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	<title>Breaking News &#187; National Courts</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sears Tower terror plot ringleader sentenced to 13½ years in prison by Fla. federal judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Curt Anderson</dc:creator>
		
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Sears Tower plot leader gets 13-year prison term

MIAMI — The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago&#8217;s Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government insurrection was sentenced Friday to 13½ years in prison by a federal judge.
Narseal Batiste, 35, dabbed at his eyes with a ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sears-tower-terror-plot-ringleader-sentenced-to-13%c2%bd-years-in-prison-by-fla-federal-judge-233827/">Sears Tower terror plot ringleader sentenced to 13½ years in prison by Fla. federal judge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge says Yellowstone-area grizzly bears must stay on threatened list</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Judge keeps Yellowstone grizzly on threatened list

BILLINGS, Mont. — A judge says the government must keep Yellowstone-area grizzly bears on the list of threatened and endangered species, denying an attempt by federal officials to reverse an earlier court ruling.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service two years ago said grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-says-yellowstone-area-grizzly-bears-must-stay-on-threatened-list-232809/">Federal judge says Yellowstone-area grizzly bears must stay on threatened list</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court rules to extend moratorium on death penalty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Russian court extends moratorium on death penalty

ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court effectively outlawed the death penalty Thursday, saying that a moratorium on capital punishment should remain in force until the nation fully bans executions.
Constitutional Court chief Valery Zorkin said that Russia must extend the moratorium on executions until it ratifies a European convention banning ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/russias-constitutional-court-rules-to-extend-moratorium-on-death-penalty-232296/">Russia&#8217;s Constitutional Court rules to extend moratorium on death penalty</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge: Army Corps&#8217; failure to maintain navigation channel led to massive flooding by Katrina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cain Burdeau</dc:creator>
		
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Judge: Corps&#8217; negligence caused Katrina flooding

NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge has ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers&#8217; failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval late Wednesday ruled in favor of residents who alleged the Army Corps&#8217; shoddy oversight of the Mississippi River-Gulf ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-army-corps-failure-to-maintain-navigation-channel-led-to-massive-flooding-by-katrina-232141/" title="Judge: Army Corps&#8217; failure to maintain navigation channel led to massive flooding by Katrina">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Interior says it will more closely oversee state regulation of mountaintop mining</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>H. Josef Hebert</dc:creator>
		
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Interior increases oversight of mountaintop mining

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department said Wednesday it will more closely monitor and review state-approved permits for mountaintop coal mining and also tighten the federal permitting process to better protect streams from mining waste.
The department said its actions are designed to serve as interim steps until a new federal regulation ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/interior-says-it-will-more-closely-oversee-state-regulation-of-mountaintop-mining-232032/">Interior says it will more closely oversee state regulation of mountaintop mining</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prison sentence cut for ex-Ukrainian prime minister convicted in US of corruption in homeland</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
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Former Ukraine leader&#8217;s prison sentence reduced

SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge has reduced the prison sentence of a former Ukrainian prime minister convicted in the U.S. of corruption in his homeland.
U.S. District Court Judge Charles Breyer cut Pavlo Lazarenko&#8217;s nine-year sentence by 11 months on Wednesday.
The move came after an appeals court last year tossed .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prison-sentence-cut-for-ex-ukrainian-prime-minister-convicted-in-us-of-corruption-in-homeland-231979/">Prison sentence cut for ex-Ukrainian prime minister convicted in US of corruption in homeland</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be executed; Holder: Trial will reveal he&#8217;s a coward</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Devlin Barrett</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — From opposite ends of the globe, President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder firmly rejected criticism Wednesday of the planned New York trial of the professed Sept. 11 mastermind and predicted Khalid Sheikh Mohammed would be exposed as a murderous coward, convicted .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-professed-911-mastermind-will-be-executed-holder-trial-will-reveal-hes-a-coward-231921/">Original article &nbsp;: Obama: Professed 9/11 mastermind will be executed; Holder: Trial will reveal he&#8217;s a coward</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Appeals court says disbarred NY lawyer convicted in terrorism case should go to prison now</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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NY ex-lawyer ordered to prison in terror case

