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- Some conservatives consider funding Akin in Missouri Senate race
- Former President Clinton gets $2 billion in pledges to tackle world's woes
- Texas puts to death man who received three stays of execution
- Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision
- Ex-Guatemalan commander linked to massacre to stand trial in U.S.
- Army doctor's defense says compelling doubt in "Fatal Vision" case
- Conservative group launches ad attacking Florida Supreme Court
- Feds crack down on Los Angeles medical marijuana shops
- NY state senator loses election after backing gay marriage
- "Soccer Mom Madam" pleads guilty in New York
- NY court revives lawsuits between Mashreq, Algosaibi, al-Sanea
- Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision
- Gov. Brown gives green light to driverless cars in California
- U.S. court revives ex-Chrysler executives' age bias claims
- FBI reduces DNA backlog, scales back roadside bomb tests
- Salmonella sickens 30 in 19 states, peanut butter recalled
- Supreme Court to address blood testing for drunk driving
- Weeks before election, Pennsylvania voter ID law back in court
- Adults may paddle students of opposite gender in Texas district
- Two Los Angeles radio stations evacuated over beeping package
- Texas set to put to death man who received three stays of execution
- Supreme Court upholds West Virginia redistricting
- New Jersey legislator seeks ban on NFL replacement refs
- Senators urge Cuba to release American Alan Gross
- Army Corps not liable for Katrina damage: court
- U.S. top court to review blood tests to test driver sobriety
- House ethics panel unanimous in dropping Waters probe
- Restaurants oppose $7.2 billion credit-card fee settlement
- Five-year-olds put to the test as kindergarten exams gain steam
- Los Angeles radio stations evacuated over "ticking" package
- Four California teens arrested in school soccer team hazing case
- Former President Clinton gets $2 billion in pledges to tackle world's woes
- Texas puts to death man who received three stays of execution
- Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision
- Army doctor's defense says compelling doubt in "Fatal Vision" case
- Conservative group launches ad attacking Florida Supreme Court
- Feds crack down on Los Angeles medical marijuana shops
- NY state senator loses election after backing gay marriage
- Some conservatives consider funding Akin in Missouri Senate race
- NY court revives lawsuits between Mashreq, Algosaibi, al-Sanea
| Some conservatives consider funding Akin in Missouri Senate race Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT
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| Former President Clinton gets $2 billion in pledges to tackle world's woes Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:12 PM PDT
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| Texas puts to death man who received three stays of execution Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Tuesday who had received three stays of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court because of questions about how forcefully his lawyers defended him. Cleve Foster, 48, was convicted with an accomplice in the 2002 murder and rape of Nyanuer "Mary" Pal, whose naked body was found in a ditch, according to a report by the Texas Attorney General's office. Foster had asked the U.S. high court for a fourth stay of execution but it was denied on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 6:43 p.m. ... |
| Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a coalition of civil and immigrants rights activists to prevent police from enforcing an Arizona provision that is at the heart of the fierce national debate over illegal immigration. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an emergency motion for an injunction blocking the "show your papers" provision of SB 1070, the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants, pending appeal. ... |
| Ex-Guatemalan commander linked to massacre to stand trial in U.S. Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:39 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A former Guatemalan Army commander suspected in a notorious massacre during the country's civil war has been ordered to stand trial in the United States on charges he lied about his past to gain U.S. citizenship, prosecutors said on Tuesday. Jorge Sosa, who was extradited to the United States from Canada last week, was ordered held without bond during a hearing on Monday in U.S. District Court in Riverside, California, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeannie Joseph said. ... |
| Army doctor's defense says compelling doubt in "Fatal Vision" case Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - A defense attorney seeking a new trial for an Army doctor convicted of the 1970 murders of his family on Tuesday argued that no reasonable jury would have convicted him had it been privy to the DNA evidence and witness testimony collected in the years since his first trial. Former Green Beret Jeffrey MacDonald has maintained his innocence in the stabbing and clubbing deaths that brought him three life sentences and led to the bestseller "Fatal Vision" and a television mini-series. ... |
| Conservative group launches ad attacking Florida Supreme Court Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:47 PM PDT TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A conservative advocacy group began running an Internet ad criticizing the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, days after the Republican Party started a campaign to sack three justices who rejected efforts to overturn President Barack Obama's healthcare law. ... |
