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Days before Obama sworn in, Supreme Court says it will look at ongoing need for key voting law
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Days before the first black president takes office, the Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider overturning a key feature of the main federal law that ensures access to the polls by minorities. The justices said they will review a...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Heads of State, George Bush, Minority Groups, Alaska
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Billy Zantzinger, convicted of killing Hattie Carroll and denounced in Bob Dylan song, dies at 69
On Feb. 8, 1963, a young, socially prominent tobacco farmer from southern Maryland named William Devereux Zantzinger was drunk at a charity ball at Baltimore's old Emerson Hotel. Carrying a cheap toy cane and dressed in a top hat at the Spinsters Ball, he...Tags: Charity, Punishment, Crimes, Bob Dylan, Folk Music
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Baltimore mayor indicted on theft, perjury charges; accused of accepting gifts from developers
Associated Press WriterBALTIMORE (AP) — Mayor Sheila Dixon was indicted Friday on charges that she accepted illegal gifts during her time as mayor and City Council president, including travel, fur coats and gift cards intended for the poor that she allegedly used...Tags: American Express Company, Video Games, Theft, Prosecution, Annapolis
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Illinois House impeaches Gov. Rod Blagojevich who calls move political, promises to fight on
Associated Press WriterSPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached Friday by Illinois lawmakers furious that he turned state government into a "freak show," setting the stage for an unprecedented trial in the state Senate that could get him thrown out of...Tags: Roland Burris, Criminal Laws, Justice System, Local Authority, George Ryan
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Texas death row inmate pulls out only good eye, tells authorities he ate it
Associated Press WriterHOUSTON (AP) — A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-...Tags: Crimes, Prisons, Texas
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NBA players' association plans to file grievance against Blazers over Miles memo
AP Sports WriterPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Trail Blazers president Larry Miller believes rival teams are considering signing Darius Miles not because he can help on the court, but because it would hurt the Trail Blazers in the wallet. "Our issue is if a team is...Tags: National Basketball Association, Baseball, Major League Baseball, Litigation and Regulation, Contracts
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Man to face trial in '95 slaying of Ann Arbor teen
A man awaiting trial in a 2001 triple slaying in Washtenaw County is headed to trial in an unrelated murder. Thirty-four-year-old Deondre Byrd pleaded not guilty Friday to open murder in the 1995 death of 16-year-old Tamara Stewart of Ann Arbor....Tags: Murder, Crimes
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Wis. man gets jail for lying for drunken driver
A Green Bay man accused of falsely taking the blame for a drunken crash has been sentenced to 90 days in jail. Forty-eight-year-old Donn Anderson pleaded no contest to a felony count of perjury. Authorities said the president of the Brown County...Tags: Punishment, Prisons
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Man faces obstruction charge in father's death
Authorities have charged a northeast Iowa man with obstruction of prosecution, saying he failed to cooperate with an investigation into his father's death. Police charged Nathan McKinney on Friday, two days after he testified in the first degree-...Tags: Murder, Crimes, Iowa, Prosecution
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Detroit mom, 2 others face trial in sex-party case
A woman accused of hosting a party at her Detroit home where men could pay for lap dances and sex is headed to trial. District Judge Ronald Giles on Friday ordered the 34-year-old woman bound over to Wayne County Circuit Court for trial on charges of...Tags: Court Administration, Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System
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Court asked to set aside Black's fraud conviction
Conrad Black is asking the Supreme Court to overturn his convictions for fraud and obstruction of justice. A federal appeals court in Chicago already has upheld the convictions, for which Black is serving a 6 1/2-year prison term. Black, the former...Tags: Corporate Crime, Chicago Sun-Times, George Bush, Justice System, Local Authority
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