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The MP for Falkirk, Eric Joyce, has been given a 12 month community service order after admitting assaulting four people in a House of Commons bar.

The Nigerian president on Friday blamed a militant Islamist terror group for the killing of two Europeans during a failed rescue attempt in the country.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Polish health authorities have ordered the withdrawal from the market of more than 230,000 kilograms (500,000 pounds) of pickles, bread and other food suspected of containing industrial salt, the latest development in a scandal raising fears about food safety....

ROME (AP) -- Italy's president on Friday accused Britain of an "inexplicable" failure to consult with his country before a bungled attempt to rescue an Italian and a Briton being held in Nigeria by kidnappers claiming ties to al-Qaida....

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian foreign minister says the Obama administration told Palestinian leaders to expect little help with their statehood bid during the U.S. presidential campaign....

Has this catchy stat done more harm than good?

Former defense counsel waived the suppression motion and hearing on the ground that it was done by private action. Second successor counsel wants to raise the issue anew on the eve of trial, and it is denied. United States v. Onyekaba, 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 153919 (N.D. Ga. October 21, 2011). Even the “good cause” claim in Rule 12(e) that former defense counsel would be ineffective for waiving wasn’t good enough, and led to footnote 8:

8 To the extent defendant is arguing ineffective assistance of counsel as "good cause" to "hear these motions now, rather than in a future 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding," [Doc. 148 at 4], this argument is misplaced. Indeed, ineffective assistance claims raised for the purpose of showing "good cause" under Rule 12(e) are "not ripe for review" and "are best brought by a defendant in a post-conviction proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 so that the parties can develop an adequate record on the issue." United States v. Jones, No. 3:07-CR-162, 2009 WL 1471807, at *4 (E.D. Tenn. May 27, 2009) (rejecting defendant's argument that he has shown good cause to excuse the waiver due to the alleged ineffective assistance of his prior attorney); see also United States v. Lopez-Medina, 461 F.3d 724, 738-39 (6th Cir. 2006) (finding defendant's "ineffective assistance claim is not ripe for review, and [defendant] therefore, cannot, at this point, demonstrate 'good cause' to excuse his waiver under Rule 12(e)").

Reading between the lines in this case, I’d think that the defendant was insisting on raising this search issue despite the court’s summary which shows it woefully inadequate. Defendant was arrested for shoplifting in a Macy’s store by store security. On him were three credit cards that didn’t belong to him. They called police who stopped the car he was in for a traffic stop, and the codefendants were arrested. The full details aren’t given, but it appears that something came from the traffic stop and there’s at least the appearance that the vehicle was not his; hence a standing problem. Therefore, one might conclude that this was the USMJ’s way of brushing off a motion to suppress that was doomed anyway. We all know clients know more about the Fourth Amendment from their friends than from us.

Sir David Murray's Glasgow-based call centre company Response loses a major contract with broadcaster Sky.

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech's president was set to testify Friday in a civil trial seeking official accountability for the slaying of 32 on the Tech campus on April 16, 2007....

CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech's president was set to testify Friday in a civil trial seeking official accountability for the slaying of 32 on the Tech campus on April 16, 2007....

The government pushes ahead with a final plan for public sector pensions as talks with unions come to an end.

DETROIT (AP) -- Dogs are running wild in Detroit, and a nonprofit wants to stop it....

DETROIT (AP) -- Dogs are running wild in Detroit, and a nonprofit wants to stop it....

Police say they have had complaints of teenagers free running across roofs in a historic part of a seaside town.

In under a week, Invisible Children's viral video campaign about the African warlord Joseph Kony has gone from social media darling to the source of much scepticism.

The campaigns of President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney don't agree on much. But on one subject, officials from both sides are in sync.

The captain of the cargo ship which collided with a passenger ferry in Belfast Lough on Wednesday was over the alcohol limit while being in charge of his ship, a court hears.

Brian Flynn says you can blame the low opinion most Americans have of Congress on the fact that it has become increasingly unrepresentative

Prince Harry says Britain and Brazil are "forging bonds that will stand the test of time" in a speech at the start of a three-day visit to the country.

Ulster Unionist leader Tom Elliott accuses some members of his party of blatantly undermining him and feeding "lies" to the press.