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the conviction of a disbarred civil rights lawyer and ordered her to begin serving her sentence while a judge reconsiders whether he was too lenient in giving her more than two years in prison for passing information between ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeals-court-says-disbarred-ny-lawyer-convicted-in-terrorism-case-should-go-to-prison-now-231337/" title="Appeals court says disbarred NY lawyer convicted in terrorism case should go to prison now">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NY ex-lawyer convicted in terrorism case vows to keep fighting as she is ordered to prison</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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NY ex-lawyer vows to keep fighting terror case

NEW YORK — A disbarred civil rights lawyer says she&#8217;ll keep fighting to clear her name even after a federal appeals court in New York upheld her conviction on terrorism charges and ordered her to prison.
Seventy-year-old Lynne Stewart sometimes smiled and sometimes was near tears as she spoke .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-ex-lawyer-convicted-in-terrorism-case-vows-to-keep-fighting-as-she-is-ordered-to-prison-231336/">NY ex-lawyer convicted in terrorism case vows to keep fighting as she is ordered to prison</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice&#8217;s statue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dishneau</dc:creator>
		
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Md. city aims for balance with Dred Scott plaque

FREDERICK, Md. — More than 150 years after the U.S. Supreme Court issued the notorious Dred Scott decision affirming slavery, a Maryland city unveiled a plaque Tuesday to educate visitors about the opinion and the local man who wrote it — and to quell a local controversy.
The .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/md-city-erects-dred-scott-decision-plaque-to-quell-rancor-over-supreme-court-justices-statue-231324/">Original source &nbsp;: Md. city erects Dred Scott decision plaque to quell rancor over Supreme Court justice&#8217;s statue</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Moussaoui trial, the first in US over 9/11, surprised everyone, confounded predictions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:34:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael J. Sniffen</dc:creator>
		
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First US trial of 9/11 case was full of surprises

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Zacarias Moussaoui was a clown who could not keep his mouth shut, according to his old al-Qaida boss, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. But Moussaoui was surprisingly tame when tried for the 9/11 attacks — never turning the courtroom into the circus of anti-U.S. tirades ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/moussaoui-trial-the-first-in-us-over-911-surprised-everyone-confounded-predictions-231300/">Moussaoui trial, the first in US over 9/11, surprised everyone, confounded predictions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Honduran security forces break up pro-Zelaya demonstrations at embassy sheltering him</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Baton-wielding soldiers used tear gas and water cannons to chase away thousands who demonstrated outside the Brazilian Embassy on Tuesday, leaving deposed President Manuel Zelaya and 70 friends and relatives trapped inside without water, electricity or phones.

&#8220;We know we are in danger,&#8221; Zelaya said during interviews with various media outlets. &#8220;We are ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/honduran-security-forces-break-up-pro-zelaya-demonstrations-at-embassy-sheltering-him-175234/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Honduran security forces break up pro-Zelaya demonstrations at embassy sheltering him</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge in NY says complexity of fraud in Madoff case will delay restitution order</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Financier Bernard Madoff will not be ordered to pay restitution at his sentencing next week, a judge said Wednesday, citing the complexity of the multibillion-dollar fraud.

U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said in an order that the sentencing will proceed as scheduled on Monday.
But he granted a request by prosecutors to delay for .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-in-ny-says-complexity-of-fraud-in-madoff-case-will-delay-restitution-order-91213/">Source article &nbsp;: Federal judge in NY says complexity of fraud in Madoff case will delay restitution order</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP NewsBreak: Ark. prison inmate left in feces nearly dies; guards allegedly got lap dances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Gambrell</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — An Arkansas prisoner nearly died after guards left him lying naked in his own feces, and while investigating the incident corrections officials found that guards received lap dances while on the job, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

The prison system fired Lt. John Glasscock, who supervised guards on duty at ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-newsbreak-ark-prison-inmate-left-in-feces-nearly-dies-guards-allegedly-got-lap-dances-89250/">AP NewsBreak: Ark. prison inmate left in feces nearly dies; guards allegedly got lap dances</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders Guantanamo detainee freed, saying US case doesn&#8217;t hold up</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The discovery of suicide martyr videos seemed certain proof that Abd al Rahim Abdul Rassak was part of al-Qaida. A closer look at his video, though, showed he was actually being tortured by al-Qaida.

