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Appeals court panel denies stay for Wash. inmate
September 8, 2010YAKIMA, Wash. -- A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a Washington state death row inmate's request for an emergency stay of his execution.
NY cigarette tax plans raise reservation tensions
September 8, 2010 CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- As New York Indian Nation leaders battle in courtrooms to preserve their tax-free cigarette market, tensions are rising on reservations, where the state's renewed efforts to tax sales to non-Native customers is viewed as yet another attack on Native American...
Today in History
September 8, 2010-- Today is Tuesday, Sept. 7, the 250th day of 2010. There are 115 days left in the year.
Chicago Mayor Daley says he's served his last term
September 8, 2010 CHICAGO -- Mayor Richard M. Daley, who wielded more control over Chicago than anyone but his father decades before, said Tuesday he will not seek re-election, bringing a surprising end to a dynasty whose name became synonymous with the city's legendary political machine.
San Francisco reconsidering gun ban in transit ads
September 8, 2010SAN FRANCISCO -- The image of a woman brandishing a gun is gracing more than a dozen San Francisco bus stop shelters after the city suspended a policy banning firearms in advertisements on public transportation.
Fla. minister: Quran burning still planned
September 8, 2010GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off.
Florida pastor has legal right to burn Qurans
September 8, 2010MIAMI -- Florida pastor Terry Jones will undoubtedly offend and infuriate many people around the world if he follows through on a plan to burn Muslim Qurans at his church this weekend.
Virginia court: Suspect's rights weren't violated by warrantless GPS tracking
September 8, 2010The rights of a convicted sex offender, who was being tracked as a suspect in a string of sexual assaults, were not violated when Fairfax County police secretly placed a global positioning system device on his vehicle without a warrant, the Virginia Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday .
Convicted killer Alfredo Prieto returning to Fairfax County court for resentencing
September 6, 2010Alfredo R. Prieto, convicted of three murders and two rapes , will return to a Fairfax County courtroom for a sentencing trial Tuesday morning, when Fairfax prosecutors will try for a third time to obtain the death penalty.
Appeals court rules against Ravens in logo dispute
September 4, 2010RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court has ruled against the Baltimore Ravens and the National Football league in a copyright dispute over the team's original logo.
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