September 2010
5 posts
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Blagojevich Wants Guilty Verdict Thrown Out
NY Times:
Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, wants a federal judge to throw out his conviction for lying to federal agents, the single count the jury found him guilty of in August.
“The very manner in which prosecutors brought this case to trial before the court was dishonest, improper and constituted ‘judge shopping,’ ” the motion said. “It kick-started the...
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Man Gets 90 Days For Murder
WABC:
Officer Andrew Kelly plead guilty to vehicular manslaughter in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Wednesday.
Kelly’s attorney said his client did a lot of soul searching, and wanted to avoid both families a painful and long trial.
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“He apologizes with me, and then I accept his apology, so I believe he was sorry for what he done,” Pastor Varius Valnord, the...
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Georgia Mayor Bans Baggy Pants
CNN:
The mayor of Dublin, Georgia, is expected to sign an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits the wearing of saggy pants. Violators face fines up to $200.
The amendment to the municipality’s indecent exposure ordinance will be put into immediate effect at the city council meeting, Mayor Phil Best told CNN.
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The mayor said after about a year of fielding complaints, he put the ...
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On the Proposed Qur'an Burnings
CNN:
In protest of what it calls a religion “of the devil,” a nondenominational church in Gainesville, Florida, plans to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” on the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The Dove World Outreach Center says it is hosting the event to remember 9/11 victims and take a stand against Islam. With promotions on its...
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Christian Church Built at Ground Zero
ABC:
NEW YORK (WABC) — Florida televangelist Bill Keller began the first service of his new 9/11 Christian church at ground zero on Sunday.
“The reports that this is a hate-filled situation has blown me away. We’re not here to preach hate, we’re here to preach the truth of the bible,” Keller said.
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“If they want to go there and preach the lies of...