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Suit seeks to bar genetically modified sugar beets
March 13, 2010PHILOMATH, Ore. -- Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide.
Suit seeks to bar genetically modified sugar beets
March 13, 2010PHILOMATH, Ore. -- Organic farmers fear this year's spring breezes will be carrying pollen from genetically altered sugar beets, which they say could render their crops worthless, and they hope to persuade a federal judge this week to halt the plantings nationwide.
Court turns down energy company over Okla. taxes
March 13, 2010 WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an energy company over a court ruling that could allow counties in Oklahoma to collect taxes on natural gas that is shipped by pipelines that run through the counties.
Gun case presents quandary for Supreme Court justices
March 13, 2010As a member of the Junior ROTC, teenager Antonin Scalia toted his rifle on the subway ride back and forth to Queens. As a hunter, he speaks lyrically of stalking wild turkeys. And as a justice, he may have reached the pinnacle of his more than two decades on the Supreme Court when he wrote the majority opinion that said the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own a firearm.
D.C. Superior Court's renovations raise security questions
March 13, 2010Beginning Monday, the basement-level courtroom in D.C. Superior Court will be closed for about a year for renovations.
Former Enron CEO could see new trial
March 13, 2010HOUSTON -- It's a 28-word word law that federal prosecutors have used for more than two decades to send high-profile public officials and corporate executives, including former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling, to prison.
In Fairfax malpractice case, family awarded $1.25 million
March 13, 2010 A Fairfax County jury has awarded nearly $3 million to the family of a man who died after his esophagus tore while he was swallowing a piece of steak, finding an Alexandria radiologist liable for misdiagnosing the man's condition as a hiatal hernia.
Prominent Harvard law professor joins Justice Department
March 13, 2010Prominent Harvard law professor Laurence H. Tribe will join the Justice Department next week to lead an effort focused on increasing legal access for the poor, two federal sources said Thursday.
Bring Sheik Mohammed's trial to D.C.
March 13, 2010For reasons I have some difficulty appreciating, the city of New York has rejected Attorney General Eric Holder's plan to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed in Manhattan. True, the trial will be expensive, but much of the cost will be borne by the federal government, not the city hosting the trial. And true, the trial would once again make New York an enticing target for a terrorist attack, but New York is always an appealing target for attack.
APNewsBreak: WA changes execution method
March 13, 2010OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Washington state has changed its method of execution from a three-drug cocktail to a one-drug system, according to paperwork filed Tuesday with the state Supreme Court.
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