JAN
22
2013

Woman arrested for for 1991 theft of a pack of cigarettes

A mother of two sits in jail Monday unable to post bail after being put behind bars for the 1991 theft of a pack of cigarettes.

JAN
22
2013

Canadian ´opens fire´ in Philippine court

A Canadian man has opened fire in a Philippine court, killing two people and wounding another, reports say.

JAN
22
2013

Atari files Chapter 11 to split from parent

Atari Inc., the New York interactive entertainment and licensing company with a portfolio of more than 200 videogames, Monday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection with plans to sell all its assets.

JAN
22
2013

Obama´s gay rights mention in inaugural speech ´right direction´

President Obama made strong statements Monday in his inaugural address in support of gay marriage, leaving gay rights supporters hopeful that his words will translate into Supreme Court action.

JAN
21
2013

The return of Kim Dotcom

Kim Dotcom, the larger-than-life personality accused by the U.S. of operating a website used to pirate half a billion dollars in entertainment, introduced a new version of his controversial file-storage service on Sunday.

JAN
21
2013

The fraudster who fooled a whole nation: Portuguese media pundit exposed as conman

As an ex-presidential consultant, a former adviser to the World Bank, a financial researcher for the United Nations and a professor in the US, Artur Baptista da Silva´s outspoken attacks on Portugal´s austerity cuts made the bespectacled 61-year-old one of the country´s leading media pundits last year.

JAN
18
2013

Florida high court asked to decide whether judges, lawyers can be Facebook friends

In an effort to make sure people receive fair trials in these social media-crazed times, a local appeals court is asking the Florida Supreme Court to decide whether judges should step down from cases if they are Facebook friends with the prosecutor.

JAN
18
2013

Toyota settles bellwether wrongful death lawsuit

Toyota Motor Corp. has settled what was to be the first in a group of hundreds of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits involving sudden, unintended acceleration by Toyota vehicles, a company spokesman said Thursday.

JAN
18
2013

Apple CEO Cook gets deposition order in antitrust case

Tim Cook, Apple´s chief executive officer, was ordered to give a deposition in a lawsuit claiming the iPhone maker and other technology companies violated antitrust laws by entering into agreements to not recruit each other´s employees.

JAN
18
2013

Spain launches housing plan for neediest eviction victims

Spain´s government on Thursday launched a social housing plan offering properties at low rents to some families who have been evicted from their homes.

JAN
18
2013

BPI wants ABC ´pink slime´ defamation case back in state court

Beef Products Inc, the meat processor suing ABC News over reports about its beef product that was labeled "pink slime" by critics, wants the case to be moved out of the federal judicial system and back to a South Dakota state court.

JAN
17
2013

Samsung Galaxy tablets do not infringe Apple design: Dutch court

A Dutch court, citing previous decisions in British courts, has ruled that some Samsung Electronics Galaxy tablets do not infringe an Apple design.

JAN
17
2013

What’s in Obama’s Gun Control proposal

The initiative to reduce gun violence announced by President Obama on Wednesday includes both legislative proposals that would need to be acted on by Congress and executive actions he can do on his own.

JAN
17
2013

Kraft makes a federal case over cookie packaging

A battle for snack supremacy isn´t being fought over who makes the best shortbread cookies, but instead over the packaging they come in.

JAN
17
2013

Russia court turns down Pussy Riot jail plea over child

Maria Alyokhina, 24, had asked to serve the rest of her two-year sentence when her five-year-old son was older.

JAN
16
2013

Widow of Colorado theater shooting victim sues psychiatrist

The widow of a victim killed in last year´s Colorado movie theater shooting is suing the accused gunman´s psychiatrist and the university where she works.

JAN
16
2013

Landmark victory for BA employee over right to wear a cross at work

After seven years of legal appeals and accusations that Christians are being persecuted for their beliefs, the European court of human rights has ruled that a British Airways check-in operator should not have been prevented from wearing a cross at work.

JAN
16
2013

NYPD looks to GPS bottles to combat pill bandits

Police in New York City plan to combat the theft of painkillers and other highly addictive prescription medicines by asking pharmacies around the city to hide fake pill bottles fitted with GPS devices amid the legitimate supplies on their shelves.

JAN
16
2013

Police threaten to arrest people throwing snowballs

Anyone caught throwing snowballs at vehicles, houses or people who don´t want to get involved could be arrested for anti-social behaviour, a County Durham neighbourhood policing team has said.

JAN
15
2013

Austrian ex-MEP Ernst Strasser jailed for bribe-taking

A former Austrian interior minister and Euro MP, Ernst Strasser, has been sentenced to four years in jail after being convicted of bribe-taking.

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