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St. Frances coach arrested on assault, burglary charges
The head coach of the St. Frances Academy boys basketball team - a former star player at the school - was in jail yesterday after being served with two outstanding warrants last week, according to court records and school officials. Mark Karcher, 29, was...Tags: National Basketball Association, Philadelphia 76ers, Trials
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AP Exclusive: Documents say US detainee driven nearly insane by isolation, deprivation
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The...Tags: Constitutional Issues, The White House, Prisons, Censorship, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia)
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Regulators say new Wisconsin Supreme Court justice should be punished for false campaign ad
Associated Press WriterMADISON, Wis. (AP) _ State regulators say a Willie Horton-style campaign ad that suggested the first black member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court freed a child molester played so loose with the truth that the court's newest member should be disciplined for...Tags: Sexual Assault, Government, Rape, Colleges and Universities, Freedom of the Press
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Condos say state insurer owes them millions for 2004 hurricane damage
Sentinel Staff WriterIt's been four years since Florida suffered through its worst hurricane season in recorded history -- the 2004 quartet of Charley, Frances, Jeanne and Ivan, and a cumulative $42 billion in damage. Yet Citizens Property Insurance Corp. still has almost 2,...Tags: Insurance, Disasters, David Doyle, New Smyrna Beach, Volusia County
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Mexico extradites ex-president of Guatemala
The Associated PressMexico extradited former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo on Tuesday to face corruption charges, and the ex-leader told a judge there is no evidence to support the allegations against him. Portillo, Guatemala's leader from 2000 to 2004 before...Tags: International Law, Extradition, Corporate Crime, Government, National Government
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Shinnecocks wait for decision to move up federal status
erik.german@newsday.comThe federal Department of the Interior will decide before next month whether the Shinnecocks can jump to the front of the line of tribes awaiting federal recognition, a lawyer for the department said in court yesterday. If enacted, the Oct. 31 decision...Tags: Central Islip, Sacramento, Islip, Lawyers, Southampton
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Judge Orders Release Of Chinese-Born Detainees
In a dramatic setback for the Bush administration, a federal judge ordered the U.S. government Tuesday to immediately release and transfer to the United States 17 Chinese-born Muslims detained for almost seven years at Guantanamo. The decision marked the...Tags: The White House, Wars and Interventions, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Prisoners and Detainees, Judges
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Iowa attorney general will not pursue case against Chicago cop
Chicago Tribune reporterThe Iowa attorney general's office announced Tuesday that it will stop pursuing charges against an off-duty Chicago police officer who was involved in a scuffle three years ago while visiting his brother in Dubuque. The announcement, which paves the...Tags: Local Authority, Lawyers, Law Enforcement
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Man gets two life sentences for sexual assault of girl
247-4749An 11-year-old girl came to the door of the apartment where Johnnie Kib Thompson Jr. was staying one afternoon in 2006, wanting an acquaintance there to come out to play. The girl's acquaintance wasn't home, but Thompson grabbed the girl by the arm and...Tags: Punishment, Prisons, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Sexual Assault, Assault
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Juvenile injustice
The Virginia GazetteCourt and crime officials are quietly steamed at Juvenile & Domestic Judge Jeff Fairbanks for what they say is a pattern of coddling young teenage criminals instead of putting them behind bars. Police, attorneys, probation officers and courthouse...Tags: Newspapers, People, Society, Prisons, Mass Media
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Ex-Inflight chief agrees to bankruptcy case settlement
mark.harrington@newsday.comAn award-winning Long Island businesswoman has agreed to pay a $1-million settlement in the bankruptcy case of defunct Inflight Newspapers & Magazines, and she may be nearing a plea deal in a related criminal case. Remy Lehner, the former chief...Tags: Bankruptcy, State Budgets, Unions, Corporate Crime, Long Island
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Hampton courts
If a way could be found for Norfolk, why not Hampton? Norfolk, like Hampton, has seen its courts stymied by infighting among state legislators. The situations are different: Norfolk was waiting on appointments to three Circuit Court seats, while...Tags: Timothy M. Kaine, Parliament, Upper House, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Government
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