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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 Apr 18, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- The US judge deciding the fate of 416 children removed from a breakaway Mormon sect has struggled to control a first chaotic day of custody hearings. Judge Barbara Walther had to suspend proceedings for an hour to allow hundreds of lawyers for the chil.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Apr 17, 2008 @ 8:12am neoform

SF Gate -- The 416 children who once led cloistered lives on their church's ranch outside a tiny town in West Texas have spent the past two weeks sleeping on cots, shuffled from shelter to shelter. But on Thursday, a judge was to hear from their attorneys, along.. Read More

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

MSNBC -- A military judge denied a request Wednesday by defense lawyers for immediate access to the admitted mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and two other top imprisoned terrorism suspects. The attorneys had sought to derail the latest effort to prosecute a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Sat Dec 1, 2007 @ 11:43am neoform

Seattle Times -- A New York man who said he donated sperm to a female co-worker as a friendly gesture and sent presents and cards to the child over the years likely will owe child support for the college-bound teenager, according to a judge's ruling. "What's the saying.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Nov 28, 2007 @ 10:34am neoform

Sydney Morning Herald -- A US judge has been removed from the bench for jailing 46 people after none would admit to having a mobile phone that began ringing during his court session. Judge Robert Restaino "snapped" and "engaged in what can only be described as two hours of ine.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Tue Nov 20, 2007 @ 11:55pm neoform

Denver Post -- The story is so absurd, so unfair, so ludicrous, I had a difficult time believing that it could actually happen - even in Boulder. It's about a couple named Don and Susie Kirlin. They moved to the city in 1980. A few years later, the Kirlins purchased.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 9:32am neoform

Yahoo News -- Wal-Mart workers in Pennsylvania who previously won a $78.5 million class-action award for working off the clock will share an additional $62.3 million in damages, a judge ruled Wednesday. About 125,000 people will receive $500 each in damages under a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Oct 3, 2007 @ 8:14am neoform

CNN -- O.J. Simpson was minus one Rolex watch -- real or otherwise -- Tuesday after a judge ordered him to hand it and other assets over to the father of slaying victim Ron Goldman. Superior Court Judge Gerald Rosenberg also ordered the former football star to t.. 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 Fri Aug 3, 2007 @ 9:37am neoform

Sydney Morning Herald -- There will be no more weasling out of eBay sales after a judge today ruled against a man who has been refusing to hand over a $250,000 vintage plane he sold on the online auction site. In a case that reached the NSW Supreme Court, Peter Smythe sued Vin.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 20, 2007 @ 3:22pm neoform

Ars Technica -- A federal judge in New Mexico has put the brakes on the RIAA's lawsuit train, at least in the US District Court for New Mexico. The case in question is part of the RIAA's campaign against file-sharing on college campuses and names "Does 1-16," who alleged.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 13, 2007 @ 12:54pm neoform

Yahoo News -- A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening s.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 1:06pm neoform

SF Gate -- A man sentenced to 10 years in prison for having consensual oral sex with a 15-year-old girl when he was 17 should have to serve out the widely criticized mandatory term, a prosecutor told a judge Wednesday. A lawyer for Genarlow Wilson, now 21, asked.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Wed Jun 6, 2007 @ 9:02am neoform

FOX News -- A judge who was seeking $67 million from a dry cleaners that lost his pants has loosened the belt on his lawsuit. Now, he's asking for only $54 million, according to a May 30 court filing in D.C. Superior Court. Roy L. Pearson, a District of Columbia a.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Mon Jun 4, 2007 @ 4:31pm neoform

Guardian Unlimited -- The US military's system of tribunals at Guantánamo Bay was thrown into chaos today after a military judge threw out all charges against a young Canadian detainee. One senior military official said the ruling in the case of Omar Khadr could have a "hu.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 11:07am neoform

Washington Post -- Lawyers for former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal argued in an appeals court Thursday that racism by a judge and prosecutors corrupted the 1982 trial at which he was condemned for killing a white police officer. Abu-Jamal, 53, once a radio reporter, has.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri May 18, 2007 @ 9:25am neoform

www.washblade.com -- Days away from her seventh birthday, a little girl named Emma Rose is currently trapped in Georgia’s foster care system, unable to reunite with the woman who has been her mother for almost a year — all because the mother is a lesbian. The prospecti.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Thu May 10, 2007 @ 11:15pm neoform

FOX News -- A 10-year-old boy is guilty of beating a homeless Army veteran two months ago, a judge ruled Thursday as the child was in court shackled and wearing an oversized white jumpsuit. Circuit Judge John Watson found the boy guilty of aggravated battery in th.. Read More

U.S. / NEWS Fri Apr 27, 2007 @ 8:21am neoform

FOX News -- A 2-year-old and 4-year-old who were shown on videotape being taught how to smoke marijuana by two teens will remain in foster care, a judge ruled Thursday. Juvenile Court Judge Kim Brown issued the temporary order during a brief hearing. She said no a.. Read More