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1 hr ago | MSNBC

Bear Stearns execs acquitted of fraud

Two Bear Stearns executives who ran hedge funds that collapsed after betting heavily on the shaky subprime mortgage market were acquitted Tuesday of lying to investors a ' a defeat in the government's bid to punish fraud exposed by the financial crisis.

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Related Topix: Mortgage, Personal Finance, Criminal Defense Law

5 hrs ago | WTLV

Letterman Scheme Suspect to Ask Court to Drop Case

A lawyer for the TV news producer accused of blackmailing David Letterman plans to ask a judge to dismiss an extortion case that prompted the late-night comic to acknowledge affairs with staffers.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

9 hrs ago | Asheville Citizen-Times

DC sniper mastermind set to be executed today

Unless Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine steps in, sniper mastermind John Allen Muhammad will be executed Tuesday for the attacks that terrorized the nation's capital region for three weeks in 2002.

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Related Topix: Virginia, Virginia Government, Greensville Correctional Center, State Prisons, Prison, Criminal Defense Law

14 hrs ago | KTVN Reno

Reno judge: DNA evidence allowed in murder trial

A Reno judge has denied a defense motion to prohibit use of DNA evidence at the trial of a man accused of killing a young Reno woman and raping two others.

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Related Topix: Reno Metro, Reno, NV, Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law

Mon Nov 09, 2009

WHDH

Abortion could roil Senate health care debate

Abortion opponents in the Senate are seeking tough restrictions in the health care overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Barack Obama's signature issue by year's end.

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Related Topix: Abortion, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Senator Ben Nelson, US Senate, Democrat, Nancy Pelosi, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law

WUSA9.com Washington, DC

EPA Releases Draft Chesapeake Restoration Strategy

Critics of the federal government's draft plan to clean up the Chesapeake Bay said it lacked details, while federal officials emphasized they would let states continue successful programs to control pollution flowing into the watershed.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

The Jersey Journal

Former SEC lawyer from N.J. admits role in $44M hedge fund scam

A former lawyer with the enforcement division of the Securities and Exchange Commission pleaded guilty today to conspiring with a prominent Manhattan lawyer to dupe hedge funds out of tens of millions of dollars.

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Related Topix: Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Englewood, NJ

Fandango.com

50 years: Kan. town grieves 'In Cold Blood' deaths

It's one of America's most haunting crime stories: four members of a Kansas family brutally murdered on Nov.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Criminal Defense Law

ClipSyndicate

Pet graveyard, child abuse in Selden

On Saturday, Sharon McDonough of Selden, was arrested for heinous animal cruelty.

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Related Topix: Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse), Video, Pets

Town Hall

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling...

A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling technique with environmental contamination.

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Related Topix: Pennsylvania, Washington County, PA, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law

Sun Nov 08, 2009

WBOY-TV

WV's Representatives Vote Along Party Lines on Health Care Reform Bill

The trillion dollar Affordable Health Care for America Act, narrowly passed the U.S House of Representatives, Saturday night, 220 to 215.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Shelley Moore Capito, Democrat, Alan Mollohan, West Virginia, West Virginia Government, Healthcare Law

Newsday.com

Army chaplain seeks prayers for meaning in rampage

That is so frustrating," Col. Frank Jackson told a group of about 120 people gathered at one of the post's chapel.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Criminal Defense Law

Newsday.com

Ill. prosecutors seek journalism students' grades

In this Oct. 26, 2009 photo, Northwestern University professor David Protess , founder of the Medill Innocence Project , talks with journalism students at a reporting strategy session in Evanston, Ill.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Northwestern University, Chicago Metro, Prison, Criminal Defense Law

The Item

Read the story

A 38-year-old Valrico man who alledgedly gave his nephew grain alcohol is being held without bond in Hillsborough County.

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Related Topix: Valrico, FL, Hillsborough County, FL, Domestic Violence (Domestic Abuse)

PhysOrg Weblog

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.

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Related Topix: Inventions, Science / Technology, Patent / Trademark Law

Sat Nov 07, 2009

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Amendment blocks federal funding for abortions

A bipartisan coalition sought to impose stricter abortion limits on insurance sold under a new health care bill Saturday, hoping to leave their imprint on legislation otherwise crafted largely by more liberal lawmakers.

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Related Topix: Abortion, Healthcare Law, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Bart Stupak, Democrat

KVAL - News - National & World News

Obama asks House to vote on health care bill

After months of struggle capped by a final wrenching compromise over abortion, Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted, "we will pass health care reform," and likened the events to the creation of Social Security in 1935 and Medicare 30 years later.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law, Social Security, Personal Finance, Ron Paul, Republican, US House of Representatives

Centre Daily Times

High court to look at life in prison for juveniles

Joe Sullivan was sent away for life for raping an elderly woman and judged incorrigible though he was only 13 at the time of the attack.

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Related Topix: Prison, Jacksonville Metro, US News, Death Penalty, Criminal Defense Law

Newsday.com

Lawyer: Fla. office shooting suspect mentally ill

Orlando Police said Jason Rodriguez, 40, is a suspect in the shooting at a downtown office on Nov.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Orlando Metro, Orlando, FL, Criminal Defense Law

Boston Herald

Democrats lack health care votes

House Democrats acknowledged they don't yet have the votes to pass a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system, and signaled they may push back the vote until tomorrow or early next week.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law

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