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Bitcoins used in murder-for-hire? Silk Road creator faces multiple charges.Silk Road website creator Ross Ulbricht is charged with聽narcotics trafficking, money laundering, computer hacking, and soliciting murder-for-hire involving Bitcoin virtual currency.
US court upholds embassy bombings conviction, rejecting speedy trial claimThe appeals court rejected the argument that聽Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a former Al Qaeda operative, should have聽his conviction and life sentence overturned because he didn't have a speedy trial.
US court cites Citizens United in allowing donation to PAC in NYC mayoral raceThe US appeals court in New York, citing Citizens United, said the state could not enforce a limit on political donations to an independent PAC backing GOP mayoral candidate Lhota.
'Pepper spray' cop gets bigger payout than sprayed students. Wrong message?John Pike, a former campus police officer at UC Davis, won $38,000 in workers' comp stemming from a 2011 Occupy protest in which he infamously used pepper spray on peaceful students. Where's the justice in that, some are asking.聽
Detroit bankruptcy trial: City says it got 鈥榓 lot of no鈥� in negotiation triesThe trial to determine if a Detroit bankruptcy can proceed started Wednesday. The city says unions were 鈥榠nsensitive鈥� to the problems facing the city, while the opposition is disputing data.
Same-sex marriage: Will New Mexico become 15th state to allow it?New Mexico's Supreme Court heard two hours of arguments over whether it should recognize a right for same-sex couples to marry.聽Questioning from the bench was vigorous and at times pointed.
Detroit bankruptcy: Judge to decide whether city hoodwinked opponentsDetroit asked for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection in July, but unions say the city could have avoided that step. A trial starting Wednesday will decide whether the Detroit bankruptcy can proceed.
Gay marriage in New Mexico? Top state court seeks clarity for county clerks.The New Mexico Supreme Court, seeking to resolve a discrepancy between county clerks, is hearing arguments Wednesday on whether the state constitution requires recognition of gay marriage.- Death penalty: Supreme Court to hear case of mentally deficient Florida manFlorida says the man does not score below its 70-point IQ cutoff line for death penalty cases, but the Supreme Court has decided to consider whether his execution would be cruel and unusual.聽
New Jersey is 14th state to allow gay marriage, as Chris Christie ends appealA New Jersey judge had ordered the state to begin allowing gay marriage on Oct. 21. After the state Supreme Court unanimously upheld the order on Friday, Gov. Chris Christie dropped his appeal.
Same-sex couples head to the altar after New Jersey ruling on gay marriageFollowing a state Supreme Court ruling, Newark Mayor Cory Booker and other officials will begin officiating at same-sex weddings Monday. The court rejected Governor Chris Christie's request for a delay.
National manhunt for Florida 'escapees' freed by paperwork: Saboteur in Justice?Florida justice officials have a lot of questions to answer after forged documents were used to set free two convicted killers recently. They're both still at large.
Gay marriage can begin in New Jersey, for now, state's top court rulesThe New Jersey Supreme Court said Friday that聽same-sex couples in the state could wed, starting Monday, while an appeal to same-sex marriage is pending. The court's sharp tone indicates that the justices are likely, in the end, to affirm gay marriage rights for good.
After Rebecca Sedwick suicide, a bid to hold parents liable for kids' cyberbullyingIn Florida, the Rebecca Sedwick suicide has triggered plans for legislation to hold parents criminally liable if they don't do enough to stop their kids from cyberbullying. If enacted, it would be a first in North America.
Can students be barred from wearing patriotic clothes? Dispute goes to court.High school officials in Morgan Hill, Calif., told three students to go home after they refused to turn their US flag-themed T-shirts inside out during Cinco de Mayo. Administrators cited lingering racial tensions at the school between Hispanics and Anglos.
Supreme Court hints at narrow ruling in Michigan affirmative action caseThe US Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on whether Michigan's ban on affirmative action in college admissions violates the equal protection of minorities.
Landmark case? Supreme Court to review EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.The Supreme Court said Tuesday it would take up six petitions seeking review of EPA actions regarding greenhouse gases. But it will not take up the agency's so-called endangerment finding.
As Kwame Kilpatrick heads to prison, prosecutors say: show Detroit the moneyProsecutors want disgraced Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and a boyhood friend to pay $9.6 million in restitution directly to the City of Detroit. The ex-mayor was sentenced to 28 years Thursday.
New York biker attack's 'Mad Max' antics spook public, bring harsh chargesThe New York biker attack 鈥� 'an ominous broad-daylight instance of lawlessness,' said one commentator 鈥� contributed to a public sense of vulnerability and put pressure on prosecutors.
Kwame Kilpatrick: Disgraced Detroit mayor gets 'massive' 28-year sentenceThe sentencing Thursday of Kwame Kilpatrick caps a saga that has gripped the financially strapped city for a decade and has become a frustrating symbol of Detroit's legacy of corruption.