The confusion over the video collection found in an al-Qaida safehouse is one of the stranger twists in the unusual .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-guantanamo-detainee-freed-saying-us-case-doesnt-hold-up-89070/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court upholds permit to dump waste from Alaska gold mine into lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake&#8217;s fish.

The court said that the federal government acted legally in declaring the waste left after metals are extracted ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-upholds-permit-to-dump-waste-from-alaska-gold-mine-into-lake-88917/" title="Supreme Court upholds permit to dump waste from Alaska gold mine into lake">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court to consider restricting whistleblower lawsuits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has agreed to consider restricting certain whistleblower lawsuits claiming that local governments misused federal money.

The court said Monday it would grapple with a technical, though important, aspect of the federal False Claims Act as it relates to local governments.
One section of the law prohibits whistleblower lawsuits when public disclosure of .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-to-consider-restricting-whistleblower-lawsuits-88748/">Supreme Court to consider restricting whistleblower lawsuits</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court will rule on federal law allowing indefinite confinement of sex offenders</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court will decide the constitutionality of a federal law that permits sex offenders to be kept behind bars after they complete their prison terms.

The justices, acting Monday, say they will consider the Obama administration&#8217;s appeal of a lower court ruling that invalidated the law.
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-will-rule-on-federal-law-allowing-indefinite-confinement-of-sex-offenders-88747/" title="Supreme Court will rule on federal law allowing indefinite confinement of sex offenders">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Billionaire R. Allen Stanford indicted, jailed in alleged $7 billion fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Brash Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford has been jailed on charges his international banking empire was really just a Ponzi scheme built on lies, bluster and bribery.

The Justice Department announced Friday charges against Stanford and six others who allegedly helped the tycoon run a $7 billion swindle. At a court hearing in Richmond, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/billionaire-r-allen-stanford-indicted-jailed-in-alleged-7-billion-fraud-87220/">Billionaire R. Allen Stanford indicted, jailed in alleged $7 billion fraud</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mayfield will try to get NASCAR suspension lifted in July 1 hearing before federal judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 04:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jeremy Mayfield&#8217;s next chance to have his indefinite drug suspension lifted will be at a July 1 hearing in federal court.

U.S. District Court Judge Graham Mullen has added Mayfield&#8217;s preliminary injunction request to his calendar. If the ruling goes in his favor, Mayfield could possibly compete that weekend at Daytona International Speedway.
Mayfield .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mayfield-will-try-to-get-nascar-suspension-lifted-in-july-1-hearing-before-federal-judge-87139/">Original article &nbsp;: Mayfield will try to get NASCAR suspension lifted in July 1 hearing before federal judge</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford to appear in court Friday after surrendering to FBI in Va.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Franklin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford, chairman of the troubled Stanford Financial Group, is scheduled to appear in federal court Friday on fraud charges after surrendering to FBI agents in Virginia the day before, officials said.

Authorities plan to unseal an indictment charging Stanford, law enforcement officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity because they .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/texas-billionaire-r-allen-stanford-to-appear-in-court-friday-after-surrendering-to-fbi-in-va-86378/">Source &nbsp;: Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford to appear in court Friday after surrendering to FBI in Va.</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Summary of actions by the Supreme Court on Thursday</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Supreme Court on Thursday:

— Ruled that school officials violated an Arizona teenage girl&#8217;s rights by strip-searching her for prescription-strength ibuprofen, saying that U.S. educators hunting for contraband cannot force students to shed their clothes unless student safety is an issue.
— Ruled that Arizona schools should get a fresh legal review on whether to lift .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/summary-of-actions-by-the-supreme-court-on-thursday-86091/">Source &nbsp;: Summary of actions by the Supreme Court on Thursday</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court rules in favor of former Enron executive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a former Enron Corp. executive in a ruling that makes it unlikely he can be tried a second time on charges related to financial fraud at the one-time energy giant.

