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Vincent Tabak trial: Killer 'kissed Jo after flirty remark'
Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak has told a court he tried to kiss Jo Yeates after she made a "flirty" remark. The 33-year-old, who said he had been invited into his neighbour's flat, has been describing the day he strangled the Bristol landscape architect
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:11A
Pathologist testifies in ET trial
Rightwing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was most likely lying down when he sustained a chop wound to the head, a pathologist told the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp on Thursday. VENTERSDORP - Rightwing leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was most likely lying
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:07A
Judge rejects AG's request
The judge also denied the attorney general's request to intervene in the case so his office could formally defend the law in court. "I conducted a trial in this case in which the issues were thoroughly presented after notice had been given to all
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:05A
House panel takes up report on cutting judiciary
(AP) - The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court plans to speak to lawmakers about his proposal to reduce the number of judges statewide. Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. supports cutting 45 judges at the trial level and four seats at the appeals
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:05A
Woman who admitted murdering her two children in Spain after TV hypnotist
Sentencing Smith, Mr Justice Stephen Irwin said he 'trapped and overwhelmed' his victim with repeated sexual assaults over a sustained period of time. 'You had so domineered her that she was crushed by you,' said Mr Justice Irwin.
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:04A
Second Circuit Court of Appeals rules FINRA lacks authority to sue to collect
Fiero refused to pay the fine and FINRA commenced an action in New York Supreme Court to collect the funds. This was the first time FINRA ever attempted to judicially enforce a fine. Both the trial court and Appellate Division found for FINRA,
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:02A
Michigan's chief justice to talk to lawmakers about eliminating dozens of
The chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court plans to speak to lawmakers about his proposal to reduce the number of judges statewide. Chief Justice Robert Young Jr. supports cutting 45 judges at the trial level and four seats at the appeals court.
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:00A
Conrad Murray 'Responsible' For Michael Jackson's Death
Giving evidence at Murray's involuntary manslaughter trial yesterday, Dr. Steven Shafer told the court that the powerful substance should never be used to treat insomnia. Addressing claims that Jackson 'begged' Murray for anaesthetic to help him sleep,
Updated: 10/20/2011 06:00A
Morrissey / NME Case Reaches Court
(via The Guardian) Mr Justice Tugendhat is charged with deciding if the case will go before trial. If Morrissey is successful, the case would be the first incident of UK libel to go before trial by jury in over two years. Catrin Evans is the solicitor
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:56A
EU court bans some embryonic stem cell patents
The future of the biotech industry in Europe has been cast into doubt after the European Court of Justice banned patents on stem cell work involving the destruction of human embryos. In a ruling that many have called “devastating”, the court concluded
Updated: 10/20/2011 05:54A
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