US court tosses out key parts of Obama’s healthcare reform
August 13th, 2011 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 13 (IANS) In a major blow to President Barack Obama, a US federal appeals court has tossed out key provisions of his sweeping health care reform bill ... Read more...
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US Supreme Court rejects bid to tax India’s UN mission
June 28th, 2011 - 10:20 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 28 (IANS) The US Supreme Court has rejected New York City's bid to collect $42.5 million from India in unpaid property taxes for its mission to the United ... Read more...
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US Govt ‘to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco’
April 26th, 2011 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): The U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) has announced its plans to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products.The announcement came after the U.S. Court ... Read more...
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US court stalls acceptance of gay recruits into military
October 21st, 2010 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.21 (ANI): A US federal appeals court has temporarily stalled the landmark court decision of allowing openly gay recruits to be accepted into the military.In response to an emergency request from ... Read more...
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US Federal appeals court lifts injunction against stem cell research
September 10th, 2010 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 10 (ANI): A federal appeals court has reportedly allowed the federal government to continue financing embryonic stem cell research temporarily, lifting an injunction that blocked such work.The ... Read more...
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Ex- bin Laden aide sentenced to life for NY prison guard stabbing
September 1st, 2010 - 2:35 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Sept 1 (ANI): A former aide of Osama bin Laden, Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing a New York City prison guard while waiting for ... Read more...
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India wins property tax battle with New York City
August 18th, 2010 - 9:53 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 18 (IANS) India has won a seven-year legal battle with New York City with a federal appeals court ruling that nations with diplomatic housing do not have to pay ... Read more...
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Wesley Snipes’ appeal against tax evasion sentence denied
July 17th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 17 (ANI): 'Blade' star Wesley Snipes' appeal against his 3-year prison sentence for tax evasion has been denied.Snipes, 47, was found guilty in 2008 of not filing tax returns from ... Read more...
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FCC Indecency Law Hits A Roadblock
July 14th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
July 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A Federal Communications Commission policy was rejected by a federal appeals court on indecency grounds and the reason cited was that the laws prohibiting the use ... Read more...
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F.C.C Policy On Indecency Turned Down
July 14th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
July 14, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A federal appeals court has rejected a Federal Communications Commission indecency policy on Tuesday reasoning that the longstanding rules of the agency are ‘unconstitutionally ... Read more...
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The American Supreme Court Authorizes The Search For A Cop’s Sexy Text Messages
June 18th, 2010 - 8:02 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 18, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The American Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday endorsed the search of a cop’s private, including sexually unambiguous, messages on a state-owned pager. The SC decreed ... Read more...
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Michigan Militia Taken Back To Jail On Day Of Release
May 7th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Cincinnati, May 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Michigan Militia, who call themselves the Hutaree, were stopped from being released on Thursday by the judge of a federal appeals court. This came ... Read more...
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New York Court sides with Jessica Seinfeld in the cookbook row
April 29th, 2010 - 2:32 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Apr 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A federal appeals court sided with Jessica Seinfeld in the cookbook row. She was neck to neck in a battle with Missy Chase Lapine, who had ... Read more...
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Lawsuit against Wal-Mart To Go For A Trial
April 27th, 2010 - 8:58 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 27, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): In response to a lawsuit against Wal-Mart, an American federal appeals court has ruled that the retail giant, Wal-Mart, will have to encounter charges that ... Read more...
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Wal-Mart To Defend Against Gender Bias Lawsuit, Appeals Court Rules
April 27th, 2010 - 6:33 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, Apr 27, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The largest retailer all across the world, Wal-Mart has been hitting headlines after a federal appeals court gave the ruling on Monday that the company ... Read more...
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Microsoft loses appeal on Word patent verdict
April 2nd, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, April 2 (IANS) A tiny Canadian company i4i Inc. which had won a big legal battle and $290 million in fines against Microsoft over violations of its patent in Word applications, ... Read more...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s estate to lose out on the $300 million oil fortune
March 20th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington DC, Mar 20 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A federal appeals court has directed that the estate of the late Anna Nicole Smith will lose out on the $300 million oil fortune, ... Read more...
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Anna Nicole Smith’s estate to miss out on $300M oil fortune
March 20th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 20 (ANI): The estate of Anna Nicole Smith will not be entitled to any of the 300 million dollars allegedly promised to the late star by her oil tycoon husband.A ... Read more...
