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Fighting Cancer And Possible Return To Prison, Taylor Remains Optimistic
Fox CTMore than a year after Ronald Taylor was released from prison and temporarily exonerated of the murder for which he served 16 years in prison, the New Haven native is again fighting to prove his innocence while at the same time battling stage four colon...Tags: Murder, Crimes, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Chemotherapy, Trials
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Malloy Orders Layoffs Today; No Deal Reached With Unions
The Hartford CourantDespite numerous hours of talks over the past two months, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy ordered layoff notices to start going out Tuesday because no deal has been reached between his administration and the state employee unions. Malloy had been warning workers...Tags: Human Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Executive Branch
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Bahraini activist freed on bail-lawyer
ReutersDUBAI, May 28 (Reuters) - A prominent Bahraini opposition activist accused of organising illegal protests and insulting authorities in the Gulf Arab state was freed from jail on Monday after being granted bail, his lawyer said. Nabeel Rajab is the...Tags: Bahrain, U.S. Navy, Human Rights, Justice System, Iran
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6 candidates vie to succeed Cooley as L.A. County D.A.
It is the most powerful job in Los Angeles County's criminal justice system, a position that oversees the prosecution of 60,000 felons each year and can provide a steppingstone to higher office.
Six candidates are vying to become district attorney in...Tags: Gang Activity, University of California, Irvine, Voting, Murder, Business Enterprises
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Chen Guangcheng is gone, but his village stays locked down
LINYI, China — At the turnoff for the sleepy farming village of Dongshigu, a man wearing a straw hat appears to be selling watermelons at a rough-hewn stand. But when an approaching car slows, burly young men dart out from behind the nearby concrete...Tags: Family Planning, Beijing (China), Activism, Human Rights, China
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For old soldiers at monthly Concord meeting, a recall of duty
CONCORD, Calif. — The procession of white-haired men hobbling into the Denny's restaurant starts about 11 a.m. Most arrive by themselves, although family members deliver a few. They are veterans of World War II, stooped with age, some clutching...
Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt, University of California, Davis, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, World War II (1939-1945)
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Pakistani doctor caught between counterterrorism and treason
World NowThe treason conviction and 33-year prison sentence given the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA locate Osama bin Laden last year has outraged U.S. leaders who see Shakeel Afridi as a hero in their campaign against terrorism. A Senate panel voted to slash... -
Trial nears in burning of Michael Brewer
Hundreds of potential jurors will face the same set of questions when they report for duty at the Broward County courthouse on Thursday. Have they heard of the burning of Deerfield Beach teenager Michael Brewer? Have they formed an opinion about the...
Tags: Witnesses, Crime, Law and Justice, Deerfield Beach, Prosecution, Defendants
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Bahrain convicts six of plotting with Iran
ReutersDUBAI, May 27 (Reuters) - A Bahraini court on Sunday sentenced six people to 15 years in jail each for plotting with Shi'ite Iran to stage attacks on targets including the Saudi embassy and the Interior Ministry, the official BNA news agency and a...Tags: Bahraini Protests (2011), Bahrain, Punishment, Human Rights, Iran
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African refugees in Israel get a cold shoulder and worse
TEL AVIV — The first Molotov cocktail ignited a backyard fence, just a couple of feet from where three Eritrean refugees were sleeping outdoors on makeshift beds of wood planks atop old TV sets. One man burned his arm trying to extinguish the flames...Tags: International Law, Religion and Belief, Immigration, Deportation, United Nations
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Cannes 2012: Oscilloscope Acquires Matteo Garrone's 'Reality'
ReutersOscilloscope May 27 (TheWrap.com) - Laboratories has acquired U.S. rights to Matteo Garrone's "Reality," a film in the Cannes main competition about an Italian fishmonger whose life is turned upside-down when he thinks he's going to appear on a reality-...Tags: Reality (movie), Entertainment, David Frankel, Companies and Corporations, Drama (genre)
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Escaped Starke County inmate turns himself in
A Starke County Jail inmate who escaped Wednesday, May 23 has turned himself in "after realizing that he would eventually be caught," according to police. Joshua Hunnicutt escaped about 4 p.m. Wednesday, possibly by means of his girlfriend Rachel...
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