The court, in a 6-3 vote, threw out an appeals court ruling that would have allowed a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-former-enron-executive-85729/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Supreme Court rules in favor of former Enron executive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court says convicts have no right under Constitution to test DNA years after crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sherman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Thursday that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime.

The decision may have limited impact because the federal government and 47 states already have laws that allow convicts some access to genetic evidence. ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-says-convicts-have-no-right-under-constitution-to-test-dna-years-after-crime-85711/" title="Supreme Court says convicts have no right under Constitution to test DNA years after crime">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP Interview: Cuban parliament head says high court decision won&#8217;t hurt US-Cuba negotiations</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Weissert</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HAVANA — The head of Cuba&#8217;s parliament says the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s decision not to consider an appeal by five convicted Cuban spies is &#8220;a great insult,&#8221; but it won&#8217;t jeopardize upcoming negotiations with Washington.

Ricardo Alarcon told The Associated Press in an interview late Wednesday night that no date has been set for immigration talks ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-interview-cuban-parliament-head-says-high-court-decision-wont-hurt-us-cuba-negotiations-85568/">Read more : AP Interview: Cuban parliament head says high court decision won&#8217;t hurt US-Cuba negotiations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor follows long tradition of saying little on key issues, cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor and senators who will vote on her confirmation are engaged in a careful conversation about where she stands on hot-button issues like abortion and gun rights. You probably won&#8217;t hear any of it, though, since the exchange is taking place in code.

Sotomayor is simply following a time-honored tradition: ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/supreme-court-nominee-sotomayor-follows-long-tradition-of-saying-little-on-key-issues-cases-85324/">Supreme Court nominee Sotomayor follows long tradition of saying little on key issues, cases</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>House to vote on impeachment charges against federal judge who lied in sex assault case</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The U.S. House has scheduled a vote for Thursday morning on the impeachment of a Texas federal judge in prison for lying about sexual assaults of two women.

The House filed paperwork Wednesday to set up the vote on four articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent. Kent entered the Devens Federal ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/house-to-vote-on-impeachment-charges-against-federal-judge-who-lied-in-sex-assault-case-84955/">House to vote on impeachment charges against federal judge who lied in sex assault case</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Presiding judge says she&#8217;s troubled by similarities between &#8216;Catcher in the Rye&#8217; and new book</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:55:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — A federal judge said Wednesday she found substantial similarities between J.D. Salinger&#8217;s &#8220;The Catcher In The Rye&#8221; and a new book by a Swedish author and questioned whether it should be published in the United States.

U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts commented as she listened to lawyers argue whether Salinger had a right ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/presiding-judge-says-shes-troubled-by-similarities-between-catcher-in-the-rye-and-new-book-84781/">Presiding judge says she&#8217;s troubled by similarities between &#8216;Catcher in the Rye&#8217; and new book</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance-enhancing drug in 2003</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Sammy Sosa became the latest in a string of baseball stars implicated in the sport&#8217;s steroids scandal of the past decade when The New York Times reported that he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003.

The Times said Sosa is one of 104 players who tested positive in baseball&#8217;s anonymous 2003 ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-former-cubs-star-sammy-sosa-tested-positive-for-performance-enhancing-drug-in-2003-83854/">Report: Former Cubs star Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance-enhancing drug in 2003</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>If US govt approves, NY judge says military lawyers likely can represent Guantanamo detainee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Military lawyers can defend a Guantanamo detainee in federal court against charges that he participated in the bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa, a federal judge said Tuesday, as long as the lawyers&#8217; superior officers approve.

