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1st Hawaii telescope protest trials end in convictions
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:16:12 GMTHONOLULU (AP) — The first two trials for those arrested for blocking telescope construction crews on Mauna Kea have ended in guilty verdicts.
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Arizona county aims to protect water as foreign firms arrive
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:53:49 GMTLeaders of a rural Arizona county want help from the governor and other state officials to protect their water supply as companies from the Middle East move to the state to grow alfalfa they intend to ship overseas to feed their cattle.
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Man convicted of murder in deadly South by Southwest crash
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:35:57 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A jury on Friday found a driver guilty of capital murder in a crash that killed four people last year at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.
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Alleged San Diego shooter ousted from courtroom after rant
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:12:33 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who allegedly waged a bullet-punctuated standoff with San Diego police for five hours has been kicked out of his own court hearing after ranting at the judge.
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Democrats woo black voters at South Carolina forum
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:55:51 GMTROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — The Democratic presidential contenders opened a televised forum in the early voting state of South Carolina Friday night with an attack on front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, who's seen her numbers rise after a summer slump.
FindLaw.com Legal Blogs
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The Easiest Marketing Plan: Cross-Selling to Clients
2015-11-06T21:35:19ZThe best client is a client you already have. The best of the best are clients you already have who want even more of your services. Cross-selling your services to existing clients is one of the easiest, most inexpensive forms of marketing. But you've got to do it right.......
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SCOTUS Will Hear All the Obamacare Contraception Exemption Cases
2015-11-06T20:23:13ZWell, here's some exciting news for your weekend. This morning the Supreme Court granted certiorari to all seven Obamacare contraception mandate appeals. Under the Affordable Care Act, employers are required to provide plans that cover employee's birth control. Certain religious, non-profit employers are exempted from that requirement: they just......
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Can 3D Printing and Biotech End the Illegal Wildlife Trade?
2015-11-06T19:50:03ZTrade in illegal, endangered wildlife parts is a billion dollar industry. In Vietnam, endangered rhino horn can sell for $100,000 per kilo, making it worth more than gold. Those prices, and growing demand, have made the illegal wildlife trade the fourth largest black market in the world. A new......
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Harvard Professor: 'Low Bar Passage Rates Can Be a Good Thing'
2015-11-06T16:59:21ZHarvard law Professor Noah Feldman recently put forth the suggestion that it's not up to law school admissions to baby law school applicants out of applying for schools; its up to students to make their own decisions. Although there is nothing particularly earth shattering about this statement, it strikes......
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A Lawyer's Guide to HTGAWM Season 2, Episode 5: Bonnie Did It
2015-11-06T16:57:27ZWelcome back to How to Get Away With Murder, where the brightest minds of a generation learn how to literally pin murders on Mother Theresa. This week's episode is called "I Want You to Die," but this show is still giving us life. On last night's episode, things got......
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Forget Spiders and Heights, Here's What Really Frightens Lawyers
2015-11-06T13:59:55ZFlying? Blood? Snakes and spiders? None of them keep lawyers up at night. When it comes to lawyerly fears, classic phobias are nowhere to be found. Instead, attorneys stay up all night with severe performance anxiety. According to the ABA Journal's list of lawyers' most common fears, attorneys are......
Criminal Law News
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Man convicted of murder in deadly South by Southwest crash
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:35:57 GMTAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A jury on Friday found a driver guilty of capital murder in a crash that killed four people last year at the South by Southwest festival in Austin.
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Alleged San Diego shooter ousted from courtroom after rant
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:12:33 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — A man who allegedly waged a bullet-punctuated standoff with San Diego police for five hours has been kicked out of his own court hearing after ranting at the judge.
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Disney hotel worker gets 1 year for seeking sex with teen
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:55:55 GMTSANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A former Disney hotel dishwasher has been sentenced to a year in jail for trying to trade Disneyland tickets for sex with a 14-year-old girl.
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Fire destroys Anaheim townhomes, everybody safe
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:47:44 GMTANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Fire raged through two Anaheim townhome fourplexes before dawn Friday, forcing residents to grab their children and pets and run for their lives.
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Illinois officer's personnel file contains warning signs
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 01:34:21 GMTPersonnel records for the Illinois police officer who authorities say killed himself after years of embezzlement reveal a troubled on-the-job history going back years.
Supreme Court News
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High court debates fees on prisoner lawsuits
Wed, 04 Nov 2015 21:48:38 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — From his cell at the U.S. Penitentiary in Florence, Colorado, Antoine Bruce has had plenty of time to file — or attempt to file — 19 lawsuits and appeals that challenge prison conditions or claim civil rights violations.
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High court seems split in dispute over false Internet data
Tue, 03 Nov 2015 09:08:18 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems split along ideological lines as it considers whether websites that collect and sell personal data can be sued for posting false information if the errors don't cause any specific harm.
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Supreme Court troubled by DA's rejection of black jurors
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:15:43 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court signaled support Monday for a black death row inmate in Georgia who claims prosecutors improperly kept African-Americans off the jury that convicted him of killing a white woman.
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Dispute over Internet data collection splits high court
Mon, 02 Nov 2015 20:19:33 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — No one at the Supreme Court on Monday disputed the fact that an online profile of Thomas Robins was riddled with false and misleading information.
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Justices review DA's choice of all-white murder trial jury
Sat, 31 Oct 2015 13:01:06 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutor Stephen Lanier's meaning was unmistakable when he urged jurors in north Georgia to sentence the defendant to death in part to deter other people "out there in the projects."
Political News
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With attacks on Clinton, Democratic race enters new phase
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:57:39 GMTROCK HILL, S.C. (AP) — The Democratic primary race entered a new phase on Friday night, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Gov. Martin O'Malley escalating their attacks on front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Russian media executive Mikhail Lesin dies at 57 in DC hotel
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:28:01 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Mikhail Lesin, a former aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin who helped found the English-language news service Russia Today, has been found dead in an upscale Washington hotel room.
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APNewsBreak: US border agency staff rejects body cameras
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 03:18:30 GMTSAN DIEGO (AP) — Customs and Border Protection staff concluded after an internal review that agents and officers shouldn't be required to wear body cameras, positioning the nation's largest law enforcement agency as a counterweight to a growing number of police forces that use the devices to promote public trust and accountability.
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Arizona county aims to protect water as foreign firms arrive
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:53:49 GMTLeaders of a rural Arizona county want help from the governor and other state officials to protect their water supply as companies from the Middle East move to the state to grow alfalfa they intend to ship overseas to feed their cattle.
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Defiant Carson: Questions about West Point story are unfair
Sat, 07 Nov 2015 02:15:37 GMTPALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A defiant Ben Carson on Friday rejected the idea his past descriptions of receiving a scholarship offer to attend West Point were inaccurate, and called questions about the veracity of the story irrelevant to his campaign for president.