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Suspect in ricin-letter case ordered held without bail in Mississippi
A karate instructor appeared in federal court in Mississippi and was ordered held on a charge that he produced the poison ricin and sent it in letters to President Obama and others. Wearing an orange jumpsuit and with his hands shackled, James Everett...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Roger F. Wicker, Barack Obama, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Justice System
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Top court says individuals can resell their textbooks for profit without copyright infringement
Pittsburgh Post-GazetteWhen Supap Kirtsaeng moved to the U.S. in 1997 to study math at Cornell University, the citizen of Thailand realized that he could get textbooks cheaper back home. He asked friends and family to buy low-priced copies of foreign edition English...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Globalization, Book, Craigslist, Inc., U.S. Congress
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Indiana cop accused in fatal drunk-driving crash arrested again
An Indianapolis police officer who faces drunk-driving charges for allegedly crashing into two motorcycles with his patrol car in 2010, killing one rider, has been arrested again on suspicion of drunk driving. Despite the earlier crash, which also...Tags: Transportation Accidents, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Accidental Death, Police Arrests, Motorvehicle Accidents
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Boston bombing: Lawmakers say Tsarnaevs might have had help
WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders briefed on the FBI’s investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing said Sunday it was still possible that the two Tsarnaev brothers received help and support from others in building the bombs and carrying out the...
Tags: U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Television Industry, Claire McCaskill, U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
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Four people hurt in Albuquerque church stabbing
This post has been updated, as indicated below.At least four people were hurt at an Albuquerque church Sunday when a visitor jumped out of the pews and stabbed a choir member during a song, police and witnesses said. The victims did not appear to have life-threatening injuries, police said. Two...Tags: Prosecution, Witnesses, September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Midwest states continue to fight record flooding
After months of drought, many areas of the Midwest on Saturday continued to fight off flooding from rising rivers that are not expected to crest for several more days. National Weather Service forecasters expect flooding to continue throughout the...
Tags: U.S. Geological Survey, Barack Obama, National Weather Service, Rivers, Bodies of Water
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Five dead in Georgia house fire; 11-year-old girl sole survivor
An 11-year-old girl was the sole survivor of a house fire that killed four other children and an adult early Saturday in the western Georgia city of Newnan, about 30 miles southwest of Atlanta. The girl was awakened by her mother, who said the house was...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks
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Martial arts instructor arrested in case of poisoned letters
TUPELO, Miss. — FBI agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor early Saturday in the bizarre case of poisoned letters sent to President Obama, a U.S. senator and a local judge. James Everett Dutschke was arrested without incident at his...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Barack Obama, Roger F. Wicker, Ricin Mail Attacks (2013), Mississippi Legislature
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Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer breaks shoulder in bike crash
Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer broke his shoulder in a fall from his bicycle and underwent surgery Saturday morning, according to a court spokeswoman. The 74-year-old justice was resting comfortably and is expected to be released from...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Korean War (1950-1953), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Georgetown
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Mormon bishop comes to rescue with samurai sword: 'I drew on him'
Some intruder picked the wrong house to menace. That’s what happened this week when a gate-crasher in Salt Lake City came face to face with a Mormon bishop — wielding a Samurai sword. Kent Hendrix's teenage son pounded on his bedroom door,...
Tags: Mormonism, Religion and Belief, Weaponry, Christianity, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Even drunk drivers have rights
Drunk driving is a public menace, and the nation is better for efforts to crack down on it. But motorists arrested for driving under the influence, like other people accused of crimes, have constitutional rights that police must respect —...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Criminals, John G. Roberts, Jr., Sonia Sotomayor, Trials
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Wrong way on human rights
Human rights groups are appropriately appalled by the breadth of a U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that would make it exceedingly difficult for some victims of human rights abuses committed in other countries to win redress in U.S. courts. Led...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Justice System, Judges, Laws
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