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Brooke Astor Verdict: Anthony Marshall GUILTY; Faces At Least A Year In Jail

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 10.09.2009 | New York

Read More: Trial, Anthony Marshall Verdict, Brooke Astor Trial, Anthony Marshall, Anthony Marshall Guilty, Brooke Astor Verdict, Brooke Astor, Anthony Marshall Case, Grand Larceny, New York News

NEW YORK — Brooke Astor's 85-year-old son was convicted Thursday of exploiting his philanthropist mother's failing mind and helping himself to h...

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This Week In Cheating: Drugs

Jeff Kreisler | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Trial, Fosamax, Pants!, Merck, Drug Industry, Class Action, Pfizer, Addiction, Trap, Scandal, Awesome, Pharmaceutical Industry, Settlement, Satire, Vioxx, Wyeth, Rachel Maddow, Marketing, Neurontin, Monty Python, Comedy News
Jeff Kreisler

So, let me get this straight: Pfizer is the drug company who'll lie to you, but Merck's the one that'll kill you?

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Did I Tell You About the Time I Was Arrested?

Stanton Peele | Posted 08.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Trial, Municipal Protest, Misdemeanor, Stanton Peele, Abbot Giles, Disrupting a Public Meeting, Conviction, St. Mary's Abbey, Tony Cicatiello, Delbarton School, Arrest, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Living News
Stanton Peele

The arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. the other day reminded me of the time a few years back when I was arrested and taken to the police station.

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Will US Seek Death Penalty in First Trial of Former Gitmo Detainee?

Amnesty International | Posted 08.09.2009 | World

Read More: Guantanamo, Trial, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, Death Penalty, War on Terror, Military Commissions, World News
Amnesty International

Last month, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani became the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be brought to the United States for trial outside of the military commission system.

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Blackwater Expanding Domestic Reach

Mike Papantonio | Posted 02.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Murder, GoLeft.T, Mike Papantonio, Trial, Golefttv, Mercenary, Dick Cheney, Fallujah, Army, Erik Prince, Air America Radio, Blackwater, Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, George W Bush, Ring of Fire, Contractor, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

The congressmen and advocacy groups that are trying to shut Blackwater down are being branded as un-American, unpatriotic liberals by the Prince family loyalists.

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Murder of Anna Politkovskaya: The Trial Begins

Oleg Kozlovsky | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Russia, Murder, Vladimir Putin, Trial, Anna Politkovskaya, Russian Oligarchs, World News
Oleg Kozlovsky

Anna Politkovskaya was a prominent Russian journalist. She investigated police and army brutality and supported victims of terrorism. She went where misery was too great for people to bear.

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Afghanistan: A Surge in ROE Education is the First Step

Vivian Gembara | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutor, Trial, US Soldiers, Military Justice, Ware Crime, Mccain, US Troops, Obama, Roe, Soldiers, Marines, Army, Troop Misconduct, Code of Conduct, Jag, Detainee Abuse, Afghanistan, Insurgents, Iraq, Rules of Engagement in Iraq, Politics News
Vivian Gembara

The ugly issue of the misconduct of some U.S. troops in a war zone must be addressed before sending more soldiers and Marines into Afghanistan.

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OJ Simpson's Attorney Speaks Out

Graham Bensinger | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Football, Trial, Conversation, Prison, OJ Simpson, Nfl, Yale Galanter, Interview, Las Vegas, Alfred Beardsley, Bruce Fromong, Radio, Tom Riccio, Court, Tmz, Murderer, OJ Simpson Robbery, OJ Simpson Jail, OJ Simpson Trial, Entertainment News
Graham Bensinger

OJ Simpson is standing trial after being charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, robbery, assault, and kidnapping with a deadly weapon. Simpson's Attorney Yale Galanter spoke exclusively with me.

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Diary From Rwanda: Day Two

DivineCaroline.com | Lisa Nastasi, Ph.D. | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Women for Women International, Trial, The Giving Life, Gacaca Court, Women for Women, Rwandan Genocide, Gacaca System, Rwanda, Living News

Read Diary From Rwanda: Day One here The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong."--Mahatma Ghandi On Tuesday morning, we...

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America's Loathsome Disdain For the 9/11 Killers, And For Justice

Ray Hanania | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Trial, Terrorism, 2001, Sept. 11, Khalid Shiekh Mohammed, Injustice, Torture, Shaik, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Turns out that Americans are not much different at all from the killers, the dictators and the fanatics we decry.

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The Sean Bell Trial Put Bell Community on Defense and Left Unanswered Questions About Police Conduct

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Oliver, Gescard Isnora, Trial, Sean Bell, Police Shooting, Politics News
Tonya Plank

After sitting through 28 days of testimony in the Sean Bell trial, I knew far more about Mr. Bell's friends' prior convictions than why the officers acted as they did.

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Bond's Former Closest Friend And Best Man To Testify Against Him

AP | PAUL ELIAS | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Trial, Barry Bonds, Home News

Barry Bonds' penchant for turning longtime friends into bitter enemies might come back to hurt him in at least two significant ways at trial. First, ...

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