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Apple jurors grappled with complex patent issues
Sun,26 Aug 2012 03:27 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The youngest juror, a 24-year-old whose favorite court attire was T-shirts bearing names of rock bands, chose a Beatles sweatshirt for Friday's dramatic unveiling of the $1.05 billion verdict in favor of computer titan Apple Inc. One of the oldest was a retired electrical engineer who, as foreman, signed the unanimous verdict that Samsung Electronics Co. copied Apple's patented technology for the iPhone and iPad. Among the other seven jurors were a homemaker, a bicycle shop manager and a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Soccer-Man arrested over racist tweets to West Ham's Cole
Sun,26 Aug 2012 07:19 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - A man has been arrested in connection with racist Twitter messages sent to West Ham United footballer Carlton Cole, Essex Police confirmed on Sunday. The 22-year-old man from Southend, Essex, wrote two posts on Saturday following West Ham's 3-0 Premier League defeat at Swansea City. The tweets questioned Cole's performance and used a racist term to describe him. The 28-year-old forward retweeted the comments from his @CarltonCole1 account. ... Full Story | Top |
Top ally of former Ivorian president arrested in Ghana
Sun,26 Aug 2012 01:14 AM PDT
Reuters -  ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ghana has arrested a top ally of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo after weeks of deadly attacks on Ivorian police and military installations, officials from the two neighbouring West African countries said on Saturday. Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity committed during a brief 2011 civil war. ...
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Former Chicago Cubs player Mark Grace arrested for drunken driving
Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:08 PM PDT
Reuters - PHOENIX (Reuters) - Former Chicago Cubs standout Mark Grace, a three-time Major League Baseball All-Star selection, was arrested in Arizona for driving under the influence, police said on Friday. Police said Grace, who was pulled over on Thursday night in Scottsdale just outside Phoenix, was driving with a suspended license stemming from a prior driving under the influence arrest in the same town in May 2011. In his most recent arrest Grace, 48, was stopped for having an expired registration plate, said Scottsdale police spokesman Sergeant Mark Clark. "After speaking to Mr. ... Full Story | Top |
Former CFO of Philadelphia archdiocese sentenced to 7 years
Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:35 PM PDT
Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The former chief financial officer of the Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia was sentenced on Friday to two to seven years in prison for stealing more than $900,000 from the church. After she serves her prison term, Anita Guzzardi, 43, of Camden County, New Jersey, will remain on probation for seven years, Common Pleas Court Judge Ellen Ceisler said at the sentencing. Guzzardi had pleaded guilty to theft by deception, forgery and unlawful use of a computer. ... Full Story | Top |
Breivik, survivors welcome Norway prison term
Fri,24 Aug 2012 11:59 AM PDT
Associated Press -  It was during breaks between marathon video game sessions in his mother's apartment in Oslo that Anders Behring Breivik drafted his complicated and chilling plan. He would kill indiscriminately with explosives and guns, surrender to authorities if he survived, then prove himself sane in court — all to publicize a manifesto accusing Muslims of destroying European society.
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Norway's Breivik deemed sane, sentenced to prison
Fri,24 Aug 2012 07:41 AM PDT
Associated Press - A Norwegian court sentenced Anders Behring Breivik to prison on Friday, denying prosecutors the insanity ruling they hoped would show that his massacre of 77 people was the work of a madman, not part of an anti-Muslim crusade.
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Camorra crime boss shot dead leaving beach
Fri,24 Aug 2012 06:29 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities were searching Friday for a gunman who shot and killed an organized crime boss clad in a swimsuit as he walked from a beach to join his family at a hotel in a resort town south of Rome. Full Story | Top |
Camorra crime boss shot down leaving beach
Fri,24 Aug 2012 05:15 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities were searching Friday for a gunman who shot and killed an organized crime boss clad in a swimsuit as he walked from a beach to join his family in a hotel in Terracina, a resort town south of Rome. Full Story | Top |
Apple, Samsung each found guilty in South Korean trial
Fri,24 Aug 2012 04:40 AM PDT
BGR News -  As the jury in Apple (AAPL) and Samsung's (005930) high-profile patent battle in San Jose, California begins to deliberate, a verdict has been handed down in a similar trial taking place half way around the world. A South Korean court on Friday turned in a split decision in a trial between the two consumer electronics giants, finding that devices from each company infringed upon patents held by the other. Sales bans have been put in place on devices from each side, though no current-generation devices from either side are covered by the ruling — in fact, The Wall Street Journal reports that the majority of affected devices are no longer sold by either company. In addition to the sales bans, Apple
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Breivik deemed sane and sentenced to prison
Fri,24 Aug 2012 02:00 AM PDT
Associated Press - Anders Behring Breivik got what he wanted — a prison term instead of an insanity ruling — as he received his sentence Friday for bomb and gun attacks that killed 77 people last year.
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