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BREAKING UPDATES: Illinois governor abolishes death penalty - 6 Hours Ago
The evidence presented to me by former prosecutors and judges with decades of experience in the criminal justice system has convinced me that it is impossible to devise a system that is consistent, that is free of discrimination on the basis of race,
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:50P
U.S. arrests man in Martin Luther King Day bomb plot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Washington state man was arrested and charged with attempting to place a bomb along the parade route of a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration in Spokane, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:50P
Crews find 2 dead in wreckage of missing plane
Summers — a "longtime" pilot and farmer — is the registered owner of the aircraft, and it is believed he was piloting it at the time of the crash, according to the Elko County Sheriff's Office. A single engine 1952 Korean War era plane disappeared
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:50P
Arrests of Turkish Journalists Spur Backlash
Some have seen it as overdue justice against a "deep state" of military and security officials, academics, journalists and others. Other Turks have viewed the probe as a government tool to crush opponents. Hundreds of defendants have so far been
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:48P
Cassels Brock > Deborah Grieve Honoured With International Insolvency
She has practised exclusively in corporate restructuring and insolvency matters since 1986 and is one of few practitioners certified by the Law Society of Upper Canada as a Specialist in Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law.
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:48P
Buddle Findlay > Legal update on banking and commercial law - March 2011
At the height of the global financial crisis, LBIE's ultimate parent (Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc) filed for bankruptcy. The ISDA Master Agreement's bankruptcy event of default gave the counterparties the right to terminate the agreement and
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:48P
Buddle Findlay > Legal update on banking and commercial law - March 2011
At the height of the global financial crisis, LBIE's ultimate parent (Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc) filed for bankruptcy. The ISDA Master Agreement's bankruptcy event of default gave the counterparties the right to terminate the agreement and
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:48P
Ballard Spahr > U.S. Supreme Court Grants Review of Another Arbitration Case
Stok & Associates, PA, 2010 WL 2825491 (July 20, 2010), the Eleventh Circuit held that Citibank had not waived its right to compel arbitration under its deposit account agreement with Stok—despite filing an answer to Stok's lawsuit in Florida state
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:48P
TENURE ELONGATION: Why 5 govs must go May 29 – INEC
In lodging its notice of appeal, the electoral body relied on eight separate grounds to contend that the trial Justice, Adamu Bello, who delivered the said judgment on February 23, erred in law. Listed as respondents in the appeal are Governor Timipre
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:47P
Police: Boot on Foot may have Caused Driver to Accelerate into Building
The accident happened just before 11:30 am, Wednesday morning. While there are no injuries to report, it appears to have been a close call for some. Witnesses, who were in the clinic at the time of the accident, say the suburban entered the window near
Updated: 03/09/2011 09:47P
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