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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Loughner's Detention Extended

TUCSON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- A judge ordered Jared Loughner, accused of the Tucson massacre that killed six people and injured 13, to receive four more months of mental health treatment. In his ruling Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Larry Burns said it was possible for Loughner to achieve mental... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Opening statements heard in Jackson manslaughter trial

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- The involuntary manslaughter trial of Conrad Murray, the Texas cardiologist accused of causing Michael Jackson's death, began Tuesday with opening statements. The singer died June 25, 2009, at age 50 in Los Angeles. Autopsy results showed lethal levels of the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Jurors won't see final Jacko news briefing

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Jurors will not see video of Michael Jackson's final news conference, a Los Angeles judge ruled as the singer's doctor was set to go on trial for his death. Lawyers for Dr. Conrad Murray, charged with involuntary manslaughter, had sought to present the footage as... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Abbas: Settlement freeze, then peace talks

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, following his U.N. bid for a state of Palestine, ruled out peace talks until Israel agrees to a settlement freeze. "There will be no negotiations without international legitimacy and a complete halt to settlements," Abbas, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Prosecutors seek life for Amanda Knox

PERUGIA, Italy, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- An Italian prosecutor asked an appeals court in Perugia Saturday to increase American Amanda Knox's sentence for killing her housemate to life imprisonment. Prosecutor Giancarlo Costagliola also urged that Knox, 24, be given six months of solitary confinement, ABC... Sign in to see full entry.

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