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Android developers shrug off Oracle legal threat
Read more Oracle's lawsuit filed last summer, however, alleges that Android infringes Java patents and copyrights Oracle acquired when it bought Sun Microsystems. Oracle is seeking treble damages and an order stopping Google from any further
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:37A
Trial on for Indonesia's firebrand Islamic cleric
Militant cleric Abu Bakar Bashir sits on the defendant's chair during his trial at a district court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 10, 2011. An Indonesian court has ruled to proceed with the trial of Bashir on charges of
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:36A
Man Files $30m Lawsuit After Spending Almost Four Years In Jail On Bogus Rape
In addition, court papers say prosecutors "continued to oppose McCaffrey's release" despite defense DNA testing that proved one of Peguero's friends, Aurora Pujols, had bitten her. "As a result of these actions ... McCaffrey served at least five
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:36A
Judge denies request to reduce DUI death charge for Oroville woman
Judge Steven Howell said though Castaneda lacks a criminal record, her alleged intoxication of 0.12 percent blood alcohol or more makes the case inappropriate for a misdemeanor charge. The driving limit for blood alcohol level is 0.08 percent.
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:33A
A policeman admitted yesterday he acted with "stupidity" in starting a sexual
Under cross-examination, he insisted he had not been "picking up women" instead of concentrating on his duties, when he and his colleague first offered her and a friend a lift home in Tiverton, Devon, in May 1999. "Are you saying you were just tempted
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:33A
Jury finds jailers used excessive force but rejects inmate's claim of sewage
However, responding on The Bee's website to comments critical of the verdict, a person identifying herself as one of the jurors – Danielle Wood of Chico – wrote that "we didn't shortchange anyone. (B)ased on evidence we covered all of Jones psychiatric
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:32A
Hearing ends on Panda's wife petition
CUTTACK: The high court on Wednesday concluded the hearing of the petition filed by Subhashree, wife of wanted-Maoist Sabyasachi Panda, praying to quash the trial proceedings initiated against her. Justice I Mohanty concluded the hearing of the case
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:32A
Actor with HIV allowed to enter Philippines
AP Entertainment News Video More>> MANILA, Philippines (AP) - The Philippine immigration chief has rescinded an order barring a movie and theater actor who is HIV positive from entering the country. Filipino-Australian actor Marcelino Cavestany says he
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:31A
Layton back in Ottawa after surgery
Bill C-501 protects worker's severnce and termination pay during bankruptcy proceedings and restructuring, while bill C-393 provides less expensive medicine for the developing world. "He is feeling increasingly well and following doctors orders for a
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:31A
NHL missed the point, yet again
Such was the verdict of the NHL's Toronto office -specifically, senior VP of hockey operations Mike Murphy -after reviewing tape of the incident and conducting a telephone hearing with Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara on Wednesday.
Updated: 03/10/2011 04:30A