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Trial Over: Guilty Verdict
by Ashley Hurley, Staff Writer Julia McMurray and Billy Atkins the couple accused of assaulting Claiborne County Sheriff's Deputy Larry Mozingo stood trial last week in Criminal Court before a jury and Judge E. Shayne Sexton. In May of 2010,
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:51A
The Am Law 100: Fried Frank Revenue Rises 11 Percent, PPP Surges 28 Percent
She mentioned the firm's work on the Extended Stay bankruptcy, Google's purchase of a building in Manhattan, and Goldman Sachs litigation. She added that Fried Frank accomplished most of its cost cutting in previous years. "We didn't do anything in
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:51A
GIS, Data and the San Bruno Pipeline Disaster
Directions Magazine (DM): The San Francisco Chronicle article makes various statements about the role of technology in the accident. It sounds like there might be the possibility of scapegoating the technology (which comes up in the follow-up
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:49A
Pellizotti banned for two years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport
Pellizotti's legal team had requested an urgent verdict and the arbitrators took just five days to reach their decison. His ban is expected to last until May 2012. Fellow Italian Pietro Caucchioli was also given a ban, with CAS confirming the two-year
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:48A
Jury in Atlantic City vote-fraud trial begins deliberations
MAYS LANDING - Jurors began deliberating this morning in the voter-fraud trial of Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small and five others. Jurors had spent all day Monday listening to Superior Court Judge Raymond Batten read from a 151-page document
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:47A
A closer look on stocks: RIMM, CVCO, PLCE
The company has an EPS of 0.07. ; P/E of 589.5 Cavco subsidiary approved as successful bidder of Palm Harbor auction by US bankruptcy court. Co announced that the US Bankruptcy Court approved a subsidiary of Cavco as the successful bidder for the
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:46A
Business Highlights
The category that includes auto loans rose 6.9 percent. But credit card debt fell 6.4 percent in January the 28th decline in 29 months to the lowest level since September 2004. Americans had increased their use of plastic in December for the first time
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:46A
'Punish those who conspire against Rahul'
NEW DELHI: The Congress Tuesday welcomed the verdict by the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court which imposed a fine on a petitioner for falsely accusing the party's general secretary Rahul Gandhi of gangrape in his Amethi constituency.
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:45A
SUV Crashes into Downtown Church
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran church is in need of some repairs after a vehicle crashed into it Tuesday morning. The accident happened just before 11 am at the intersection of Whitaker and 31st Streets. SCMPD was on scene directing
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:43A
Jewish leaders ask Cuba to release US aid worker Alan Gross
A verdict has not been released but is expected within the next few days. “We are disappointed that the prosecution presented Mr. Gross as attempting to destabilize the Cuban government when the project he was working on in Cuba was aimed at helping
Updated: 03/08/2011 11:42A