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New legal issue: Payment for child porn victims

Now the 20-year-old woman is taking aim at anyone who would view those images and asking for restitution in hundreds of criminal cases around the country. Her requests and those filed by other victims of child pornography are forcing federal judges ...

From AMY FORLITI, San Francisco Chronicle,  8 Feb 2010
Related Topics: James Marsh

Song-sharing case heads for 3rd trial

A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing for another trial to determine new ...

From AMY FORLITI, Globe and Mail,  28 Jan 2010
Related Topics: RIAA,  Jammie Thomas

Minnesota song-sharing case heads for 3rd trial

MINNEAPOLIS—A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin preparing for another trial to ...

From AMY FORLITI, Boston Globe,  28 Jan 2010
Related Topics: RIAA,  Jammie Thomas

Minnesota music-sharing case heads for third trial

Thomas-Rasset, said his client would not settle. A trade group representing the major music labels said Wednesday it will reject a reduced penalty for a central Minnesota woman found guilty of sharing 24 songs over the Internet, and will instead begin ...

From AMY FORLITI, TwinCities.com,  28 Jan 2010
Related Topics: RIAA,  Jammie Thomas

Albert Lea nursing home, ex-aides face lawsuit

An Albert Lea nursing home and four fired aides are being sued over alleged abuse of residents with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. The lawsuit filed today in Freeborn County accuses the nursing assistants of abuse over four months in 2008. Among ...

From AMY FORLITI, TwinCities.com,  26 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Mark Anderson

2 teens charged in Minneapolis store killings

Store owner Faysal Warfa waits on customers at Seward Market and Halal Meat Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2010 as the Minneapolis corner market reopened a week after three people were killed in the store. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) MINNEAPOLIS—Prosecutors say they have ...

From AMY FORLITI, Boston Globe,  14 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Ahmed Ali,  Mike Freeman

Somali man stopped by NHP appears in Minneapolis court

MINNEAPOLI — A Somali man appeared in federal court in Minneapolis fighting a charge that he lied to the FBI in its investigation into the disappearance of up to 20 young Somali men who left Minneapolis to fight with terrorists in ...

From AMY FORLITI, NevadaAppeal.com,  12 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Federal Bureau of Investigation

Sheriffs: Heroin deaths on rise in Twin Cities area

The Twin Cities area has seen an increase in deaths from heroin overdose in 2009, and authorities in Hennepin and Anoka counties say the purity of the drug in the area may be one factor. In the first 11 months of 2009, the number of deaths attributed ...

From AMY FORLITI, TwinCities.com,  12 Jan 2010

Triple homicide suspects at large in Minneapolis

A search continues in Minneapolis for at least two people who shot and killed three people at a corner market. Police Chief Tim Dolan is calling the shooters "cold-blooded killers" and warns they are very dangerous. At a news conference this morning, ...

From AMY FORLITI, TwinCities.com,  7 Jan 2010

Minn. airport official: Nothing suspicious in bag

MINNEAPOLIS - A spokesman for Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport says nothing suspicious has been found in a bag that prompted a partial evacuation of the airport. ...

From AMY FORLITI, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  5 Jan 2010
Related Topics: Patrick Hogan

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