JAN
23
2009
JAN
23
2009

Day Care Worker Charged With Murder

A day care worker in suburban Chicago has been charged with murder in the death of a 16-month-old boy, one of several day care employees across the country accused of harming children in recent weeks.

JAN
21
2009

Russia human rights lawyer murdered

Prominent Russian human rights lawyer, Stanislav Markelov, was shot dead by a masked gunman in Moscow on Monday.

JAN
21
2009

Trials for Parents Who Chose Faith Over Medicine

Kara Neumann, 11, had grown so weak that she could not walk or speak. Her parents, who believe that God alone has the ability to heal the sick, prayed for her recovery but did not take her to a doctor.

JAN
21
2009

Philadelphia Fund Manager Forte Charged With Fraud

Philadelphia-area fund manager Joseph Forte was charged by U.S. prosecutors with mail fraud over allegations that he ran a $50 million Ponzi scheme that bilked investors including a charity, church and private school.

JAN
21
2009

Luxembourg Funds Suspended After Madoff Investments

Sixteen funds in Luxembourg were forced to suspend redemptions after they made investments with Bernard Madoff, a group representing the nation’s investment industry said.

JAN
21
2009

Madoff Scandal May Lead to New Rules on Adviser Accountability

The Bernard Madoff scandal has intensified efforts to hold investment advisers more accountable for their clients’ interests, as the Obama administration considers an overhaul of financial regulation.

JAN
21
2009

Polanski Wins Calif. Appellate Review of Bias Claim re Child-Rape Case

A California appeals court has agreed to hear a claim by fugitive film director Roman Polanski that the criminal system has been biased in its handling of a decades-old child-rape case against him.

JAN
19
2009

Writer jailed for Thai ´insult´

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years in a Thai jail for insulting the monarchy.

JAN
19
2009

Adidas Sues Aldo Over Claim It Copied Three-Stripe Design

Adidas AG, the world’s second- largest sporting-goods maker, sued Aldo Group Inc. over claims the Canadian footwear retailer copied a three-stripe design in violation of two earlier settlement agreements.

JAN
19
2009

Charter Said to Hire Advisers for Possible Bankruptcy Filing

Charter Communications Inc., billionaire Paul Allen’s money-losing cable-television company, hired law firm Kirkland & Ellis and investment bank Lazard Ltd. to advise on a possible bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter.

JAN
19
2009

Brazil president defends decision to grant asylum to fugitive

Brazil´s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defended his country´s decision to free an Italian fugitive condemned to life in prison for murders he denies committing in the 1970s while a member of an extremist left-wing group.

JAN
19
2009

Boy George jailed for 15 months

Karma caught up with former Culture Club singer Boy George on Friday when a court sentenced the star to 15 months for falsely imprisoning a male escort, a court spokeswoman said.

JAN
19
2009

Taiwan´s Chen pleads not guilty in corruption case

Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian pleaded not guilty to corruption charges Monday during a pre-trial hearing in Taipei.

JAN
16
2009

Lilly to Pay $1.42 Billion to Settle Zyprexa Probe

Eli Lilly & Co. will plead guilty to a criminal charge of promoting its antipsychotic drug Zyprexa for unapproved uses, pay $1.42 billion in fines and submit to U.S. monitoring against future lawbreaking.

JAN
16
2009

Appeals Court Orders New Trial or Freedom for Man on Texas Death Row for Nearly 30 Years

A white man on Texas death row for nearly 30 years could be freed because an appeals court has ruled that prosecutors improperly excluded blacks from his jury in the belief that blacks empathize with defendants.

JAN
16
2009

Schrenker Is Under Police Custody in a Florida Hospital After Suicide Attempt, Facing a Menu of Possible Charges

The missing pilot who bailed out of his plane, apparently to avoid a growing trail of lawsuits and investigations, now faces two new felony charges stemming from his atempted disappearing act.

JAN
16
2009

Former Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting Arrested on Suspicion of Murder

A former transit police officer accused of shooting an unarmed passenger in the back on an Oakland, Calif., train platform on New Years Day has been arrested on homicide charges, police said.

JAN
16
2009

Cheney: ´Can´t Claim Perfection´ on No-Torture Policy

Military Commissions Official Says Combination of Techniques Were Used on the So-Called ´20th Hijacker´.

JAN
16
2009

Holder Up to Face Capitol Hill Critics

Obama´s Attorney General Nominee Set to Address Controversial Marc Rich Pardon, Integrity Criticism, Waterboarding at Confirmation Hearing.

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