Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said Tuesday that Pennsylvania and several other states will file lawsuits against tobacco company RJ Reynolds for violating an agreement not to use cartoon characters to advertise tobacco products. A...
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UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism Martin Scheinin will attend military commission hearings at Guantanamo Bay beginning Wednesday, according to a statement by Scheinin on Tuesday. Scheinin said that the...
Twenty-six ethnic Indians have been charged with attempted murder in connection with anti-discrimination demonstrations in Malaysia last month, a lawyer for the defendants said Tuesday. All 26 suspects pleaded not guilty to charges of...
The US Supreme Court handed down unanimous decisions in two cases Tuesday, including Logan v. US where the Court held a defendant's misdemeanor convictions that did not result in him losing...
The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee Monday voted 8-4 to pass a bill designed to replace capital punishment with life in prison, paving the way for New Jersey to abolish the death penalty ...
US House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) has asked US Attorney General Michael Mukasey to help the committee obtain transcripts of interviews with US President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and...
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon on Monday encouraged all nations involved in the International Criminal Court (ICC) to help arrest Sudanese and Ugandan crimes against humanity suspects . The ICC has executed arrest warrants for seven...
The Catholic Diocese of Davenport has agreed to settle 156 clergy sex abuse claims for $37 million , paving the way for the diocese to emerge from bankruptcy. The Davenport, Iowa diocese filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
Americans United for the Separation of Church and State et al. v. Prison Fellowship Ministries Inc. et al., United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, December 3, 2007 [ruling that using taxpayer money to fund a faith-based treatment...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Russia will recommence participation in the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) if western nations ratify the treaty. NATO is currently discussing the possibility of ratifying an...