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Estate of Anna Nichole Smith loses $300 mn court fight
March 20th, 2010 - 5:26 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, March 20 (DPA) The estate of Anna Nichole Smith is not entitled to the $300 million that the late reality TV star was claiming from the heir of her oil-tycoon ... Read more...
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Court to reconsider the wardrobe malfunction fine
February 24th, 2010 - 10:51 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Philadelphia, Feb 24 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A federal appeals court said on Tuesday, that it will re-examine if the government can reinstate its fine against TV network CBS over Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" ... Read more...
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Justice Department wants to track cell phone activity without a warrant
February 16th, 2010 - 12:19 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Philadelphia, Feb 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The US Justice Department wants to track the cell phone activity and they strongly feel that for this, they don’t need a warrant at all. The U.S. ... Read more...
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FBI can track you through your cell phone
February 13th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb. 13 (ANI): The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) can track down the location of all US citizens at any time if they happen to carry a cell phone, a federal ... Read more...
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US court upholds conviction of 9/11 conspirator Moussaoui
January 5th, 2010 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 5 (DPA) A federal appeals court has upheld the sentence of life in prison without parole against Zacarias Moussaoui, a conspirator in the Sep 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on New ... Read more...
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Court limits police use of Taser
December 30th, 2009 - 10:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
San Diego, Dec 30 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A federal appeals court ruled on Monday that police should limit their use of Tasers. They said that the limitation is mostly against low-level offenders ... Read more...
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Microsoft ordered to pay $290 mn in Word patent case
December 23rd, 2009 - 3:23 am ICT by IANS
Seattle, Dec 23 (DPA) A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld a $290-million judgement against Microsoft for infringing on a patent in its flagship product Word relating to the use of XML or ... Read more...
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Sotomayor makes history as first Hispanic top judge in US
August 7th, 2009 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Aug 7 (IANS) Sonia Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first nominee to the nation's apex court, made history as the Senate confirmed her to become America's first Hispanic Supreme ... Read more...
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California ordered to release 40,000 prisoners
August 5th, 2009 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 5 (DPA) A federal appeals court Tuesday ordered California to release some 40,000 inmates from its state prisons over the next two years, in a finding that ongoing ... Read more...
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Hustler Had No Right To Publish Nancy Benoit’s Pictures
June 26th, 2009 - 9:55 pm ICT by GD
On Thursday, a federal appeals court ruled that the magazine Hustler did not have any right to publish old nude pictures of the slain wife of wrestler Chris Benoit, Nancy. The ... Read more...
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US Supreme Court blocks Chrysler-Fiat deal
June 9th, 2009 - 3:54 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 9 (DPA) The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to temporarily block the Fiat takeover of the US carmaker Chrysler.
It was not clear whether the court, which granted a "stay" in ... Read more...
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This day in history 9 May 2009
May 9th, 2009 - 1:30 am ICT by Sampurn Wire
This day in history 9 May 20091962 - Brian Epstein met with EMI producer George Martin. Martin signed the Beatles to record demos on June 4, 1962. It was their first ... Read more...
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US court allows alleged Nazi guard’s deportation
May 2nd, 2009 - 12:59 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 1 (DPA) A US federal appeals court Friday gave the green light for the extradition of alleged war criminal John Demjanjuk to Germany.
The court in Cincinnati, Ohio, rejected his lawyer's ... Read more...
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New York court rejects mediation in Bhopal gas leak case
February 12th, 2009 - 10:02 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 12 (IANS) A New York court has rejected a request to order mediation to help resolve a lawsuit by Bhopal residents over water and soil pollution allegedly caused by ... Read more...
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Lashkar-e-Taiba man sentenced again to 15 years in US
April 26th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, April 26 (IANS) A former teacher at a Muslim school in Maryland has been again sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing support to a Pakistani terrorist group ... Read more...
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Argentine court decriminalises limited use of drugs
April 24th, 2008 - 4:27 pm ICT by admin
Buenos Aires, April 24 (IANS) A federal court here has decriminalised the limited use of drugs, thus annulling thousands of cases involving people accused of possessing small quantities of marijuana. The first ... Read more...
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New Mexico Governor urges Hillary to drop out of presidential race
March 22nd, 2008 - 1:51 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson while endorsing Barack Obama candidature in the Democratic presidential race, has suggested that Hillary Clinton should drop out because a primary-election lawsuit ... Read more...
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