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Ex-police chief Ella Bully-Cummings: I didn't interfere in Tamara Greene case
Bully-Cummings, police chief under former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, testified during the third day of a court hearing to determine if the city of Detroit concealed evidence in a lawsuit filed by Greene's family. Green, 27, a stripper who went by
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:13P
Legal row escalates over “lost” Adams photographs
The owner of the negatives has added the University of Arizona as a defendant in a lawsuit against the Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust, alleging conspiracy and defamation. Rick Norsigian, a wall-painter from California, stumbled across a cache of
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:13P
Ex-police chief says she didn't interfere in Tamara Greene case
Bully-Cummings, police chief under former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, testified during the third day of a court hearing to determine if the city of Detroit concealed evidence in a lawsuit filed by Greene's family. Green, 27, a stripper who went by
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:13P
Ohio speeds atty access for condemned
The change in the state's execution procedure settles part of a federal lawsuit that had challenged how Ohio puts inmates to death. It will take effect with Thursday's scheduled execution of a Toledo store owner's killer. Ohio prisons spokesman Carlo
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:12P
Supreme Court OKs Lawsuits by Prisoners Who Seek DNA Evidence
The nation's highest court has ruled that prisoners can file federal civil rights lawsuits to seek access to crime scene evidence, including DNA testing. In the 6 to 3 ruling, the US Supreme Court said that Texas death-row inmate Henry Skinner could
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:11P
'Terrorist handbook' man guilty
He was found guilty at Winchester Crown Court of nine terrorism-related charges and a further count relating to the proceeds of crime. Brown, who denied the charges, has been bailed until sentencing on Friday. During the three-week trial, the court
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:11P
Sheriff's Dept. looking for missing woman
She suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and has not been taking her medication. Sheriff's investigators are looking for a mentally disabled woman from Riverside County who has been missing since Feb. 18. Lynette Elda Donahoe, 60,
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:11P
APNewsBreak: Ohio expands atty access for killers
AP - March 9, 2011 11:05 AM ET The change in the state's execution procedure settles part of a federal lawsuit that had challenged how Ohio puts inmates to death and will take effect with Thursday's scheduled execution of a Toledo store owner's killer.
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:11P
Wielding a machete for paparazzi does not prove Charlie Sheen a bad parent,
(PR NewsChannel) / March 09, 2011 / LOS ANGELES / Despite his antics, which include weilding a machete on top of a skyscraper, Christopher C. Melcher, a prominent divorce and family law attorney in the Los Angeles area, continues to come to the defense
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:11P
Urban Flats files for bankruptcy
Urban Flats, the anchor food tenant in the Plaza complex of downtown Orlando, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court. In its court filing, the company listed estimated assets of $0 to $50000 and estimated liabilities of $1 million to $10
Updated: 03/09/2011 12:09P