| Feds crack down on Los Angeles medical marijuana shops Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:14 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal authorities moved to close down 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and a neighboring community on Tuesday, marking the latest broadside in an ongoing war over California's cannabis trade. The move also comes on the heels of a municipal ban on storefront pot shops in Los Angeles that was put on hold after activists challenged it in court and by referendum. ... |
| NY state senator loses election after backing gay marriage Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Republican state senator whose vote was crucial to legalizing gay marriage in New York has lost his primary election while a Senate colleague who also broke with the party's stance against same-sex unions narrowly escaped defeat. Senators Roy McDonald and Stephen Saland were among four New York Senate Republicans to cast key votes last year to make New York the most populous U.S. state to allow homosexual marriages. After a count of absentee ballots, McDonald was determined to have lost his race while Saland narrowly won in September 13 primary elections. ... |
| "Soccer Mom Madam" pleads guilty in New York Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:46 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anna Gristina, the accused Manhattan madam whose case garnered lurid headlines in the New York media, pleaded guilty Tuesday in state court to one count of promoting prostitution. The "Soccer Mom Madam," as she was dubbed by the tabloids, is expected to be sentenced in November to time served by Acting Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan. She spent four months in jail after her February arrest. ... |
| NY court revives lawsuits between Mashreq, Algosaibi, al-Sanea Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided New York state appeals court on Tuesday reinstated two lawsuits involving the Algosaibi family conglomerate, Dubai-based Mashreqbank PSC and Maan al-Sanea, the Saudi billionaire head of the Saad Group, in connection with a longstanding fight over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud. The ruling, which found that New York was the appropriate forum to hear the lawsuits, is the latest development in the global legal battle between al-Sanea and his in-laws, the Algosaibis. A spokesman for al-Sanea declined to comment on Tuesday's decision. ... |
| Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:56 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a coalition of civil and immigrants rights activists to prevent police from enforcing a controversial Arizona immigration provision. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an emergency motion for an injunction blocking the "show your papers" provision of SB 1070, the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants pending appeal. ... |
| Gov. Brown gives green light to driverless cars in California Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:03 PM PDT MOUNTAIN VIEW (Reuters) - California took the fast lane to the future on Tuesday when Gov. Jerry Brown signed a law that lets self-driving cars onto public roads. Brown rode to the signing ceremony at Google Inc headquarters in the passenger seat of a vehicle that steered itself, a Prius modified by Google. Google co-founder Sergey Brin and State Sen. Alex Padilla, who sponsored the bill, were along for the ride. An engineer for the technology company, Chris Urmson, sat in the driver's seat, but the car drove itself. ... |
| U.S. court revives ex-Chrysler executives' age bias claims Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:49 PM PDT
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| FBI reduces DNA backlog, scales back roadside bomb tests Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:40 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI has sharply reduced a backlog of forensic DNA testing, in part by scaling back fruitless tests of hair samples from roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan meant to identify who placed them, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report by the Justice Department's inspector general measured how quickly the FBI lab processed DNA evidence in cases such as bombings, killings and missing persons. The FBI has faced criticism that its testing is too slow and could delay the capture of criminal suspects and the possible exoneration of innocent people. ... |
| Salmonella sickens 30 in 19 states, peanut butter recalled Posted: 25 Sep 2012 01:42 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thirty people in 19 states have fallen ill from Salmonella poisoning, probably from tainted peanut butter, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday. Health officials and regulators point to Trader Joe's Valencia Creamy Salted Peanut Butter made with Sea Salt as the likely source of the outbreak of the Salmonella Bredeney strain, the CDC said in a statement. The median age of those taken ill is 7, and four people have been hospitalized, the CDC said. ... |
| Supreme Court to address blood testing for drunk driving Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:15 PM PDT
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| Weeks before election, Pennsylvania voter ID law back in court Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:47 AM PDT HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge who will decide whether Pennsylvania's new voter-identification law should be blocked heard testimony on Tuesday from one witness who said fears that the measure placed an unfair burden on residents were overblown. The witness, Kurt Myers, a deputy secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, said about 11,000 voters have gotten the mandated ID cards at the center of the controversial law and thousands more were set to get theirs before the November 6 election. ... |
