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Arkansas judge fines J&J $1.1B in Risperdal case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- An Arkansas judge on Wednesday fined Johnson & Johnson and a subsidiary more than $1.1 billion after a jury found that the companies downplayed and hid risks associated with taking the antipsychotic drug Risperdal....
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US sues Apple, publishers over electronic books

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
NEW YORK (AP) -- The U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple Inc. and book publishers Wednesday, saying the publishers conspired with Apple to raise retail electronic-book prices to limit competition....
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AG vows thorough review in Trayvon Martin case

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Eric Holder said Wednesday that the Justice Department will take appropriate action in the killing of Trayvon Martin if it finds evidence that a federal criminal civil rights crime has been committed....
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Resignation of chief in Martin case rejected

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The Sanford city commission rejected the resignation of the police chief harshly criticized for his handling of the Trayvon Martin case....
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Planned Parenthood sues Texas over exclusion

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Planned Parenthood sued Texas on Wednesday for excluding the group from participating in a program that provides contraception and check-ups to women....
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S.D.Ind.: Peek out door during arrest in hallway justified protective sweep

FourthAmendment.com - News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15

The court rejects the government’s contention that an arrest warrant for a suspect causes him to not have a standing in hotel room where he was located. At any rate, defendant was arrested in the hallway, but his companion opened the hotel room door to see what was going on outside, and that made a protective sweep reasonable. United States v. Marrero, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49494 (S.D. Ind. April 6, 2012).*

The warrant for child pornography was based on an IP address, and probable cause was shown, so the good faith exception need not be reached. [The USMJ seems uncomfortable with the fact that he issued the search warrant, too, but his decision is subject to de novo review. United States v. Nolan, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50046 (E.D. Mo. March 6, 2012).*

A knock-and-talk does not violate the Fourth Amendment, and defendant consented to a search. United States v. Major, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49665 (W.D. La. February 16, 2012).*

9 suspected illegal immigrants die in Texas van crash

PALMVIEW, Texas (AP) — At least nine suspected illegal immigrants were killed and six more were injured when the van they were packed into crashed and rolled not long after a border patrol traffic stop in a South Texas town, police said Wednesday.

The van was demolished in the accident ...

Lawyers: Zimmerman is isolated, stressed out

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — George Zimmerman's former attorneys say the man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is said to be losing weight and suffering from high levels of stress from the intense public scrutiny he is under. Meanwhile, a special prosecutor said she soon will make an announcement in ...

GOP leader urges unity following Santorum's exit

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The head of the Republican Governors Association says Rick Santorum's withdrawal from the presidential sweepstakes should signal party conservatives to unify behind Mitt Romney....
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Calif. prison panel denies Manson's bid for parole

CORCORAN, Calif. (AP) — A California prison panel has denied parole to mass murderer Charles Manson parole in his 12th bid for freedom.

The panel acted Wednesday after a parole hearing.

Manson, now a gray-bearded, 77-year-old, did not attend the hearing.

He orchestrated a series of gruesome murders on consecutive ...

Attorneys say Zimmerman is isolated, stressed out

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) -- The man who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is said to be losing weight, suffering from high levels of stress and unable even to perform the simple task of buying a soda at a grocery store because of the intense public scrutiny he is under, his former lawyers say....
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G-forces focus of NTSB air race safety suggestions

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....
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G-forces focus of NTSB air race safety suggestions

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- Preventing pilots from losing consciousness from sudden high gravitational forces was among a set of recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board to try to avoid a repeat of last year's horrific air race crash in Reno that left 11 people dead and 70 spectators seriously injured....
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'Simpsons' creator: Real Springfield is in Oregon

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. (AP) -- The Springfield that exists in the mind of Matt Groening is a kind of American everything - hick pit stop, rosy-cheeked Rockwellian font of family values, cesspool of corruption, ethnic melting pot, boomtown gone to rust....
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UC Davis to release report on pepper-spray clash

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall....
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UC Davis to release report on pepper-spray clash

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- The University of California is set to release a long-awaited report on the pepper-spraying of student demonstrators by UC Davis police last fall....
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Report: Pepper-spraying of students at UC Davis not warranted

SAN FRANCISCO — A University of California task force said Wednesday that UC Davis police should not have used pepper-spray on student demonstrators in an incident that prompted national outrage and calls for the chancellor's resignation after online videos of the confrontation went viral.

The officers' decision to douse pepper-spray ...

Seattle idea: fewer trash pickups, more recycling

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....
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Seattle idea: fewer trash pickups, more recycling

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US

Seattle idea: fewer trash pickups, more recycling

AP - U.S. News - Sat, 2025-05-24 09:15
SEATTLE (AP) -- Striving to reduce the trash it sends to landfills, Seattle has banned foam take-out containers and plastic bags, told residents they must recycle cardboard and compost food scraps, and set up a registry for people to opt-out of getting phonebooks....
Categories: Associated Press, News, US
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