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14 Aug 2009 23:03

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Biz, Music: The Justice Department: No problem with massive RIAA verdicts

  • $1.92 million? Pssh, that’s fine! The Department of Justice put their two cents into the most anti-consumer case of our time, one in which regular person Jammie Thomas-Rasset was ordered to pay a huge sum to the RIAA. What did they say? Here’s what they submitted to court: “Defendant’s suggestion that the actual harm can be measured to the ‘tune of $1.29 for each of the 24 songs’ … ignores the potential multiplying effect of peer-to-peer file-sharing.” Wait, what? source
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20 Jul 2009 09:29

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World: The lone surviving suspect in the Mumbai attacks confesses

  • He unexpectedly pled guilty in court today. Mohammed Ajmal Kasab was the only suspect in last year’s attack on India’s financial capital to survive. All the other gunmen were shot and killed in the attacks, which killed over 160, including many foreign nationals. Kasab has ties to Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist group, which has been banned from India since 2002. Despite his plea, prosecutors are skeptical and plan to further analyze his statement. source
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01 Jul 2009 10:59

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U.S.: The Supreme Court’s rightward lean leaned further right this term

The Supreme Court took a right-leaning turn this term, with the five conservative-leaning justices getting their way most of the time. source
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12 Jun 2009 15:12

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Culture, World: Madonna finally gets her matching Malawian adopted child

  • case A couple months ago, Malawi blocked Madonna from the opportunity to adopt a second child from Malawi, saying she shouldn’t have gotten the first kid, David Banda.
  • appeal But a higher court today allowed Madonna to have Mercy, saying the first court didn’t take into account the fact that she REALLY cares about (adopting) Malawian children. source
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22 Apr 2009 10:18

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U.S., World: The U.S. doesn’t deal with pirate prosecutions very often

  • 1885 the time the last major case was tried source
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22 Apr 2009 10:14

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U.S., World: So, how bad is this captured pirate, anyway?

  • one Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse may have been tough on the high seas, but he seemed very scared in the courtroom yesterday.
  • two His lawyer, Deirdre von Dornum, said, “As you can tell, he’s extremely young, injured and terrified.” So why was he smiling initially?
  • three His mom said he’s 16 and deserved a fair verdict. She pleaded with the judges “not to commit an injustice against Abdiwali.”
  • four The FBI’s account, however, portrays him as the ringleader of the Maersk Alabama attack who shot at Capt. Richard Phillips. source
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21 Apr 2009 15:15

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U.S., World: Why is this Somalian pirate smiling?

We’re not sure, but he sure seems happy to be in New York facing a court halfway around the world. source
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18 Apr 2009 11:34

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U.S., World: Roxana Saberi’s harsh sentence blindsided her family

  • We are very shocked and we were not expecting it. We were hoping for six months and then clemency.
  • Reza Saberi • Father of Roxana Saberi, on the harsh sentence she got from an Iranian court for spying. She could have gotten the death penalty. • source
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18 Apr 2009 11:16

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U.S., World: Roxana Saberi faces the wrath of an Iranian court

  • 8 years in prison for the Iranian-American journalist on spying charges source
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13 Apr 2009 21:32

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U.S.: Good God, it’s April. The Minnesota Senate race still isn’t over?

  • 312 votes number of votes Al Franken leads by; a state court ruled him the leading vote-getter today
  • seven weeks the length of the trial to decide this fate; Norm Coleman can (and probably will) still appeal source
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