| Adults may paddle students of opposite gender in Texas district Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:24 PM PDT SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - School administrators will be allowed to paddle students of the opposite sex under a rule approved unanimously Monday night by the school board in the North Texas community of Springtown. Superintendent Michael Kelley said Tuesday the new policy would ensure both male and female students are treated equally since there are not enough administrators of both genders in some schools in Springtown, which has a population of about 2,600. Under the previous policy, corporal punishment could only be carried out by an administrator who was of the same gender as the student. ... |
| Two Los Angeles radio stations evacuated over beeping package Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:31 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Los Angeles news radio stations were evacuated for about two hours on Tuesday, along with a number of other offices in the 27-story building they share, after police were called to investigate a package that was making beeping noises. A Los Angeles police bomb squad later determined that the parcel was harmless and contained only promotional materials. The offices of KNX and KFWB, both CBS affiliates, were evacuated after calls to the police and fire departments at around 8:30 a.m., Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French said. "We got a call ... ... |
| Texas set to put to death man who received three stays of execution Posted: 25 Sep 2012 09:35 AM PDT
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| Supreme Court upholds West Virginia redistricting Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:16 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court upheld West Virginia's congressional restricting map as constitutional on Tuesday, overturning a lower court order that found the plan violated the principle of "one person, one vote." In an unsigned opinion, the court said that a federal district court panel had erred in voiding the map in January and had failed to give appropriate deference to the Democratic-controlled legislature that had crafted it. ... |
| New Jersey legislator seeks ban on NFL replacement refs Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:28 AM PDT (Reuters) - A New Jersey legislative leader wants to ban NFL replacement referees from his state after a disputed call cost the Green Bay Packers their Monday night game. New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, an admitted Packers fan, said on Tuesday he will introduce a bill to ban replacement officials from calling any professional sports event in New Jersey, home to two NFL teams, the Giants and Jets. ... |
| Senators urge Cuba to release American Alan Gross Posted: 25 Sep 2012 09:40 AM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators has sent a letter to Cuban President Raul Castro urging the release of an American contractor jailed in Cuba for nearly three years, saying his detention is "a major obstacle" to improving relations. The letter, signed by 44 senators, is the strongest appeal yet by members of Congress in the case of Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year sentence for illegally setting up Internet networks in Cuba. In the letter, the senators urge Cuba to release Gross, 63, on humanitarian grounds, saying he has lost 105 pounds (47. ... |
| Army Corps not liable for Katrina damage: court Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:33 AM PDT
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| U.S. top court to review blood tests to test driver sobriety Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:01 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to consider whether police must get a warrant before forcing a suspected drunken driver to submit to a blood test, in a case that could set a new legal standard for motorists' privacy. Police in the state of Missouri argued they should not have to wait for approval to draw blood given how quickly alcohol dissipates in the bloodstream. The state's highest court rejected that argument in a January 17 decision, saying the test violated the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. ... |
| House ethics panel unanimous in dropping Waters probe Posted: 25 Sep 2012 08:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives' ethics panel said on Tuesday it unanimously decided to dropped a conflict of interest case against Democratic Representative Maxine Waters saying the evidence failed to support allegations that she improperly aided a bank in which her husband was a shareholder. In a formal statement, the panel said Waters made efforts to avoid a conflict of interest with OneUnited Bank of Boston, which received a $12 million federal bailout, when she sought help for minority own banks during the 2008 financial crisis. ... |
| Restaurants oppose $7.2 billion credit-card fee settlement Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:28 AM PDT
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| Five-year-olds put to the test as kindergarten exams gain steam Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:24 AM PDT
