decision
A court filing in Butts County, where Georgia's death row is located, said new evidence "exposes key elements of the state's case against Mr. Davis at trial to be egregiously false and misleading," the Journal-Constitution reported.
Updated: 09/21/2011 11:05P
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