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Murder move trial to LA a setback for transit cop

SAN FRANCISCO The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day. Jurors throughout California are typically sympathetic to police, and ...

From PAUL ELIAS, San Diego Union-Tribune,  20 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Johannes Mehserle,  Rodney King,  O J Simpson,  Oscar Grant

Ex-drug distributor chairman convicted of fraud

SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury on Thursday found the former head of the country's largest drug distributor guilty of fraud, nearly 10 years after he played a central role in one of the costliest corporate accounting scandals of the time. ...

From PAUL ELIAS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: HBO,  Hawkins, Inc.

Football Hall of Famers Want to Tackle EA in Court

Electronic Arts contends that it can depict the images of athletes in its video games without acquiring licenses because they're expressions of art protected under free speech -- not publicity. College quarterback Sam Keller is taking the matter to ...

From PAUL ELIAS, E-Commerce Times,  29 Sep 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  Sam Keller,  NFL,  Jim Brown,  Electronic Arts Inc.

Retired NFL players seek to join EA lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two retired NFL players on Monday asked a judge to let them formally support a former college quarterback's legal fight with video game maker Electronic Arts Inc. Hall of Famers Herb Adderley and Jim Brown asked U.S. District ...

From PAUL ELIAS, Buffalo News,  28 Sep 2009
Related Topics: National Collegiate Athletic Association,  NFL,  Sam Keller,  Jim Brown,  Electronic Arts Inc.

Judge mulling Islamic charity wiretap lawsuit

The Obama administration on Wednesday kept up its fight to toss out a lawsuit alleging illegal wiretapping, arguing that moving forward with the case would jeopardize national security. U.S. Department of Justice lawyer Anthony Coppolino invoked ...

From PAUL ELIAS, eTaiwan News,  23 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  U.S. Department of Justice,  Eric Holder

Feds fight for key evidence against Bonds

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both sides fielded difficult questions Thursday from the three- ...

From PAUL ELIAS, NevadaAppeal.com,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Greg Anderson,  Mary M. Schroeder,  Barry Bonds

Feds fight for key evidence against Barry Bonds

Federal prosecutors urged a federal appellate court to reverse a trial judge and let them present critical evidence they say shows Major League Baseball home run king Barry Bonds knowingly used steroids. Both sides fielded difficult questions on ...

From PAUL ELIAS, Taiwan News,  18 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Greg Anderson,  Barry Bonds,  Mary M. Schroeder,  Major League Baseball

NHL owner gets more than 8 years in prison

SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced Silicon Valley financier William "Boots" Del Biaggio III to more than eight years in prison for bilking investors and banks -- including one he helped launch -- out of millions of dollars in a ...

From PAUL ELIAS, Boston Globe,  8 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Securities and Exchange Commission,  Nashville Predators,  Mario Lemieux,  Los Angeles Kings,  Minnesota Wild

Kidnap suspect morphed into alleged sex predator

SAN FRANCISCO - Attending high school in a rural suburb east of San Francisco, Phillip Garrido stood apart from the crowd that studied hard, played sports, basked in popularity and set sights on college. ...

From PAUL ELIAS, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  7 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Nancy Garrido,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  New York Liberty

Jaycee Lee Dugard: Kidnap suspect blamed drugs

SAN FRANCISCO — In March of 1977, Phillip Garrido was 25 and in federal prison pleading with a judge to reduce his 50-year prison sentence for kidnapping a stranger. In neat handwriting and misspelled words, Garrido wrote in a letter that drugs had ...

From PAUL ELIAS, NevadaAppeal.com,  2 Sep 2009

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