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Today in History
September 7, 2010-- Today is Tuesday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2010. There are 115 days left in the year.
Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate
September 7, 2010YAKIMA, Wash. -- A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution.
NY cigarette tax plans raise reservation tensions
September 7, 2010CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- As New York Indian Nation leaders battle in courtrooms to preserve their tax-free cigarette market, tensions are rising on reservations, where the state's renewed efforts to tax sales to non-Native customers is viewed as yet another attack on Native American...
Convicted killer Alfredo Prieto returning to Fairfax County court for resentencing
September 7, 2010 Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and two rapes, will return to a Fairfax County courtroom for a sentencing trial Tuesday morning, when Fairfax prosecutors will try for a third time to obtain the death penalty.
Judge denies Skilling bail request
September 7, 2010Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey K. Skilling was denied a request to be released from prison on bail while he appeals his 2006 fraud conviction. The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans on Friday turned aside Skilling's request in a one-sentence ruling that did not provide an explanation for the...
Prof in Miami scare once accused of hauling plague
September 7, 2010MIAMI -- Officials decided to shut down much of Miami International Airport after a database showed a scientist with a suspicious item in his luggage had once been charged with illegally transporting bubonic plague, a senior law enforcement official said Friday.
Today in History
September 7, 2010-- Today is Friday, Sept. 3, the 246th day of 2010. There are 119 days left in the year.
D.C. gang statute faces first test in 2008 shooting case
September 7, 2010 A new District law aimed at curtailing violent crime among local gangs will be tested in D.C. Superior Court in the coming days, as a jury hears evidence in the 2008 shooting death of a man who prosecutors say was killed in Northeast Washington in retaliation by a rival gang.
Court rules against Ravens in logo dispute
September 7, 2010RICHMOND, Va. -- An amateur artist who designed the original logo used by the Baltimore Ravens won a partial victory Thursday when a federal appeals court ruled the commercial use of game and highlight films from the Ravens' first three seasons violates his copyright.
Appeals court rules against Ravens in logo dispute
September 7, 2010RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court has ruled against the Baltimore Ravens and the National Football league in a copyright dispute over the team's original logo.
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