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Redding sentenced to life in Standard Bar murder
The jury deliberated for two hours before rendering a verdict in the four-day trial Monday. In the sentencing phase of the trial Monday afternoon, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kimberly Adams sentenced Redding to life in prison, plus 70 years.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:50P
MLB Putting Limits on Sale of Team Debt
The loan-resale restrictions bar banks that hold $375 million of Mets team debt from reselling the debt to hedge funds without league approval, according to people familiar with the baseball league. The restrictions could help protect the team from
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:49P
Juror Names to Remain Secret in Bonds Trial
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A judge has granted the media access to detailed questionnaires that prospective jurors fill out before testimony begins in the upcoming Barry Bonds perjury trial. US District Court Judge Susan Illston on Monday granted media
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:48P
Forest Gate clergymen charged in sham marriages inquiry
They are charged with conspiring to facilitate entry and to obtain indefinite leave to remain in the UK in breach of immigration law. The two men were suspended from their Church of England duties last year after UK Border Agency officials and police
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:46P
LA Times Publisher On the Stand in Tribune Company Bankruptcy Case
LA Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein took the stand today in the Tribune Company bankruptcy trial. Bloomberg was on site and filed a short dispatch describing Hartenstein's testimony.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:46P
Markets slide Monday on Japan news
(NECN: Peter Howe, Boston) As stock markets around the world reopened yesterday, investors' verdict seemed to be: We're a lot more worried about the Japanese earthquake and tsunami than we were Friday, especially its impact on the nuclear-power
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:45P
E Pluribus Tucson: Uprising in Arizona
Jan Brewer approved an immigration law that prompted a legal battle between the state and the federal government and made the state the target of boycotts. A new batch of immigration bills followed this year, along with a Republican-sponsored state
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:45P
AP sources: Bus driver in NYC crash stopped before
By MICHAEL GORMLEY AP 2011 The Associated Press ALBANY, NY — Two state officials familiar with the investigation of a New York City bus crash that killed 15 people tell The Associated Press that records show the driver had his license suspended from
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:44P
Japanese Agency: Explosion Heard At Nuclear Plant
The accidents - injuring 15 workers and military personnel and exposing up to 190 people to elevated radiation - have compounded the immense challenges faced by the Tokyo government as it struggles to help hundreds of thousands of people affected by
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:43P
Defense Fights Charges in Priest-Abuse Case
AP PHILADELPHIA—Monsignor William Lynn entered a Philadelphia courtroom Monday as the only Roman Catholic church official ever charged with endangering children for allegedly transferring priest-predators to unsuspecting US parishes.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:42P
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