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The 'stupid majority thing' works both ways for and 'against' religion
Liberty Institute on behalf of Opulent Life Church and its pastor, Telsa DeBerry, filed an appeal at the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. It asks the court to reverse the District Court's decision and to grant the Church a preliminary
Updated: 03/17/2012 04:00P

Ex-inmate says he is owed $2 million
DNA evidence has led to most of Texas' exonerations. But with DNA testing essentially standard in most cases and the number of DNA-based exonerations expected to dwindle, more former inmates like Allen — whose case has no DNA evidence — are likely to
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:59P

Convicted death camp guard Demjanjuk dies
After his conviction in May, Demjanjuk was sentenced to five years in prison, but was appealing the case to Germany's high court. He was released pending the appeal, and died a free man in his own room in a nursing home in the southern Bavarian town of
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:54P

Cromwell murder suspects set for trial in April, October
Judge Robert Macaulay set a trial date of Oct. 1 for Rachel Charlotte Defoe, 26, in State District Court in Carlton Wednesday afternoon. Joshua David Martineau, 29, is scheduled to go to a jury trial April 2. CARLTON – A tentative trial date has been
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:51P

Man enters plea in drug bust case
MARQUETTE -- AMarquette man pled guilty Friday on meth charges in Marquette Circuit Court. Kevin Marshall Teehan, 49, was arrested back in January along with William David Lambert in connection to a drug bust. UPSET detectives and Marquette City Police
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:43P

Man enters plea in drug bust case
MARQUETTE -- AMarquette man pled guilty Friday on meth charges in Marquette Circuit Court. Kevin Marshall Teehan, 49, was arrested back in January along with William David Lambert in connection to a drug bust. UPSET detectives and Marquette City Police
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:43P

CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMJohn Demjanjuk, convicted death camp guard, dies
Entertainment News from AP By DAVID RISING AP BERLIN (AP) - John Demjanjuk was convicted of being a low-ranking guard at the Sobibor death camp, but his 35-year fight on three continents to clear his name - a legal battle that had not yet ended when he
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:42P

Batter up! Mets head to trial on Monday
In September, US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Picard could only go after fictitious profits and principal in the two years before the former NASDAQ chief's scam was uncovered. That ruling allowed Picard to sue for $303 million in
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:34P

In Wake of Stevens Trial, Push to Reform Rules
The release of a scathing report last week detailing widespread prosecutorial misconduct that botched the corruption trial of the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has reignited calls to revisit the rules requiring government prosecutors to hand over
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:32P

As NY Mets go to trial in Bernie Madoff clawback case on Monday, here's all
In September, US District Court Judge Jed Rakoff ruled that Picard could only go after fictitious profits and principal in the two years before the former NASDAQ chief's scam was uncovered. That ruling allowed Picard to sue for $303 million in
Updated: 03/17/2012 03:32P