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Medico-Legal officers testify at Maguindanao massacre trial
State Prosecutors have presented two more legal officers at the Maguindanao massacre trial being heard at the regional trial court in Quezon City at the resumption of the
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:39A
State GOP goes to court to close SC primaries
Requiring people to register by party would be a major change in South Carolina's presidential politics. The first-in-the-South primary held here since 1980 has been open to all voters and required candidates to make appeals both to the party's most
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:38A
Tecnomatic SpA Charges Remy Inc. With Fraud And Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Tecnomatic SpA, an international maker of stator technology used in hybrid and electric automobiles, filed a $110 million lawsuit today in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois against Remy, Inc. (OTC: RMYI.PK).
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:37A
Family await verdict on Moat's 'accomplices' trial
THE family of gunman Raoul Moat's victim are anxiously awaiting a verdict today (Thursday) in the trial of two men accused of helping him. Chris Brown's mum Sally and sister Beckie Njie have sat in on the six week trial of Karl Ness, 26 and Qhuram Awan
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:36A
Mel Gibson's Plea Bargain Accepted in Oksana Case
“I know from almost 20 years as a criminal defense lawyer that sometimes justice can come for a client at too high a personal price,” Blair said. So Gibson reportedly accepted the plea bargain in order to avoid a media circus around the case.
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:36A
Diana doll firm cashes in on Kate
Princess of Wales' estate and charitable fund unsuccessfully filed a lawsuit in US District Court in Los Angeles against the Franklin Mint, a company in Wawa, Pennsylvania, that makes memorial plates and other items. Seven years after the Diana Doll
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:36A
Grain bin accidents get a fresh look by federal authorities
In a separate investigation, the US Labor Department found that Haasbach violated child labor laws by hiring youngsters under 18 years of age to perform hazardous jobs prohibited for children under provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Haasbach
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:36A
Anxious Traders Purchase Puts After Bankruptcy Warning from Dynegy Inc.
Option activity picked up on Dynegy Inc. (DYN) yesterday, after the company warned that a bankruptcy filing may be imminent. A total of 1123 calls and 2657 puts changed hands on DYN during the course of Wednesday's session, representing about four
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:36A
New courthouse may be better, but old ones had character!
1 - who would immediately start shopping for all my clothes - so I figured I looked pretty cool in the Miami Vice sleeves-rolled-up sports coat and jeans I wore for my first day in court as this newspaper's official full-time 'crime guy.
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:35A
Richmond Personal Injury Law Firm Applauds Virginia Lawmakers For Recognizing
The bill, HB 2307, would make it unlawful for any person to use a “handheld personal communications device” to send a text message or to read any e-mail or text message with the device while operating a motor vehicle on a Virginia highway.
Updated: 03/10/2011 09:35A