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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The private company SpaceX made history Friday with the docking of its Dragon capsule to the International Space Station, the most impressive feat yet in turning routine spaceflight over to the commercial sector.

It marked the first time a business enterprise delivered a supply ship to ...

Faint smell of marijuana on defendant’s DL was not probable cause to search the car. United States v. Hickman, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71330 (D. Idaho May 21, 2012):

The Ninth Circuit has held that "a strong odor of marijuana emanating from a vehicle can constitute probable cause to search the vehicle." United States v. Guzman-Padilla, 573 F.3d 865, 886 n. 5 (9th Cir. 2009). The Court, however, concludes in this case that the faint smell of marijuana on Hickman's license did not justify a search of his car. When questioned about the smell of marijuana on his license, Hickman explained that his roommate has a prescription for medical marijuana. While this explanation standing alone may not have excused Hickman, other factors support a finding of no probable cause: Hickman passed the field sobriety test; he was never resistant or confrontational; he appeared coherent in the video; and neither his clothes nor his car smelled of marijuana. Even Officer Cox, who was present at the scene, questioned whether he had probable cause to search the vehicle. While this has no legal bearing on the issue because the existence of probable cause is based on objective facts, it suggests that perhaps that the proper level of justification did not exist for the search.

The High Court has rejected an attempt by HMRC to get the so-called "football creditors rule" abolished in England.

A former soldier is jailed indefinitely with a minimum term of eight years for a string of sex attacks on women he met in pubs and online.

Young, brash and dangerous -- how can you not like these guys?

Satellite broadcaster clashes with US TV networks over a set-top box that strips ads out of recorded programmes

PORTLAND, Maine — Scores of Maine churches will pass the collection plate a second time at Sunday services on Father's Day to kick off a fundraising campaign for the lead opposition group to November's ballot question asking voters to legalize same-sex marriages.

Between 150 and 200 churches are expected to ...

PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — Hurricane Bud weakened to a Category 2 storm as it headed early Friday toward an area of beach resorts and small mountain villages on Mexico's Pacific coast stretching south from Puerto Vallarta.

Authorities canceled school in 11 communities expected to be hit by heavy rains in ...

The daughter of PC David Rathband will take his place as an Olympic torchbearer when the flame arrives in South Tyneside, it is announced.

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An exam board has been criticised for a GCSE question asking pupils to explain why some people are prejudiced against Jews.

Defendant’s detention on the side of the road evolved into a custodial interrogation because of the officer’s actions in telling defendant she wasn’t going anywhere until the drug dog did its thing and denied her use of the phone and cigarettes. While basic traffic detentions are not custodial interrogations, they can become one and this one did. United States v. Ramos, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71259 (D. Vt. May 21, 2012) (See Howes v. Fields, 132 S. Ct. 1181, 1190, 182 L. Ed. 2d 17 (2012) (holding that "the roadside questioning of a motorist who was pulled over in a routine traffic stop did not constitute custodial interrogation."); Berkemer v. McCarty, 468 U.S. 420, 436, 104 S. Ct. 3138, 82 L. Ed. 2d 317 (1984) (holding that while motorists subject to routine traffic stops do not generally feel free to leave they are not in custody for Miranda purposes); see Arizona v. Johnson, 555 U.S. 323, 333, 129 S. Ct. 781, 172 L. Ed. 2d 694 (2009) ("An officer's inquiries into matters unrelated to the justification for the traffic stop ... do not convert the encounter into something other than a lawful seizure, so long as those inquiries do not measurably extend the duration of the stop.");

Defendant was detained too long considering the alleged justification, and his subsequent consent was tainted by the overlong detention. United States v. Petersen, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 71551 (D. Utah May 22, 2012).*

The remains of 12 South Korean soldiers return home, in the first repatriation of soldiers from the South killed during the Korean War 60 years ago.

BBC reporter Paul Wood has been inside the Syrian town of Rastan which has been under attack by the country's military despite a UN brokered ceasefire.

ISTANBUL (AP) -- An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, an American of Turkish origin, is like a brother to him....

The chief executive of the Student Loans Company, who attracted controversy over his tax arrangements, is to stand down when his contract expires early next year.

A man in Austria shoots his son in the head at a school, leaving the boy critically ill, then flees and dies in an apparent suicide.

BBC agrees a new deal to broadcast Premier League highlights on Match of the Day until the end of the 2015-16 season.

A US Senate panel cuts $33m (£21m) in aid to Pakistan in response to the jailing of a Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden.

NEW YORK — Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs.

The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, according to an analysis by The Associated Press using data from Equilar, an executive pay research firm.

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