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Suspect in Halifax pornography case tweaks plea
Halifax County Circuit Court Judge Joel Cunningham granted a continuance Monday morning in the Thomas Dale Anderson child pornography case. Anderson, a 41-year-old Halifax resident, was expected to plead guilty Monday to one charge for a first offense
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:46A
Federal court to hear argument about Facebook ownership ... again
based social networking site are to appear Wednesday in federal court in Buffalo. Facebook wants the judge to halt pre-trial exchanges of evidence until he decides whether the case should go forward. There's a pending request by Facebook to have
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:42A
NJ law now stricter than US Supreme Court ruling on strip searches
The US Supreme Court's high-profile decision that jailers can strip-search a noncriminal detainee without having any suspicions is not the law in the state of New Jersey. The civil-rights case of Albert Florence, the man from Bordentown who claimed he
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:38A
Oman Supreme Court upholds Sohar verdict
Muscat: Oman's Supreme Court has upheld the five-year prison term for Sohar protesters but ordered a retrial in the Ibri riot case. Seven Sohar protesters were jailed for five years by the Sohar Criminal Court in June last year.
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:35A
Covidien (COV) Gets Favorable Ruling in Patent Litigation with Applied Medical
Covidien (NYSE: COV), has prevailed against Applied Medical Resources Corp. in a patent action before the US District Court, Central District of California. In granting Covidien's motion of summary judgment, the District Court ruled that Covidien's
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:33A
Bhanwari Devi case: Maderna, Bishnoi shifted from Jodhpur Central jail
The CBI had made a plea to the High Court that both be shifted to other jails of the state citing their attempts to influence the witnesses and other accused in the case which was affecting the investigations. The court had then asked the government
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:33A
Judge continues woman's trial in son's death
CHILLICOTHE --Judge Mike Ater has postponed a two-day trial that had been set to begin today in Ross County Common Pleas Court in the September death of a child. Diana Hudson, 27, faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony,
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:31A
MUNICIPAL COURT
Operating a vehicle impaired, suspended driver's license, failure to control -- Blake R. Havens, 29, of 1147 Bobo Road, Beaver, case dismissed without prejudice to preserve speedy trial and trooper was unavailable; April 3. Operating a vehicle impaired
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:30A
Singapore Court Dismisses Convicted Malaysian Drug Trafficker's Appeal
SINGAPORE, April 4 (Bernama) -- Singapore Court of Appeal has dismissed convicted Malaysian drug trafficker Yong Vui Kong's third attempt to get the court to reopen his case and set aside his death sentence. Local television, Channel NewsAsia reported
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:30A
Turkey's former coup leaders stand trial for the first time; hundreds protest
The government and Parliament, as well as several political parties, have said they would seek the court's permission to join the trial as plaintiffs along with hundreds of non-governmental organizations and citizens. Hundreds of demonstrators
Updated: 04/04/2012 07:29A