California man sought in deaths of estranged wife, man, caught in Georgia
NEW YORK - A man accused of driving across the United States and fatally shooting his estranged Indian immigrant wife and another man inside a church has been captured in Georgia.
Joseph M. Pallipurath was arrested around midnight Monday in Monroe, east of Atlanta, said New Jersey district U.S. Marshal James Plousis.
Pallipurath, of Sacramento, California, is suspected of shooting and killing 24-year-old Reshma James inside the St. Thomas Syrian Orthodox Knanaya Church in Clifton, New Jersey, a suburb about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Manhattan.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Amber Alert systems vary greatly by state
AP review: Differences can heighten tension if suspect crosses state lines
ATLANTA - Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases across the country as success stories when they start explaining why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so important.
Yet despite a federal law meant to create a uniform system, an Associated Press review shows wide variations in what triggers an Amber Alert from one state to the next, which can heighten the tension when a suspect crosses state lines.
The AP examined Amber Alert records from all 50 states and found that some barely keep track of the alerts they've issued, let alone whether they worked. A few states don't have anyone designated to oversee their programs.
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ATLANTA - Authorities count hundreds of Amber Alert cases across the country as success stories when they start explaining why the media-friendly and politically popular bulletins are so important.
Yet despite a federal law meant to create a uniform system, an Associated Press review shows wide variations in what triggers an Amber Alert from one state to the next, which can heighten the tension when a suspect crosses state lines.
The AP examined Amber Alert records from all 50 states and found that some barely keep track of the alerts they've issued, let alone whether they worked. A few states don't have anyone designated to oversee their programs.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Despite Obama Victory, Will Supreme Court Justices Sit Tight?
Who among the high court's four liberal judges might step down? And how would it happen?
At her law clerks' reunion last June, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put the word out in no uncertain terms.
"If anyone asks you, 'When is she retiring?'" Ginsburg said, according to several who were there, "tell them I have a great role model in Justice [John Paul] Stevens, who is going strong at age 88."
Apparently, not enough people asked, so tucked away at the end of a speech at Columbia University on Oct. 25, she made the point again. Referring to the legendary Justice Louis Brandeis, Ginsburg said he "became a justice at age 60, as I did. He remained on the bench until age 83. My hope and expectation is to hold my office at least that long."
Now 75, Ginsburg would have to remain on the Court until 2016 to match Brandeis and 2021 to match Stevens.
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At her law clerks' reunion last June, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg put the word out in no uncertain terms.
"If anyone asks you, 'When is she retiring?'" Ginsburg said, according to several who were there, "tell them I have a great role model in Justice [John Paul] Stevens, who is going strong at age 88."
Apparently, not enough people asked, so tucked away at the end of a speech at Columbia University on Oct. 25, she made the point again. Referring to the legendary Justice Louis Brandeis, Ginsburg said he "became a justice at age 60, as I did. He remained on the bench until age 83. My hope and expectation is to hold my office at least that long."
Now 75, Ginsburg would have to remain on the Court until 2016 to match Brandeis and 2021 to match Stevens.
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Friday, November 7, 2008
The Campaigns Are Over, and So Are the Ads -- but Not the Lawsuits
Nasty campaign ads did more than push ridiculed candidates over the edge this election. They drove them into court.
Negative campaign ads triggered several defamation lawsuits nationwide, with candidates crying foul and some lawyers saying enough is enough.
In North Carolina, Democrat Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against her Republican opponent, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, over a television ad that accused her of having ties to an atheist political action committee. The ad linked Hagan to a group called the Godless Americans, stating "A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser in Kay Hagan's honor." It ended with a female voice saying, "There is no God."
Hagan ended up beating Dole.
In Minnesota, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is suing Democratic challenger Al Franken over TV and radio ads that allegedly contained lies about him. The ads included statements that Coleman was named "the fourth most corrupt senator in Washington" and lives in a Washington apartment "almost rent free." A recount has been ordered in the Coleman-Franken race. Coleman led Franken by 727 votes out of about 2.9 million cast.
