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Kweku Adoboli: 'I Need a Miracle,' Appearing in London Court Friday

Kweku Adoboli
Kweku Adoboli has been charged with fraud and false accounting by London police in connection with unauthorized trades at UBS that caused the bank a $2 billion loss. Adoboli has also reportedly admitted to the bank he caused the losses. His father, a retired United Nations employee living in Ghana, said his son made a mistake.
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Bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach testifies in court in Los Angeles

Verdict Reached in TCW vs Gundlach :court

The jury has reached a verdict in a courtroom battle between Trust Company of the West and former investment chief Jeffrey Gundlach, concluding a six-week trial that has transfixed the financial industry.
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U.S. Supreme Court Halts Duane Buck's Texas Execution

Texas inmate Duane Buck was granted a stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court Thursday only hours before he was scheduled to die, after his attorneys contended his sentence was unfair because of a question asked about race during his trial.
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Steve Wynn loses court fight with Joe Francis

Not since Frank Sinatra was featured in a commercial sending the casino owner off to fetch him some towels has Las Vegas hotelier Steve Wynn suffered such a public embarrassment.
Texas Governor Rick Perry speaks druing the Reagan Centennial GOP presidential primary debate in Simi Valley

Rick Perry Urged to Delay Execution Tainted by Racism

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry has unabashedly stood by executing more people than any governor in history, but lawyers are pleading with Perry not to add to the record by condemning a man whose sentence may have been tainted by racist testimony.
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Minsk Metro Bombers Go On Trial in Belarus

Konovalov, considered the mastermind of the bombing that killed 15 people, has been charged with terrorism, while Kovalyov has been charged as an accessory to terrorism. Belarus is the only European country that actives employs the death penalty, and if convicted both men could be killed by firing squad.
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More U.S. Doctors Facing Charges Over Drug Abuse

Michael Jackson's doctor, accused of killing the pop star with a powerful anesthetic, has joined a small but growing number of U.S. physicians facing criminal charges over their handling of prescription drugs.
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Heidi Jones, TV Weather Girl, Admits to Lying about Assaults

Heidi Jones, a TV meteorologist for several New York and Texas stations who also worked on ABC's Good Morning America, has admitted that police reports she filed last year about being repeatedly attacked in New York City by a man were lies.
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New S.Africa wrestles with its old struggle songs

One of the most powerful weapons in a South African politician's arsenal may be silenced after a court ruled this week that songs once used to rally support against apartheid could be considered hate speech in the country's new democracy.
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US shows flag in Tripoli, pledges support

The United States gave Libya's new rulers a very visible show of support on Wednesday when a senior envoy visited the capital and praised their efforts to assert control of armed groups three weeks after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.

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