Category Archives: Court

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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Mexican woman granted asylum for domestic abuse

By doris | Published: August 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SAN FRANCISCO — A Mexican woman who claimed she was beaten and raped for decades by her common-law husband has won the right to stay in the United States in a case that experts say makes clear that domestic violence is valid grounds for asylum. The Department of Homeland Security found [...]

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Utah moves to fire 2 over immigrants data list

By doris | Published: July 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The Utah Department of Workforce Services has moved to fire two employees believed to have created and distributed a list containing personal information of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants, officials said Tuesday. The agency terminated a temporary worker and issued an “intent to terminate employment” notice to the other, spokesman [...]

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Couple suspected in child’s kidnapping arrested in Arizona

By doris | Published: July 15, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A man and woman suspected of kidnapping a 5-year-old boy from Missouri were arrested Tuesday afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, an FBI spokesman said. The boy — Devon Denman — was found unharmed Monday in the back seat of a stolen vehicle after a high-speed police pursuit in New Mexico [...]

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Arrest made in Los Angeles Grim Sleeper serial killer case

By doris | Published: July 8, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Authorities in California said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect in the Grim Sleeper serial killer case and will charge him with 10 counts of murder. Lonnie David Franklin Jr., 57, faces an additional count of attempted murder, Capt. Kevin McClure with the Los Angeles Police Department said. Franklin [...]

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Manson follower faces parole board for 19th time

By doris | Published: July 6, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES — Leslie Van Houten, the one-time Charles Manson follower long seen as the most likely of his ex-acolytes to win freedom someday, faces her 19th parole hearing on Tuesday with a new lawyer and new case law which may give her the best chance yet for release. Even if [...]

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Pakistan jails 5 Americans over terror plots

By doris | Published: June 24, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SARGODHA, Pakistan – A Pakistani court on Thursday convicted five Americans on terror charges and sentenced each to at least 10 years in prison, a prosecutor said. They were accused of contacting militants in Pakistan over the Internet and plotting terrorist attacks. Rana Bakhtiar made the announcement Thursday in the Punjab [...]

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Man arrested after wife writes to Obama asking for help

By doris | Published: June 22, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com New York (CNN) — Not everyone expects a response when they write a letter to the president of the United States. But Caroline Jamieson got much more than she expected when her husband ended up in jail and afraid he would be deported. Jamieson, vice president of marketing at a new-media advertising [...]

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Arizona bill would deny citizenship to children of illegal immigrants

By doris | Published: June 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A proposed Arizona law would deny birth certificates to children born in the United States to illegal immigrant parents. The bill comes on the heels of Arizona passing the nation’s toughest immigration law. John Kavanagh, a Republican state representative from Arizona who supports the proposed law aimed at so-called [...]

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N.J. man held at JFK: I’ll outdo Fort Hood killer

By doris | Published: June 8, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. – The young men’s intentions were sinister, according to officials: to head to Somalia to seek terror training from al-Qaida-affiliated jihadists and unleash attacks against fellow Americans. But their preparations apparently were unsophisticated.

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National Day of Prayer goes on despite ruling

By doris | Published: May 7, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — The 59th annual National Day of Prayer was held Thursday against a backdrop of controversy and growing doubts about the future of the event, which a federal judge recently declared unconstitutional. President Truman signed a bill establishing an official National Day of Prayer in 1952, but U.S. District [...]

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2nd Navy SEAL found not guilty in Iraq

By doris | Published: April 26, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) — A military judge Friday found Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe, one of three Navy SEALs accused in the alleged beating an Iraqi detainee, not guilty, a military spokesman said. Keefe was accused of dereliction of duty for not preventing abuse of a prisoner. The verdict comes a day [...]

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Ariz. lawmakers OK sweeping immigration bill

By doris | Published: April 20, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com PHOENIX – Arizona lawmakers approved a sweeping immigration bill Monday intended to ramp up law enforcement efforts even as critics complained it could lead to racial profiling and other abuse. The state Senate voted 17-11 nearly along party lines to send the bill to Gov. Jan Brewer, who has not taken [...]

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Study: Spanking Kids Leads to More Aggressive Behavior

By doris | Published: April 13, 2010

Full Story at TIME.com Disciplining young children is one of the key jobs of any parent — most people would have no trouble agreeing with that. But whether or not that discipline should include spanking or other forms of corporal punishment is a far trickier issue. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) does not endorse [...]

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Oprah settles lawsuit with former head of African girls school

By doris | Published: March 24, 2010

Full Story at  CNN.com (CNN) — A woman to woman talk between Oprah Winfrey and the former head of her South African girls school ended with the settlement of a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host, their lawyers said. Lerato Nomvuyo Mzamane sued Winfrey, contending she defamed Mzamane when talking about an abuse scandal [...]

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