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Ex-Judge Back in Court Over His Truant Trousers
November 23, 2008 Roy L. Pearson Jr. was back in court yesterday, trying to revive his highly publicized $54 million lawsuit against a neighborhood dry cleaners over a pair of lost pants.
Suspect Removed From D.C. Court After Outburst
November 23, 2008The woman accused of abducting a 5-year-old boy from a Virginia supermarket was removed from a courtroom yesterday after an outburst in which she declared: "I didn't kidnap nobody! That little boy was outside in the cold by himself."
D.C. Police Agitate For Flood Of E-Mails
November 23, 2008D.C. police, frustrated that a teenage robbery suspect they have arrested kept getting released, took to cyberspace yesterday in an unusual effort to lobby judges and city officials to keep him off the streets.
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November 23, 2008
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November 23, 2008
Kentucky executes first inmate in 9 years
November 23, 2008 EDDYVILLE, Ky. -- A Kentucky inmate who resisted all appeals to stop his execution was put to death Friday for murdering two young children.
Bob Jones Univ. apologizes for racist policies
November 23, 2008COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Bob Jones University has apologized for racist policies including a one-time ban on interracial dating that wasn't lifted until nine years ago and its unwillingness to admit black students until 1971.
FCC appeals Janet Jackson case to Supreme Court
November 23, 2008PHILADELPHIA -- The Federal Communications Commission has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the indecency case over Janet Jackson's breast-baring performance at the 2004 Super Bowl.
Conservative Federalist Society Can Expect Its Status to Shrink
November 23, 2008 Last year, there was a candlelight dinner at sold-out, shut-down Union Station to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Federalist Society, with President Bush on stage and three Supreme Court justices in the audience.
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