Policeman struck me while I was in custody – defendant The Royal Gazette
A man accused of taking part in an attack that left another man maimed has told a court a Police officer hit him with a phone book while he was in custody.
EA tries to clone steam, but fails miserably The Inquirer
IT LOOKS LIKE EA is trying to pull a Valve and clone Steam. While it sounds like a good thing, the current iteration is so buggy that it just doesn't work, and the EULAs are scary. I would heartily recommend avoiding it until they get it working and respect privacy.
Mixon gets new defense attorney Galesburg Register-Mail
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'Master thief' guilty in Ewing case NorthJersey.com
A Teaneck man was convicted Thursday of burglarizing former NBA star Patrick Ewing's home seven years ago and making off with $300,000 worth of property.
Rights group calls Cuba on 75 arrests, 3 deaths CubaNet
By Pablo Bachelet, pbachelet@MiamiHerald.com. Posted on Wed, Nov. 01, 2006. WASHINGTON - The human rights branch of the Organization of American States today condemned Cuba for jailing 75 dissidents and swiftly trying and executing three hijackers during a 2003 crackdown on dissent.
Monster Says McKelvey Quits Board Amid Options Probe Update8 Bloomberg.com
Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Monster Worldwide Inc., owner of the most-used jobs Web site, said co-founder Andrew McKelvey quit as chairman emeritus after he refused to cooperate with a special committee probing the company's options-granting practices.
The $1,500 fax St. Petersburg Times
Sending unsolicited ads to fax machines is illegal. But few businesses thought to sue until Clearwater lawyer James Thomas turned junk faxes into a niche practice. Potential payoff: a sweet $1,500 per fax.
Base Salaries up for In-House Lawyers, Bonuses Mixed According to 2006 Compensation Survey Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. & NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa.----The 2006 Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey of U.S. corporate law departments has just been released. The survey, published in partnership with LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®, shows base salaries up across the board for in-house lawyers in 2006.
New Premier's Technology Council President Appointed T-Net British Columbia
Vancouver, BC, October 30, 2006--(T-Net)--Cheryl Slusarchuk is the new president of the Premier's Technology Council that advises the BC government on issues related to the advancement and application of technology in the province.
State high court clears Salem lawyer of defamation Salem Statesman Journal
Salem lawyer Daniel Gatti often is in the news, but occasionally he is in the unaccustomed position of making the news.