FEB
20
2009

Leaked photo of battered Rihanna forces investigation

Los Angeles police have launched an internal investigation to determine who leaked a picture of a bruised and battered Rihanna to the media.

FEB
20
2009

Dell battles over ´Netbook´ trademark

Here´s how you know how enamored Dell is with the Netbook concept: it´s volunteered to fight over the trademark on behalf of all other Netbook makers.

FEB
20
2009

Delta sued for inflight Wi-Fi service

Delta Air Lines and its in-flight Wi-Fi service provider have been sued by a Massachusetts company for patent infringement.

FEB
18
2009

Amanda Knox finally spoke during her murder trial in Italy

After 15 months in prison, American co-ed Amanda Knox finally got a chance to speak in an open courtroom in Perugia, Italy, last weekend as journalists, the jury and her father looked on. Knox, together with her Italian ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito, are standing trial for the murder and sexual assault of Meredith Kercher in November 2007.

FEB
18
2009

California budget negotiations hit a new snag

Senate Republicans oust their leader, who had joined with Democrats to forge a budget package containing higher taxes.

FEB
18
2009

Beheaded woman´s sister: I might have heard deadly confrontation

A woman who was beheaded near Buffalo, New York - allegedly by her husband - may have been on the phone with her sister when she was killed.

FEB
18
2009

System Failed at All Levels in Teen’s Murder Conviction

The Missouri justice system failed at all levels as an apparently innocent teen was charged, convicted and found guilty as well on appeal in a college student´s 1992 murder, a state-court judge ruled today.

FEB
18
2009

Signing Stimulus, Obama Doesn’t Rule Out More

President Obama has not ruled out a second stimulus package, his press secretary, Robert Gibbs, said on Tuesday, just before Mr. Obama signed his $787 billion recovery package into law with a statement that it would “set our economy on a firmer foundation.”

FEB
16
2009

The Pirate Bay trial to begin in Sweden

File-swappers are expected to be keeping their eyes on a court in Sweden this week as a landmark copyright-infringement trial gets under way.

FEB
16
2009

Focus on U.S. Executive-Pay Limits Shifts to Implementation

The Obama administration signaled some flexibility on executive-pay restrictions passed by Congress, while a leading lawmaker warned that concessions to bailed-out banks are likely to be few and far between.

FEB
16
2009

California budget fix stalls with too few GOP votes

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tried Sunday to salvage a proposal to close California´s $42 billion deficit after an all-night legislative session failed to produce a new budget.

FEB
16
2009

Australian wildfire suspect named

A court lifted the ban Monday on identifying the only arson suspect so far in Australia´s recent deadly wildfires, and authorities urged people not to target him in their rage over the disaster´s more than 180 deaths.

FEB
16
2009

Mexican navy confiscates 7 tons of cocaine

The Mexican navy confiscated 7 tons of cocaine being transported on a fishing vessel in international waters in the Pacific Ocean, the navy secretary said.

FEB
13
2009

Arrests made after tainted medicine kills 84 children

Twelve people were arrested in connection with a tainted teething medicine that killed at least 84 children in Nigeria, authorities said Thursday.

FEB
13
2009

City of London foreign exchange trader with GFX Capital Markets is suspected of money laundering and other offences

London police investigating a £40m investment fraud have arrested a 60-year-old fund manager.

FEB
13
2009

Record Labels Turn ISPs Into ‘Copyright Cops’ to Deter Piracy

The world’s biggest record companies sued college students, a 12-year-old girl and a dead woman and still failed to stamp out music piracy. Now they’re turning to Internet service providers.

FEB
13
2009

Haleigh Sheffield´s Disappearance Treated as Abduction

Florida police are treating the disappearance of 5-year-old Haleigh Sheffield as an abduction, investigators said, after concluding she did not simply wander off alone.

FEB
13
2009

Rape Victim Vows: ´We´re Not Going Away´

"I was raped when I was 12 years old," said a Texas woman who asked that her name not be used. "The man broke into our house, and beat me and raped me at knifepoint while my parents slept in the room next to mine."

FEB
11
2009

Carwashes Accused of Labor Violations

More than 500 carwashes here employ thousands of workers to soap and scrub millions of vehicles. On Tuesday, the city attorney accused the industry of systemic labor violations and charged three men with 176 counts of worker abuse at four family-owned carwashes.

FEB
11
2009

Rihanna Heard ´Screaming´ in 911 Call

R&B star Rihanna can be heard ´screaming´ in the background of the 911 call made to police the night she was allegedly beaten by boyfriend Chris Brown.

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