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Appeals panel revives former inmate's suit against L.A. County
SAN FRANCISCO — A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of a jailhouse informant's perjured testimony may attempt to hold Los Angeles County liable for his 24 years in prison, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. A three-judge panel...
Tags: Justice and Rights, Prisons, Heroin, Punishment, Civil Rights
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9th Circuit allows wrongly convicted man to sue L.A. County
A man convicted of murder largely on the basis of a jailhouse informant’s perjured testimony may attempt to hold Los Angeles County liable for his 24 years in prison, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of...
Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Murder, U.S. Supreme Court, Crime, Law and Justice
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American sentenced to 15 years hard labor in North Korea
This post has been corrected. See the note below for details. BEIJING -- Adding to the strained relations with the U.S., North Korea said Thursday that an American citizen held since November has been sentenced to 15 years of hard labor for "hostile...
Tags: Pyongyang (North Korea), China, Punishment, Trials, U.S. Congress
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Edward Frieman dies at 87; leading figure in American science
Edward A. Frieman, a leading figure in American science for decades as a researcher with wide-ranging interests, a top-level governmental advisor on defense and energy issues, and director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has...
Tags: Teachers, Science and Technology, University of California, San Diego, Marine Science, Teaching and Learning
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Mary Thom dies at 68; executive editor at Ms. magazine
Mary Thom, an early staffer at Ms. magazine who rose to executive editor and later wrote an insider's history of the groundbreaking, mass-market chronicle of the women's movement, died Friday in a motorcycle crash in Yonkers, N.Y. She was 68. Her...
Tags: Bronx (New York City), Accidental Death, Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Feminism
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U.S. citizen to be tried in North Korea
BEIJING -- North Korea said Saturday that a U.S. citizen held since November will be tried on charges of trying to overthrow the government, an offense that could carry the death penalty. The man is 44-year-old Kenneth Bae, also known by his Korean...
Tags: Eric Schmidt
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Study up for this quiz on presidential libraries
President George W. Bush’s presidential library, built on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, will host its invitation-only dedication Thursday. Former presidents have long donated their records and documents to libraries built to...
Tags: Ceremonies, Barack Obama, George H.W. Bush, Libraries, ABC (tv network)
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LIVE: George W. Bush, misty-eyed, reaffirms faith in U.S. at library dedication
DALLAS -- Wiping away a tear, former President George W. Bush on Thursday dedicated the library, museum and policy center that bear his name. “Oh, happy day,” Bush told the crowd of about 8,000 in the bright Texas sunshine at the...
Tags: Museums, Heads of State, Government, Barack Obama, Ehud Olmert
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Obama praises Bush for 'strength,' 'resolve' after Sept. 11
DALLAS — President Obama praised former President George W. Bush on Thursday for standing tough in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and for his early support for immigration reform, drawing strong allusions to his current challenges...
Tags: Dick Cheney, AIDS, Barack Obama, Condoleezza Rice, International Military Interventions
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The ex-presidents club
As former President George W. Bush, joined by President Obama and three living former presidents, dedicates his library this week in Dallas, it's important to remember that presidential libraries are relatively new. In 1941, while he was still in office,...
Tags: Government, Diseases and Illnesses, Barack Obama, White House, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Harry Potter to flatten Gibson Amphitheatre, Curious George playland
Universal Studios in Hollywood will raze the 41-year-old Gibson Amphitheatre to make way for its coming Harry Potter attraction, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Like the Wizarding World in Orlando, the Hollywood Harry Potter will be a theme park...
Tags: Elton John, Barack Obama, Amusement and Theme Parks, Bob Dylan, George H.W. Bush
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With new presidential library, George W. Bush back in public eye
WASHINGTON — President Obama, the four living ex-presidents and thousands of others head to Dallas on Thursday for the dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The challenge facing library officials will be to keep the...
Tags: Fox News Channel (tv network), Television Industry, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Elections
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