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| Los Angeles radio stations evacuated over "ticking" package Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:25 AM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two CBS affiliate radio stations in Los Angeles were evacuated on Tuesday morning after police were called to investigate a "ticking or beeping" package, police said. KNX and KFWB stations were evacuated after calls to the police and fire departments at around 8:25 a.m. reported the suspicious package in the building they share, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said. "We got a call ... that a package had been delivered to the second floor lobby, and there appeared to be some kind of ticking or beeping coming from" it, LAPD spokesman Richard French said. ... |
| Four California teens arrested in school soccer team hazing case Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:24 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four Los Angeles-area high school students have been arrested in an investigation of complaints that varsity soccer players sexually abused younger team members in hazing rituals that victims said were conducted with the complicity of a coach. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department opened an investigation at the request of the school district after a parent of one boy who claimed to have been harassed by teammates came forward to lodge a complaint, school officials said. ... |
| Former President Clinton gets $2 billion in pledges to tackle world's woes Posted: 25 Sep 2012 07:12 PM PDT
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| Texas puts to death man who received three stays of execution Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:19 PM PDT (Reuters) - Texas executed a man on Tuesday who had received three stays of execution from the U.S. Supreme Court because of questions about how forcefully his lawyers defended him. Cleve Foster, 48, was convicted with an accomplice in the 2002 murder and rape of Nyanuer "Mary" Pal, whose naked body was found in a ditch, according to a report by the Texas Attorney General's office. Foster had asked the U.S. high court for a fourth stay of execution but it was denied on Tuesday. He was pronounced dead at 6:43 p.m. ... |
| Court rejects bid to block Arizona "show your papers" immigration provision Posted: 25 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected a bid by a coalition of civil and immigrants rights activists to prevent police from enforcing an Arizona provision that is at the heart of the fierce national debate over illegal immigration. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied an emergency motion for an injunction blocking the "show your papers" provision of SB 1070, the state's crackdown on illegal immigrants, pending appeal. ... |
| Army doctor's defense says compelling doubt in "Fatal Vision" case Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:50 PM PDT WILMINGTON, North Carolina (Reuters) - A defense attorney seeking a new trial for an Army doctor convicted of the 1970 murders of his family on Tuesday argued that no reasonable jury would have convicted him had it been privy to the DNA evidence and witness testimony collected in the years since his first trial. Former Green Beret Jeffrey MacDonald has maintained his innocence in the stabbing and clubbing deaths that brought him three life sentences and led to the bestseller "Fatal Vision" and a television mini-series. ... |
| Conservative group launches ad attacking Florida Supreme Court Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:47 PM PDT TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - A conservative advocacy group began running an Internet ad criticizing the Florida Supreme Court on Tuesday, days after the Republican Party started a campaign to sack three justices who rejected efforts to overturn President Barack Obama's healthcare law. ... |
| Feds crack down on Los Angeles medical marijuana shops Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:14 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Federal authorities moved to close down 71 medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles and a neighboring community on Tuesday, marking the latest broadside in an ongoing war over California's cannabis trade. The move also comes on the heels of a municipal ban on storefront pot shops in Los Angeles that was put on hold after activists challenged it in court and by referendum. ... |
| NY state senator loses election after backing gay marriage Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:38 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Republican state senator whose vote was crucial to legalizing gay marriage in New York has lost his primary election while a Senate colleague who also broke with the party's stance against same-sex unions narrowly escaped defeat. Senators Roy McDonald and Stephen Saland were among four New York Senate Republicans to cast key votes last year to make New York the most populous U.S. state to allow homosexual marriages. After a count of absentee ballots, McDonald was determined to have lost his race while Saland narrowly won in September 13 primary elections. ... |
| Some conservatives consider funding Akin in Missouri Senate race Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:19 PM PDT
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| NY court revives lawsuits between Mashreq, Algosaibi, al-Sanea Posted: 25 Sep 2012 04:18 PM PDT NEW YORK (Reuters) - A divided New York state appeals court on Tuesday reinstated two lawsuits involving the Algosaibi family conglomerate, Dubai-based Mashreqbank PSC and Maan al-Sanea, the Saudi billionaire head of the Saad Group, in connection with a longstanding fight over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud. The ruling, which found that New York was the appropriate forum to hear the lawsuits, is the latest development in the global legal battle between al-Sanea and his in-laws, the Algosaibis. A spokesman for al-Sanea declined to comment on Tuesday's decision. ... |
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