U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan urged the government to try to determine within a week ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/if-us-govt-approves-ny-judge-says-military-lawyers-likely-can-represent-guantanamo-detainee-83087/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : If US govt approves, NY judge says military lawyers likely can represent Guantanamo detainee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court OKs Chrysler&#8217;s sale to Fiat, but Supreme Court appeal likely; GM to spend $2B on Delphi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A summary of developments in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Group LLC

GENERAL MOTORS — DAY 37
WHERE DOES IT STAND?: Tuesday marked Detroit-based GM&#8217;s 37th day under bankruptcy court protection.
On Tuesday, attorneys for two groups appealing U.S. Judge Robert Gerber&#8217;s approval of GM&#8217;s plan to sell the bulk of its ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-oks-chryslers-sale-to-fiat-but-supreme-court-appeal-likely-gm-to-spend-2b-on-delphi-73560/" title="Court OKs Chrysler&#8217;s sale to Fiat, but Supreme Court appeal likely; GM to spend $2B on Delphi">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor self-portrait: A nagging insecurity and a taste for pig innards and &#8216;Law &amp; Order&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laurie Kellman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — She likes to eat pig intestines and watch &#8220;Law &#038; Order.&#8221; She felt like an alien in the Ivy League. She reads fictional courtroom dramas and hands down imaginary rulings on the lawyers&#8217; objections therein.

Judge Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s self-portrait, revealed in scores of speeches and writings released Thursday, portrays a &#8220;daughter of the Bronx&#8221; .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-self-portrait-a-nagging-insecurity-and-a-taste-for-pig-innards-and-law-order-73362/">Sotomayor self-portrait: A nagging insecurity and a taste for pig innards and &#8216;Law &#038; Order&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Winning streak: An $8,283 casino jackpot, then Supreme Court nomination for Sotomayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor hit a casino jackpot for more than $8,000 last year.

Financial disclosure forms released Friday show the judge listed $8,283 in &#8220;jackpot game winning&#8221; on November 23. The forms don&#8217;t say where or how Sotomayor won the money. It was listed under non-investment income.
The White House said she won ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/winning-streak-an-8283-casino-jackpot-then-supreme-court-nomination-for-sotomayor-73349/">Winning streak: An $8,283 casino jackpot, then Supreme Court nomination for Sotomayor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>On a winning streak: First $8,283 jackpot, then Supreme Court nomination for Sotomayor</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor hit the jackpot for more than $8,000 last year.

Financial disclosure forms released Friday show the judge listed $8,283 in &#8220;jackpot game winning&#8221; on November 23. The forms don&#8217;t say where or how Sotomayor won the money. It was listed under non-investment income.
Sotomayor must fill out disclosure forms yearly ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/on-a-winning-streak-first-8283-jackpot-then-supreme-court-nomination-for-sotomayor-73306/">On a winning streak: First $8,283 jackpot, then Supreme Court nomination for Sotomayor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fisheries agency&#8217;s plan to protect struggling chinook salmon would trim Calif.&#8217;s water supply</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Dearen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO — Federal regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, prompting howls of protest from state officials because it will further reduce the amount of water available to farms and urban areas.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has &#8220;provisionally accepted&#8221; the findings ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fisheries-agencys-plan-to-protect-struggling-chinook-salmon-would-trim-califs-water-supply-72567/">Read more : Fisheries agency&#8217;s plan to protect struggling chinook salmon would trim Calif.&#8217;s water supply</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SC court orders gov to request federal stimulus cash, likely ends months of political battles</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina&#8217;s Supreme Court ordered Gov. Mark Sanford on Thursday to request $700 million in federal stimulus money aimed primarily at struggling schools, ending months of wrangling with legislators who accused him of playing politics with people&#8217;s lives.

