Category Archives: Law

Law schools face lawsuits over job-placement claims

By doris | Published: February 3, 2012

Full Story at USNewsmsnbc.msn.com Adam Bevelacqua graduated from Brooklyn Law School last year with $100,000 in debt but high hopes for his future. He passed the bar on his first try in New York and had internships to highlight on his resume. And, according to his research, the school’s job placement rate for new graduates [...]

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Threat to electrify dog cage with girl inside just ‘horseplay’

By doris | Published: January 22, 2012

Full Story at USNews.nsmbc.msn.com A man accused of punishing his 12-year-old daughter by binding her hands and feet with duct tape and sticking her in a dog cage, then threatening to electrify the crate, was just engaging in “some horseplay” that “got out of control,” his lawyer says. Here’s what happened, according to a report [...]

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Obama administration rejects Keystone pipeline permit

By doris | Published: January 18, 2012

Full Story at FoxNews.com President Obama announced Wednesday that he will deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, blaming Republicans for imposing a “rushed and arbitrary deadline” which he said did not give officials enough time. GOP lawmakers immediately excoriated the president for the decision. House Speaker John Boehner said Obama is “selling out [...]

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Authorities Find Body Believed to Be Mt. Rainier Shooting Suspect

By doris | Published: January 2, 2012

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com The man suspected of killing a ranger at Mount Rainier National Park in Washington State is believed to have been found dead, according to police. Authorities located a body face-down in the snow without any identification, but believe it to be Benjamin Colton Barnes, 24, the sole suspect in Sunday’s shooting, [...]

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2 dead at Virginia Tech; school says ‘active threat’ is over

By doris | Published: December 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A police officer was among two people shot dead Thursday on the Virginia Tech campus, prompting a sweeping search and school-wide lockdown that lasted about four hours. About 4:30 p.m., the school announced on its Twitter feed that “law enforcement agencies have determined there is no longer an active [...]

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Feds urge judge: Don’t give Hinckley more freedom

By doris | Published: November 30, 2011

Full Story at USNews.msnbc.msn.com Urging a judge not to loosen restrictions on out-of-hospital visits by John Hinckley, who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, Justice Department lawyers on Wednesday said Hinckley browsed through books about Reagan and presidential assassins at a Virginia bookstore in July. Hinckley visited a Barnes and Noble store in Williamsburg, Virginia, [...]

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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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Hackers strike at 70 US law enforcement websites

By doris | Published: August 7, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com LONDON — The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 law enforcement websites across the southern and central United States in retaliation for arrests of its sympathizers in the U.S. and Britain. The hacking group also claimed to have stolen 10 gigabytes of data, including emails, [...]

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Dozens charged in international child porn ring bust

By doris | Published: August 3, 2011

Full Story at Dozens charged in child porn ring bust – US news – Crime & courts – msnbc.com WASHINGTON — U.S. authorities said Wednesday they have dismantled a worldwide child pornography ring that traded illicit images over the Internet using sophisticated encryption. Investigators said an estimated 600 people used a private, members-only Internet bulletin [...]

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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 not guilty of murder, other charges in daughter’s death

By doris | Published: July 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — After less than 11 hours of deliberation, a jury Tuesday found Casey Anthony not guilty of first-degree murder and the other most serious charges against her in the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter. But the jury convicted her on four misdemeanor counts of providing false information to law [...]

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Appeals court upholds Obama health care law

By doris | Published: June 29, 2011

Full Story at First Read.msnbc.msn.com Today’s ruling by a federal appeals court in Ohio, upholding the Obama health care law, marks the first time a Republican-appointed judge has found the most controversial part of the law constitutional. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals was 2-1 on the “individual [...]

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FBI: Man took cab from home to rob bank, then rode to work

By doris | Published: June 24, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com MIAMI — The FBI has arrested a man accused of putting on a suit and tie, robbing a South Florida bank and then leaving in a taxi. Jeffrey Harrington, 27, of North Miami, is accused of robbing the Bank of America branch in Hallandale Beach on Tuesday morning. He was arrested [...]

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Girl punished after reporting sex on school bus

By doris | Published: May 16, 2011

Full Story at CBS News (CBS/AP) DAYTON, Ohio – A woman said Monday that an Ohio charter school is punishing her daughter for not immediately reporting that she saw two classmates having sex on a school bus and for changing her seat during the bus trip. Saundra Roundtree told The Associated Press that her 14-year-old [...]

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Tax the rich! OK, but then what, Mr. President?

By doris | Published: April 12, 2011

Full Story at money.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — For years, President Obama has been clear about his preferred tax policy: Tax the rich more and protect households that make less than $250,000 from higher taxes. It’s not clear what he’ll say about taxes on Wednesday when he lays out his ideas for how to tackle [...]

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18 days of protest culminate in Mubarak’s ouster

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday and handed over power to the military, his nearly three decades of iron rule ended by a groundswell of popular protests that began January 25. In a somber one-minute announcement on state television, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced Mubarak’s resignation [...]

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Daughter snatched from hospital reunited with mom 23 years later

By doris | Published: January 20, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — In 1987, an anguished, trembling Joy White pleaded for someone to help her find her infant daughter. “I hope she’s all right,” the heartbroken mother told reporters at the time before collapsing in tears. Now, 23 years later, White is crying tears of joy as the decades-long mystery of [...]

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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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Fla. School Board Shooting: Purse Used to Smack Gunman Clay Duke Sold for $13,100 on eBay, Says Report

By doris | Published: December 27, 2010

Full Story at CBSNews.com PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (CBS/AP) The purse a woman used to hit a gunman at a Florida Panhandle school board meeting was sold for charity on eBay for $13,100, according to a report. PICTURES: Fla. School Board Shooting The purse’s owner, board member Ginger Littleton, tried to use the purse to [...]

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