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9 min ago | Belleville News

Police: 911 call led to Mo. triple homicide suspect

A 911 call made the night a Cole Camp family was shot to death led investigators to a relative from Kansas who is charged in the fatal shootings.

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Related Topix: Garnett, KS, Criminal Defense Law

4 hrs ago | C-Health

Heart patients in U.S. alternative medicine study not fully told of risks: probe

A U.S. federal investigation has found that heart attack survivors enrolled in a study of a controversial alternative medicine treatment were not told enough about potential dangers from the drug being tested, including death.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law

8 hrs ago | Guardian-series.co.uk

Double jeopardy killer jailed for life

A MAN has been jailed for life for the brutal killing of a girlfriend and attempted murder of another.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

Fri Jul 03, 2009

Ireland.com

Butler's criminal battery case delayed

The 300 hunk was charged in May with attacking a paparazzo outside the Los Angeles premiere of Guy Ritchie's RocknRolla in 2008.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, RocknRolla

Canadian Television

Gary Coleman's wife arrested after argument in Utah

Police say the wife of actor Gary Coleman was booked into jail after an argument at the couple's Utah County home.

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Related Topix: Diff'rent Strokes, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Gary Coleman, Utah County, UT, Criminal Defense Law

KATU-TV Portland

Judge OKs continued freezing of financier's assets

A federal judge has granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's request to continue freezing the assets of a California financier charged in a fraud case involving hundreds of millions of dollars.

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

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Judge will consider Stanford request for money

In this Monday, June 29, 2009 file photo, billionaire R. Allen Stanford smiles as he is escorted out of the federal courthouse in Houston.

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Related Topix: Dallas Metro, Houston, TX, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law

San Diego Union-Tribune

Nation: Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace suicide case

In this Monday, May 18, 2009 file photo Lori Drew leaves Federal Court after a hearing in Los Angeles.

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Related Topix: Social Software, Criminal Defense Law

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Lubbock Avalanche

Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death

The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Criminal Defense Law, Drug Enforcement Administration, California

WBT-AM Charlotte

Record requests for aid to avoid police layoffs

In this Jan. 14, 2009 file photo, Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums speaks at a news conference in Oakland, Calif.

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Related Topix: San Francisco Metro, Oakland Metro, Oakland, CA, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Criminal Defense Law

SignOnSanDiego.com

Key Senate Democrats trim cost of health care bill

In a letter outlining the details, Sens. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said their revised plan would cost dramatically less than an earlier, incomplete proposal, and help show the way toward coverage for 97 percent of all Americans.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Christopher Dodd, Healthcare Law, Health Insurance, Health

CBS News

Jay Leno Wins Right To Web Name For His New Show

Television host Jay Leno has won control of a Web address using the name of his new show.

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Related Topix: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Comedy, Entertainment, Television, Patent / Trademark Law, Katy, TX

CanadianDriver

U.S. proposes stricter nitrogen dioxide standards

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed strengthening the country's nitrogen dioxide air quality standard for the first time in more than 35 years.

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

KATC-TV Lafayette

Criminal charges filed against Beazer Homes

Federal prosecutors in North Carolina have filed criminal fraud conspiracy charges against Beazer Homes USA.

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Related Topix: Construction, Beazer Homes USA, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law

Wed Jul 01, 2009

WHDH

Flight diverted to NM after passenger gets naked

A US Airways flight to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a passenger removed all of his clothing mid-flight, forcing flight attendants to cover him with a blanket before he was arrested, authorities said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

Globe and Mail

Former Stanford CFO makes plea deal

Former Stanford CFO makes plea deal Texas billionaire Allen Stanford arrives at the Federal courthouse in Houston, in the custody of US marshalls, June 25, 2009.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

Star-telegram.com

SEC approves rule on pay disclosure for TARP firms

By DANIEL WAGNER The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday unanimously approved rules requiring greater transparency for executive compensation at bailed-out firms and all public companies.In an open meeting, the panel voted 5-0 for a rule requiring firms that received government bailouts to let shareholders vote on executive pay.

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

NOLA.com

'Public Enemies' a well-acted, but flawed cops and robbers flick

Marion Cotillard dances with Johnny Depp in 'Public Enemies,' directed by Michael Man.

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Related Topix: Public Enemies, Thriller, Crime Movies, Action Movies, The Dark Knight, Criminal Defense Law, Movies, Entertainment

KIDK TV

Wal-Mart backs employer health insurance mandate

Wal-Mart, a huge company once criticized for less than generous employee benefits, has embraced President Barack Obama's call for requiring all large employers to offer health insurance to their workers.

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Related Topix: Health Insurance, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Healthcare Law

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Kansas City Star

Court: Stay tuned on campaign funds, civil rights

On civil rights and campaign cash, the Supreme Court earned an "incomplete" grade in the term that just ended.

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Related Topix: US News, Employment / Labor Law, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Sonia Sotomayor

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