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U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 18, 2008 @ 8:13am neoform

SF Gate -- Attempts by conservative opponents to halt same-sex marriage in California before the November election failed Tuesday when both a state appeals court and a Sacramento trial judge refused to block local officials from issuing marriage licenses to gay coup.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 30, 2008 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- Now, the waiting begins. A Texas Supreme Court ruling paves the way for members of a polygamist sect to get their children out of foster care, but it remains unclear when that might happen or what kind of restrictions might be imposed. "I'm happy (when.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 22, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

MSNBC -- The U.S. military cannot automatically discharge people because they are gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal. The three judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 10, 2008 @ 8:14am neoform

SF Gate -- The state Supreme Court dealt a final blow Wednesday to San Francisco's voter-approved ban on handguns, rejecting the city's appeal of a lower-court ruling that sharply limited the ability of localities to regulate firearms. The court's unanimous order.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jan 30, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

SF Gate -- A man who tried to burn his 6-year-old son to death in 1983 was properly sentenced to 25 years to life in prison under the "three strikes" law for two recent weapons convictions, a state appeals court ruled today. The First District Court of Appeal in.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Jan 29, 2008 @ 8:10am neoform

MSNBC -- A couple accused of stealing millions of dollars from an armored car company did it to escape financial hardships, the woman told the FBI in court documents disclosed Monday. Roger Dillon, 23, and his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, 25, both of Youngstown, ar.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Dec 6, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

MSNBC -- The Bush administration argued in the Supreme Court on Wednesday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have sufficient opportunities to challenge their confinement, the third round of high court review of the detentions. The measures s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Dec 5, 2007 @ 9:46am neoform

MSNBC -- Are the terrorist suspects held at the Guantanamo Naval Base more akin to people accused in a criminal case or to German prisoners of war in 1944? An accused criminal can go to federal court to challenge his imprisonment; a German POW couldn’t. On.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 3:42pm neoform

CNN -- Three boys, ages 8 and 9, were charged Monday with raping an 11-year-old girl last week, court officials and police said. "Never in my 20-plus years of law enforcement have I conceived of something like this," Police Chief Michael Wilkie of Acworth, G.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sun Oct 21, 2007 @ 12:45pm neoform

New York Times -- Well into the night of Sunday, Jan. 2, 2005, lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz sat alone at his desk in the headquarters of the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, consumed with a new project. He often worked late. From the time Diaz enlisted in t.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:30am neoform

Google Associated Press -- The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a challenge to Alabama's ban on the sale of sex toys, ending a nine-year legal battle and sending a warning to store owners to clean off their shelves. An adult-store owner had asked the justices to throw.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:18am neoform

afp.google.com -- The US Supreme Court rejected Monday a bid by Roman Catholic and Baptist groups to stop offering their employees birth-control benefits as part of their health insurance. The case hinged on the organizations' right to place their own beliefs at the cen.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Oct 2, 2007 @ 8:07am neoform

SF Gate -- An elementary-school teacher who was dismissed after telling her class on the eve of the Iraq war that "I honk for peace" lost a U.S. Supreme Court appeal Monday. The justices, without comment, denied a hearing to Deborah Mayer, who had appealed lower-.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Sep 28, 2007 @ 2:35pm neoform

www.freedomsphoenix.com -- Safford Middle School officials did not violate the civil rights of a 13-year-old Safford girl when they forced her to disrobe and expose her breasts and pubic area four years ago while looking for a drug, according to the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appe.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 27, 2007 @ 2:25pm neoform

Salon -- Dan Rather's complaint against CBS and Viacom, its parent company, filed in New York state court on Sept. 19 and seeking $70 million in damages for his wrongful dismissal as "CBS Evening News" anchor, has aroused hoots of derision from a host of commentat.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Sep 19, 2007 @ 8:16am neoform

CNN -- A 70-year-old woman arrested in a dispute over her brown lawn pleaded not guilty Tuesday, then stood by as a Los Angeles lawyer waved handcuffs for the cameras outside court. Betty Perry is charged with resisting arrest and failing to maintain her landsca.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Sep 6, 2007 @ 1:42pm neoform

Forbes -- A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Aug 30, 2007 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- Labor unions went to court Wednesday to block Bush administration rules designed to force employers to fire illegal workers, saying the regulations will sweep up innocent immigrants and U.S. citizens because of flaws in government record-keeping. The r.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Aug 29, 2007 @ 8:25am neoform

CBS News -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak is pursuing a temporary insanity defense on charges that she assaulted and tried to kidnap a romantic rival, according to a court document released Tuesday. Nowak suffered from major depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jul 11, 2007 @ 10:59am neoform

FOX News -- A discrimination lawsuit filed by a Muslim Dunkin' Donuts franchisee who was not allowed to renew his contract with the chain because of a refusal to sell pork products can proceed, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision reversed an Illinois.. Read More