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The Stasi Prison- Riveting
It’s important to preface this post with a very rudimentary history of the “German situation”. After World War II concluded with the Allies victorious over Germany, Japan and Italy, it was decided that Germany would be split. The...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Germany
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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: Lawyers, Trials, Crimes, Health Treatments, Cancer
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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: Middletown, New Britain, Health and Safety at Work, Government, Justice System
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'Landlords from hell' accept prison terms for terrorizing tenants
SAN FRANCISCO -- A software engineer and his real estate agent wife who terrorized their tenants in a twisted attempt to force them to move are back after fleeing to Italy, and each has accepted a four-year prison sentence and two strikes rather than face...
Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Prosecution, Theft, Trials
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ReutersHas Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' Album Gone Platinum Before Its Release? By Tony Maglio LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Jay-Z once spit, "I deserve platinum plaques, to match my bezel." And while the rapper's got a bunch of those (and plenty of bezels),...Tags: Adidas AG, Barbra Streisand, Simon Cowell, Travel, Bruno Mars
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ReutersSteve Carell returns in 'Despicable Me 2' as a dad with doubts LONDON (Reuters) - He may now be a doting dad marketing a range of jams and jellies, but Steve Carell's Gru character in the sequel to the animated supervillain children's comedy...Tags: Stephen King, Watchmen (movie), Laos, Rashied Ali, Barbra Streisand
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U.S. to restart migration talks with Cuba: State Department
ReutersMIAMI (Reuters) - The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume regular migration talks in a possible sign of thawing relations after more than three years of tensions over Cuba's jailing of a U.S. government contract worker. The announcement of the...Tags: Cuba, Fidel Castro, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Joe Biden
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Collection Agency Executive Pleads To Conspiracy In Bank Bribery Scam
The Hartford CourantAn executive at a collection agency involved in a multi-million dollar scam pleaded guilty in federal court this week to one count of conspiring to commit bank bribery, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Patrick Pinto, 44, of Bohemia, N.Y., faces...Tags: Lawyers, Justice System, Bohemia, Crime, Law and Justice, Trials
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Jail corruption task force begins next week
The Baltimore SunThe team of state lawmakers empaneled to look at corruption in Maryland prisons will begin its work next week. State legislative leaders convened the task force in wake of federal indictments in April that alleged Baltimore City Detention Center guards...Tags: Justice System, Prosecution, Martin O'Malley, Crime, Law and Justice
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Whitey Bulger's Defense: Hit Man A Self-Serving Liar
The Hartford CourantThe confessed 20-time killer who has emerged as James "Whitey" Bulger's chief accuser suffered a relentless grilling Wednesday by defense lawyers who portrayed him as a self-serving liar who cut a deal with prosecutors to stay off death row. Bulger...Tags: Prosecution, Whitey Bulger, Crime, Law and Justice, John Callahan, Punishment
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Jury convicts man in Boynton Beach gas station fire attack
The defendant doused his former lover with gasoline and ignited her at a Boynton Beach 7-Eleven. But before his trial this week, he wrote the judge to insist he never intended to kill. A Palm Beach County jury on Wednesday rejected Roosevelt Mondesir'...
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Dolce and Gabbana sentenced to jail for tax evasion
ReutersMILAN (Reuters) - Fashion design duo Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana were on Wednesday handed a suspended prison sentence of one year and eight months for hiding hundreds of millions of euros from the tax authorities. The designers, who are nearly...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Giles, Punishment, Kate Moss
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