SUPREME COURT

Assange Can Take Extradition Fight to Top UK Court

WikiLeaks founder Assange leaves the High Court in London
British judges ruled on Monday that Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing Web site Wikileaks, could take his year-long fight against extradition to Sweden to the Supreme Court, the highest court in the land.
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Mullaperiyar Dam Expert Panel Meeting Begins

The ongoing battle between the governments of south Indian states, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, over the Mullaperiyar Dam issue, could be resolved soon; a Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee began its first meeting with all concerned parties, in New Delhi on Monday.
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California homicide rate drops 7.8 percent in 2010

A state government report said on Friday that California's homicide rate fell by 7.8 percent in 2010 to the lowest level since 1966, in-line with a U.S. drop in violent crimes that researchers have attributed in part to better police work.
Newt Gingrich

Is Newt Gingrich Evil? No. Offensive? Yes.

One of Newt Gingrich's former Republican colleagues called the current GOP presidential frontrunner an evil person on Tuesday. Do his previous policy positions and statements support that characterization?
Finance minister urges Europe to act quickly

Finance Minister Urges Europe to Act Quickly

The ongoing European debt crisis is threatening the global economy and must be dealt with swiftly and decisively, Canada's finance minister Jim Flaherty said at a conference on Wednesday.
Teenager Beaten for Suspected Smoking

Obama Administration Appeals Cigarette Warning Ruling

The Obama administration on Tuesday appealed a U.S. judge's ruling and injunction that blocked tobacco companies from having to display graphic images on cigarette packs and advertising, such as a man exhaling smoke through a hole in his throat.
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Will Kansas Repeal Its Unconstitutional Sodomy Law?

An equal-rights group in Kansas is asking Gov. Sam Brownback to repeal the state's sodomy law, which was rendered unconstitutional by a Supreme Court ruling eight years ago. Some legislators argue that, since the law is unenforceable, it isn't worth the effort to repeal it. But laws have symbolic meaning whether they are enforced or not.
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Emma Sullivan: Was Kansas Teen Right to Tweet About Gov. Brownback?

The high school senior has sparked a debate on the limits of First Amendment free speech in public schools, when a joking Twitter post landed her in the principal's office, pressured to write a dictated apology to Gov. Brownback. Sullivan's right to tweet has been backed by news sites, but as social media blurs the line between public and private, the Kansas school district may stick by its decision.
L.I.Bus

Long Island Eye: Is This the Bus for Paris?

Nassau County has a New Year’s gift for 100,000 daily passengers on L.I. Bus: it’s going French, having been sold to France’s Veolia Environment SA, whose transportation unit operates many other U.S. systems.
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Supreme Court dismisses U.S. Steel appeal

The Canadian government has the right to fine U.S. Steel (X.N: Quote) for breaking job-protection promises made when it bought Canadian steelmaker Stelco, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Thursday.
Lawyer Ince walks out of the B.C Supreme Court in Vancouver

Provincial court upholds ban on polygamy

A Canadian provincial court on Wednesday upheld the country's ban on polygamy, saying the harm that plural marriage causes to women and children outweighed any infringement of religious freedoms.

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