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5 Get Life Sentences in London Bomb Plot
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Justices Rule For Microsoft in AT&T
Patent Case
Arrested Protestors Allege Misconduct
NYC
Subway Hero Sued by Former Lawyer
LEGAL
COMMENTARY
A Look At Involuntary Confinement Of
The Mentally Ill In The Wake Of The Virginia Tech
Shooting
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E-Mail Threats Close 5 Pa.
Colleges
CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING
DEVELOPMENTS
Virginia Governor Closes Gun
Loophole
LEGAL LITE
Workers Find
Courthouse Toilet Clogged With Hashish
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SPECIAL COVERAGE: IRAQ AFTERMATH & THE WAR ON TERROR:
Terror Attack Thwarted
5
GET LIFE SENTENCES IN LONDON BOMB PLOT
(AP) - A
judge sentenced five men to life in prison Monday for plotting to
attack targets in London, including a popular nightclub, power
plants and shopping mall, with bombs made from a half-ton stockpile
of fertilizer. Read
more...
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Coverage: War on Terror
TOP NEWS - RELEVANT HEARSAY:
Patently Victorious
JUSTICES
RULE FOR MICROSOFT IN AT&T PATENT CASE
(AP) -
The Supreme Court sided with Microsoft Corp. on Monday in a case
that restricts the reach of U.S. patents overseas. Read
more...
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(Microsoft v. AT&T)
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Docket
Bastions of Academic Freedom, But Not Student
Opinion
ARRESTED
PROTESTORS ALLEGE MISCONDUCT
(The Harvard Crimson) -
Four undergraduate protesters arrested at the Federal Bureau of
Investigation directors speech last Thursday are now saying that
their removal from the event was a breach of Harvard policy. And
they said their subsequent arrest may have been a violation of their
first amendment rights. Read
more...
The Tables Have Turned
NYC
SUBWAY HERO SUED BY FORMER LAWYER
(AP) - The
commuter who became an instant hero when he saved a fallen teenager
from being struck by a subway train is being sued by his former
lawyer, who accuses him of breach of contract. Read
more...
LEGAL COMMENTARY:
Lessons From Virginia Tech
A LOOK AT
INVOLUNTARY CONFINEMENT OF THE MENTALLY ILL IN THE WAKE OF THE
VIRGINIA TECH SHOOTING
(FindLaw Columnist Sherry
Colb) - A look at the issue of the involuntary confinement of the
mentally ill, based on predictions of future dangerousness, in the
wake of the tragic Virginia Tech shootings. Read
more...
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Copycat Chaos?
E-MAIL
THREATS CLOSE 5 PA. COLLEGES
(AP) - A series of
e-mails threatening violence at five community college campuses
forced officials to close the schools Monday for a third day of
classes. Read
more...
CRIMINAL LAW - ARRESTING DEVELOPMENTS:
Minding The Gaps
VIRGINIA
GOVERNOR CLOSES GUN LOOPHOLE
(AP) - The governor on
Monday closed the loophole in state law that allowed the Virginia
Tech gunman to pass a federal background check and buy the weapons
used in the massacre. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine issued an executive
order requiring that a database of people banned from buying guns
include anyone who is found to be dangerous and ordered to undergo
involuntary mental health treatment. Read
more...
LEGAL LITE:
The Real Question: Where Was It Hidden
First?
WORKERS
FIND COURTHOUSE TOILET CLOGGED WITH HASHISH
(AP) -
Courthouse maintenance workers responding to a complaint about a
clogged toilet found 14 kilograms of hashish in a pipe leading from
a restroom used by prisoners, officials said Monday. Read
more...
