| Plaintiff in groundbreaking eminent domain case sends angry holiday message |
06:59 PM PST |
| Bah, humbug. The woman at the center of the national battle over property rights has some less-than-joyous tidings for the people involved in using eminent domain to take her house to make way for private development.
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| No death penalty sought in Seattle Jewish center shooting |
06:19 PM PST |
| Prosecutors said they would not seek the death penalty against a Pakistani-American man accused of shooting six people, one fatally, at a Jewish charity, because of the suspect's long history of mental illness.
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| No death penalty sought in Jewish center shooting; prosecutor cites suspect's mental health |
06:12 PM PST |
| Prosecutors said Wednesday they would not seek the death penalty against the man accused of shooting six people, one fatally, at a Jewish charity because of the suspect's long history of mental illness.
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| Vietnamese student in US found guilty in sister's shooting death |
06:02 PM PST |
| A jury found a Vietnamese university student guilty on a reduced charge of negligent homicide Wednesday in the shooting death of her sister at their off-campus apartment where they lived while attending the University of Wisconsin at Parkside.
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| 3 men plead guilty to federal arson charges in rural Alabama church fires |
05:48 PM PST |
| Three former college students pleaded guilty to federal arson charges for burning nine churches in a series of blazes that alarmed rural congregations across Alabama.
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| Repairs from tunnel collapse in Big Dig estimated to cost $34 million, officials say |
05:43 PM PST |
| Repairs to the Big Dig highway system after a fatal ceiling collapse this summer will cost $34 million and are nearly finished, transportation officials said Wednesday.
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| Alaska governor says state will provide benefits to same-sex partners |
05:30 PM PST |
| Gov. Sarah Palin said the state will abide by an Alaska Supreme Court order to provide benefits to same-sex partners of state employees as of Jan. 1.
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| Juniper Networks to take $900M charge for stock option backdating |
05:18 PM PST |
| Networking equipment maker Juniper Networks Inc. said Wednesday it expects to take a $900 million charge after an investigation found "numerous instances" of backdated stock options grants that were not properly recorded in the company's books.
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| FBR agrees to pay $7.7 million to settle insider-trading charges |
04:30 PM PST |
| Investment firm Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. agreed Wednesday to pay about $7.7 million to settle insider trading charges lodged by federal and industry regulators. Emanuel J. Friedman, a founder and former co-chairman and CEO of the firm, is paying a $1.25 million civil fine.
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| Judge rejects Iraq war veteran's lawsuit that he was falsely portrayed in 'Fahrenheit 9/11' |
04:23 PM PST |
| A federal judge threw out an Iraq war veteran's lawsuit Wednesday that claimed filmmaker Michael Moore used a clip from a television interview without the veteran's permission to falsely portray him as anti-war in "Fahrenheit 9/11."
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| Holocaust denier Irving set to return home to Britain |
04:05 PM PST |
| British author David Irving, imprisoned on charges of denying the Holocaust, was set to return to his home country after an Austrian court ruled he should be freed.
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| Foreign-labor firm drops settlement with U.S. over alleged violations |
04:05 PM PST |
| The owner of a labor company accused of violations involving 88 agricultural workers from Thailand has backed out of a settlement with federal labor officials because of wording in the deal's announcement.
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| Mobile e-mail technology company Visto wins $7.7 million from rival for patent infringement |
03:54 PM PST |
| Mobile e-mail provider Visto Corp. said Wednesday a federal judge has ordered rival Seven Networks Inc. to pay $7.7 million in damages for infringing on three patents, affirming a jury's verdict reached eight months ago.
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| U.S. suspends, requests debarment of Australian wheat monopoly for Oil-for-Food cheating |
03:52 PM PST |
| The United States suspended Australia's wheat-export monopoly from U.S. government contracts Wednesday and proposed an indefinite debarment for the monopoly's cheating on the U.N. Oil-for-Food program in Iraq.
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| TECHBITS: Robot freedom, Home network, Blog disclosure, Copyright lite, VeriSign movies, Custom movies |
03:32 PM PST |
| UK government study: Freedom for robots?
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