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Negative campaign ads triggered several defamation lawsuits nationwide, with candidates crying foul and some lawyers saying enough is enough.
In North Carolina, Democrat Kay Hagan has filed a defamation lawsuit against her Republican opponent, Sen. Elizabeth Dole, over a television ad that accused her of having ties to an atheist political action committee. The ad linked Hagan to a group called the Godless Americans, stating "A leader of the Godless Americans PAC recently held a secret fundraiser in Kay Hagan's honor." It ended with a female voice saying, "There is no God."
Hagan ended up beating Dole.
In Minnesota, Republican Sen. Norm Coleman is suing Democratic challenger Al Franken over TV and radio ads that allegedly contained lies about him. The ads included statements that Coleman was named "the fourth most corrupt senator in Washington" and lives in a Washington apartment "almost rent free." A recount has been ordered in the Coleman-Franken race. Coleman led Franken by 727 votes out of about 2.9 million cast.
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Body found as police search for missing teacher
No identification yet; female corpse was found 13 miles from teacher's car
GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A woman's body was found Wednesday in a wooded area about 13 miles from the abandoned car of a teacher who had disappeared two days before, police said.
The body was believed to have been in the wooded area for more than 24 hours, Nassau County Police Lt. Kevin Smith said.
Police confirmed the body was that of a woman but were continuing to investigate any possible connections to the disappearance of Leah Walsh, 29, of Glen Cove.
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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. - A woman's body was found Wednesday in a wooded area about 13 miles from the abandoned car of a teacher who had disappeared two days before, police said.
The body was believed to have been in the wooded area for more than 24 hours, Nassau County Police Lt. Kevin Smith said.
Police confirmed the body was that of a woman but were continuing to investigate any possible connections to the disappearance of Leah Walsh, 29, of Glen Cove.
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Police seek motive in TV anchorwoman attack
Little Rock’s Anne Pressly is in critical condition: ‘Does not have an enemy’
Popular and beautiful Anne Pressly, an up-and-coming Little Rock, Ark., news anchor, had dinner with a friend, talked about her small role in the movie “W.” and went home, where she exchanged cheery text messages. And then she was beaten nearly to death.
While the 26-year-old Pressly remains in critical but stable condition in a Little Rock hospital, her family, many friends and police are all trying to discover who would have attacked a person who is said to have had no enemies, and why.
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Popular and beautiful Anne Pressly, an up-and-coming Little Rock, Ark., news anchor, had dinner with a friend, talked about her small role in the movie “W.” and went home, where she exchanged cheery text messages. And then she was beaten nearly to death.
While the 26-year-old Pressly remains in critical but stable condition in a Little Rock hospital, her family, many friends and police are all trying to discover who would have attacked a person who is said to have had no enemies, and why.
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Monday, October 20, 2008
Corporate Liability Key in Chevron Case
Focus on protest deaths at Nigerian facility
Pamela A. MacLean
The National Law Journal
October 20, 2008
An epic legal battle going to trial in federal court in San Francisco this week will ask jurors to decide whether oil giant Chevron Corp. sanctioned human rights abuses that killed and wounded protesters at its Nigerian facilities, or was simply protecting its employees from belligerent kidnappers.
The decade-long legal fight has produced a 2,000-item court docket with mountains of paper in what may become a rare, and potentially precedent-setting, test of company liability for injuries to foreign nationals at the hands of a foreign government.
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Pamela A. MacLean
The National Law Journal
October 20, 2008
An epic legal battle going to trial in federal court in San Francisco this week will ask jurors to decide whether oil giant Chevron Corp. sanctioned human rights abuses that killed and wounded protesters at its Nigerian facilities, or was simply protecting its employees from belligerent kidnappers.
The decade-long legal fight has produced a 2,000-item court docket with mountains of paper in what may become a rare, and potentially precedent-setting, test of company liability for injuries to foreign nationals at the hands of a foreign government.
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