Category Archives: Court

South Carolina immigration law challenged by Justice Dept.

By doris | Published: October 31, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s administration sought on Monday to block parts of South Carolina’s new immigration law, arguing that the federal government had preeminent authority over immigration matters. The Justice Department is asking a federal court to intervene, bringing to three the number of states the Obama administration is suing [...]

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Feeling nostalgic: 12 TV theme songs you loved

By doris | Published: July 21, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LOS ANGELES (AP) — Arnold Schwarzenegger indicated in a court filing that he does not want to pay wife Maria Shriver spousal support or attorney fees as the couple ends their 25-year marriage. The dispute may have little impact on the divorce, since the former Hollywood couple is expected to reach [...]

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Minn. governor, GOP reach deal to end shutdown

By doris | Published: July 14, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican lawmakers reached a deal to end what has become the longest state shutdown in recent U.S. history. The deal came after a three-hour negotiating session that followed major concessions by Dayton. If details are worked out and approved by state [...]

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Casey Anthony to be released from jail next week

By doris | Published: July 7, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Orlando (CNN) — Casey Anthony only has to stay in jail six more days to fulfill the sentence a judge gave her Thursday on convictions for lying to authorities. Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail — one year for each of her four convictions of lying to [...]

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Woman awaits freedom after 17 years behind bars

By doris | Published: May 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — In her dream, Debra Brown pedals out of a Utah prison on a powder blue bicycle, riding past razor wire that for the last 17 years has kept her from proms and graduations and the birth of seven grandchildren. On Monday that dream figures to become a [...]

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Controller, airline crew suspended over incident in Florida skies

By doris | Published: March 30, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — An air traffic control supervisor and the crew of a Southwest Airlines jet have been suspended after the controller asked the Southwest Boeing 737 to fly in the vicinity of a small Cirrus aircraft in an effort to check on the welfare of the pilot, authorities said. The [...]

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At least 18 charged in alleged sexual assault of Texas girl

By doris | Published: March 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a Texas girl, police said. Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, police department, said Monday that the investigation into the incident “is continuous,” with more significant developments [...]

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Rodney King beating 20 years later: Can’t we all just get along?

By doris | Published: March 3, 2011

Full Story at thegrio.com This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, an incident which shone the spotlight on police brutality and race relations in Los Angeles and throughout the United States. On March 3, 1991, King — who was driving with two of his friends in his white Hyundai — was [...]

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Three Philadelphia priests, teacher charged with sexually abusing boys

By doris | Published: February 10, 2011

Full Story at religion.Blogs.CNN.com Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (CNN) – Three Philadelphia priests and a parochial school teacher were charged Thursday with raping and assaulting boys in their care, while a former official with the Philadelphia Archdiocese was accused of allowing the abusive priests to have access to children, the city’s district attorney’s office said. CNN Senior [...]

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2 arrested in fatal Ohio fraternity house shooting

By doris | Published: February 6, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – Two men have been arrested and charged in a shooting at an Ohio fraternity house that killed one student and injured 11 people at a party near Youngstown State University campus, police said Sunday. Each man is charged with aggravated murder, shooting into a house and 11 counts [...]

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Fla. judge strikes down Obama health care overhaul

By doris | Published: January 31, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com PENSACOLA, Fla. – A federal judge declared the Obama administration’s health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance. Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson agreed with the states that the new law violates people’s rights by forcing them to buy [...]

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Spanish police seize ‘largest, most sophisticated’ cocaine lab

By doris | Published: January 18, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Madrid, Spain (CNN) — Police in Madrid seized what they called the “largest and most sophisticated cocaine laboratory” in Europe known to date, and arrested 25 people, Spain’s national police said in a statement on Tuesday. Anti-drug agents confiscated 300 kilograms (660 pounds) of cocaine ready for distribution, 2 million euros [...]

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Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone

By doris | Published: January 4, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com The next time you’re in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who’s been arrested — including text messages — without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence. [...]

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Wild horses help tame wild men

By doris | Published: December 29, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Carson City, Nevada (CNN) — Just like the men training them, these horses used to be free. The animals were free to roam the land in the West, and the men were free to come and go as they please. Now they are both captive at the Northern Nevada Correctional Center. [...]

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Florida woman behind bars, accused of attempting to sell grandson

By doris | Published: November 9, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Florida grandmother and her boyfriend were in jail Monday after trying to sell the woman’s 8-week-old grandson for $30,000, police said. Patty Bigbee, 45, and her boyfriend, Lawrence Works, 42, were arrested and charged last week. Bigbee is accused of having approached a potential buyer in late October, [...]

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Court weighs state law banning ‘violent’ video games from children

By doris | Published: November 3, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — “Postal 2″ features the adventures of the “Postal Dude,” an interactive video game character who, under the control of the player, must confront everyday tasks. But it is how he handles these errands — with the power to behead girls, shoot police, and urinate on victims — that [...]

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9 possible jurors retained in Smart kidnap trial

By doris | Published: November 2, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SALT LAKE CITY — Nearly every Utah juror questioned on the first day of the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping trial said they knew about the case and believed the man charged was likely responsible. Jury selection began Monday in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City for the trial of Brian David [...]

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Detroit prosecutor proposes sending parents who skip school conferences to jail

By doris | Published: October 27, 2010

Full Story at Moms.today.com Listen up, Detroit parents: If Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy gets her way, you may be serving time in the slammer if you skip your child’s parent-teacher conference. According to this story in today’s Detroit News, Worthy is making the bold proposal to help call attention to the link between parental [...]

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Ariz. man battles neighbors over tea party-linked flag

By doris | Published: August 31, 2010

Full Story atmsnbc.msn.com LAVEEN, Ariz — Don’t tread on Andy C. McDonel. This year, Mr. McDonel began flying a yellow “Don’t Tread on Me” flag on his roof in this unincorporated area just outside Phoenix. The historic banner — which dates to 1775, when it was hoisted aboard ships during the initial days of the [...]

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ICE: 370 illegal immigrants arrested in 10 states

By doris | Published: August 28, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrested nearly 400 illegal immigrants — including 347 with prior criminal convictions — over a three-day operation throughout the Midwest, the agency announced Friday. The arrests in Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska were part of the agency’s [...]

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