The nation&#8217;s most vocal anti-bailout governor had refused to take the money designated for the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sc-court-orders-gov-to-request-federal-stimulus-cash-likely-ends-months-of-political-battles-72384/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: SC court orders gov to request federal stimulus cash, likely ends months of political battles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor&#8217;s personal assets top $1M, far less than others Obama considered for court</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor says her personal assets top $1 million.

Her $1.16 million in assets include her Greenwich Village condo, valued at $997,500; a $20,000 stake in another condominium; and about $109,000 in cars and other personal property. Her financial statement shows she has $31,985 in the bank.
Sotomayor released details about her .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayors-personal-assets-top-1m-far-less-than-others-obama-considered-for-court-72364/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — An eight-state radioactive-waste-management entity plans to appeal a federal court ruling that said a company can dispose of foreign nuclear waste at its facility in the western Utah desert.

A judge last month ruled against the Northwest Compact, which includes Utah and seven other states. The compact&#8217;s executive director, Mike Garner, said ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/appeal-planned-for-ruling-that-allows-company-to-dispose-of-italys-nuclear-waste-in-utah-71393/">Read : Appeal planned for ruling that allows company to dispose of Italy&#8217;s nuclear waste in Utah</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor spends Day 2 on Capitol Hill as first lady promotes her nomination to high court</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The White House dispatched first lady Michelle Obama to defend Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor on Wednesday, part of a broad offensive to humanize the judge that came as former GOP House Speaker Newt Gingrich backed off his harsh criticism of her as a racist.

Mrs. Obama told students at a high school graduation ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-spends-day-2-on-capitol-hill-as-first-lady-promotes-her-nomination-to-high-court-71186/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Sotomayor spends Day 2 on Capitol Hill as first lady promotes her nomination to high court</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is racing through a crucial set of meetings with senators on Capitol Hill, working to reassure Republicans who worry she&#8217;d bring ethnic and gender bias to her decisions.

Sotomayor, who would be the high court&#8217;s first Hispanic and third woman, is telling senators in both parties that while her .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-seeks-to-reassure-senators-she-wont-be-biased-as-she-continues-senate-meetings-70508/">Sotomayor seeks to reassure senators she won&#8217;t be biased as she continues Senate meetings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Brazilian supreme court justice suspends order granting immediate custody of boy to US father</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO — A Brazilian supreme court justice on Tuesday suspended a court order granting immediate custody of a 9-year-old boy to his U.S. father, extending a multiyear battle that has reached the highest levels of both the Brazilian and U.S. governments.

The decision by Justice Marco Aurelio was in response to an emergency request filed ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/brazilian-supreme-court-justice-suspends-order-granting-immediate-custody-of-boy-to-us-father-70375/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Brazilian supreme court justice suspends order granting immediate custody of boy to US father</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor, meeting senators, counters criticism she&#8217;d rule with bias on Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 05:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Tuesday countered Republican charges that she would let her background dictate her rulings as Americans signaled a favorable first impression of President Barack Obama&#8217;s first Supreme Court choice.

A new Associated Press-GfK poll suggested that Americans have a more positive view of her than they did of any of former ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-meeting-senators-counters-criticism-shed-rule-with-bias-on-supreme-court-70144/">Sotomayor, meeting senators, counters criticism she&#8217;d rule with bias on Supreme Court</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court weighs off-campus speech in case of Pa. girl who posted lewd MySpace parody of principal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maryclaire Dale</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — A federal appeals court must decide whether a Pennsylvania middle school can suspend a student who, at home on her own time, created a lewd MySpace page aimed at her principal.

The Web page, which used a fake name but an actual photo of the principal, was purported to have been posted by a .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-weighs-off-campus-speech-in-case-of-pa-girl-who-posted-lewd-myspace-parody-of-principal-70019/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal judge rules Wisconsin school district can hold graduation ceremonies in church</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:38:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MILWAUKEE — A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Wisconsin school district may continue to hold its graduation ceremonies in a church because the location doesn&#8217;t necessarily make it a religious event.

