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Landmark lawsuit demands compensation for pollution victims
Ltd. and Luliang Peace Technology Co. Ltd. in court on Wednesday. If the the NGOs win the case, the compensation will be used for environmental rehabilitation in the polluted areas in Qujing city, said Guo Jinghui, a spokeswoman of FON.
Updated: 05/23/2012 11:07P

Judge: New evidence should overturn Henderson's capital murder conviction
After reviewing evidence via testimony and briefs, Wisser recommended that the appeals court dismiss Henderson's conviction and return her case to Travis County, where she may face "any indictment or charges" that prosecutors choose to pursue in the
Updated: 05/23/2012 11:06P

Jury deals big blow to Oracle in Android case versus Google
Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
Updated: 05/23/2012 11:01P

Court Dismisses Falana's Suit against Legislators Jumbo Pay
While relying on the case of Fawehinmi vs The President (2008) 23 WRN 65, Falana urged the court to appreciate that the anachronistic doctrine of locus standi was discarded by the Court of Appeal when it declared illegal and unconstitutional the
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:56P

Unabomber posts sick reunion update
Kaczynski, 70, who graduated from the Ivy League university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1962, is serving a life sentence for killing three people and injuring 23 during a US-wide bombing spree from 1978 to 1995. In an alumni directory,
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:54P

Baye confession ruling reversed
(WWLP) - The state's Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruled Anthony Baye's confession cannot be used as evidence against him. Monday's ruling hampers the prosecution's case against the man believed responsible for setting 15 fires and the deaths of 2
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:52P

Jury deals big blow to Oracle in Android case vs. Google
By Dan Levine Google Inc's Android mobile platform has not infringed Oracle Corp's patents, a California jury decided, putting an indefinite hold on Oracle's quest for damages in a fight between the two Silicon Valley giants over smartphone technology.
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:50P

Prosecutors may have momentum in Clemens trial
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By Joseph White ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Prosecutors finally have some momentum in their perjury case
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:50P

Birth of murder plot laid out at Alaska militia trial
Cox was planning to miss a minor court appearance to wrap up a misdemeanor weapons case against him. He knew, as a result, he was likely to become a fugitive and was growing increasingly worried about the law enforcement hit squad he imagined was after
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:45P

Media motion seeks Edwards juror names at end of trial
The News & Observer, the Charlotte Observer and other media organizations are seeking to make public the names of jurors deciding federal charges against John Edwards at the end of his trial at the US District Court in Greensboro.
Updated: 05/23/2012 10:42P