U.S. District Judge Charles Clevert ruled in a lawsuit brought by Americans United for Separation of Church and State against a district in a ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-judge-rules-wisconsin-school-district-can-hold-graduation-ceremonies-in-church-69950/" title="Federal judge rules Wisconsin school district can hold graduation ceremonies in church">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP poll finds public support for Sotomayor&#8217;s nomination to the Supreme Court</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Americans have a more favorable first impression of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor than they did for any of President George W. Bush&#8217;s choices for the high court, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

The public also backs her confirmation in higher numbers.
The poll, released Tuesday, said that roughly a third of the .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-poll-finds-public-support-for-sotomayors-nomination-to-the-supreme-court-69869/">AP poll finds public support for Sotomayor&#8217;s nomination to the Supreme Court</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate&#8217;s top Democrat praises Sotomayor, says public will identify with her &#8216;underdog&#8217; past</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:34:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — The Senate&#8217;s top Democrat praised federal judge Sonia Sotomayor Tuesday as an extraordinarily well-qualified Supreme Court nominee whose background as an &#8220;underdog&#8221; appeals to Americans.

&#8220;We have the whole package here,&#8221; said Sen. Harry Reid, seated beside Sotomayor before the two met in his Capitol office. He called her life story &#8220;compelling.&#8221;
&#8220;America identifies with ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/senates-top-democrat-praises-sotomayor-says-public-will-identify-with-her-underdog-past-69763/">Senate&#8217;s top Democrat praises Sotomayor, says public will identify with her &#8216;underdog&#8217; past</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge agrees to delay legal rights case for Bagram detainees until government can appeal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-agrees-to-delay-legal-rights-case-for-bagram-detainees-until-government-can-appeal-69261/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday put a hold on his groundbreaking order allowing detainees at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan access to U.S. courts until an appeals court can rule on the case involving prisoners held in an active war zone.

The Obama administration, in arguments similar to those made by the Bush .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-agrees-to-delay-legal-rights-case-for-bagram-detainees-until-government-can-appeal-69261/">Judge agrees to delay legal rights case for Bagram detainees until government can appeal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge agrees to delay legal rights for Bagram detainees until government can appeal</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-agrees-to-delay-legal-rights-for-bagram-detainees-until-government-can-appeal-69235/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 06:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge has put a hold on his order allowing detainees at a U.S. air base in Afghanistan access to courts until the government can appeal.

U.S. District Judge John Bates ruled two months ago that some foreign detainees at Bagram Airfield could use civilian courts in the United States to challenge their .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-agrees-to-delay-legal-rights-for-bagram-detainees-until-government-can-appeal-69235/">Judge agrees to delay legal rights for Bagram detainees until government can appeal</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Sotomayor prepares for Senate greetings as activity, attention shift to Capitol Hill</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-prepares-for-senate-greetings-as-activity-attention-shift-to-capitol-hill-69142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 03:50:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Hirschfeld Davis</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Venturing into a tradition of protocol and politics, Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor prepared Monday to greet the senators who will decide her judicial future as control of her Supreme Court journey shifts to Capitol Hill.

One week after President Barack Obama introduced her to the nation, Sotomayor on Tuesday starts private, informal meetings .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sotomayor-prepares-for-senate-greetings-as-activity-attention-shift-to-capitol-hill-69142/">Sotomayor prepares for Senate greetings as activity, attention shift to Capitol Hill</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge orders government to reveal unclassified documents in more than 100 Guantanamo Bay cases</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nedra Pickler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — A federal judge ordered the United States on Monday to publicly reveal unclassified versions of its allegations and evidence justifying the continued imprisonment of more than 100 detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay.

The Justice Department had been filing unclassified versions of its legal documents under seal, so that they could only be seen .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/judge-orders-government-to-reveal-unclassified-documents-in-more-than-100-guantanamo-bay-cases-69048/">Source article &nbsp;: Judge orders government to reveal unclassified documents in more than 100 Guantanamo Bay cases</a>.]]></description>
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