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Michael Jackson's doctor too poor to fund appeal

Dr. Conrad Murray listens as Judge Michael Pastor sentences him to four years in county jail for his involuntary manslaughter conviction of pop star Michael Jackson in this screen grab from pool video in Los Angeles
Michael Jackson's doctor on Tuesday asked for a publicly-funded lawyer to handle his appeal on a manslaughter conviction in the pop star's death, saying he could not afford to pay for one himself.
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Behar Merlaku Wins $57M Jackpot, But Casino Claims 'Software Error'

A gambler who thought he'd won a $57 million jackpot at the slot machines was shocked to receive only $100 and a free meal after casino owners brushed off the win as a computer glitch. Merlaku is suing the Austrian casino for his winnings in the biggest civil claim of its kind, saying he will fight until my death to get Casinos Austria to pay up.
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ConocoPhillips Faces $78M Law Suit After China Oil Spill

ConocoPhillip's Bohai Bay oil spill may be over, but like its British counterpart in the Gulf of Mexico, the U.S. super major's Chinese subsidiary has not seen the end of litigation in the wake of its Chinese spill.
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Verizon Denied Request to Delay Payments to ActiveVideo

The New York-based telecommunications company must pay up to $11 million a month in royalties to ActiveVideo for providing video-on-demand service found to violate patents, U.S. District Court Judge Raymond Jackson ruled last month in Norfolk, Va.
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Vietnam Vet Confronts Mitt Romney on Gay Marriage [VIDEO]

Vietnam veteran Bob Garon, 63, was having breakfast with his husband at a restaurant in Manchester, N.H., when Mitt Romney saw his veteran's hat and approached him to ask about his war service. But Garon wanted to talk about same-sex marriage.
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Papua New Guinea Leadership Row May Affect Panguna Mine

Papua New Guinea's governor-general decided on Tuesday that the two men claiming to be the resource-rich country's prime minister must negotiate a solution, leaving a tense political deadlock unresolved.
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I Want My Court TV

The debate on televising U.S. Supreme Court proceedings continued in Washington, D.C., where senators last week debated the idea of legislatively forcing justices to accept cameras.
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Price fixing or good manners? Jury might decide

As the Department of Justice gears up for a rare criminal trial against a publicly traded company, the Taiwanese defendant wants to argue that prosecutors just don't get Asian business culture.
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WaMu Settles Dispute, Eyes Bankruptcy Exit

Washington Mutual Inc., the biggest bank to fail in U.S. history, said it reached a settlement in a dispute between shareholders and certain creditors that had prevented the bank from emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
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Death Toll in Syria Tops 5,000: U.N.

More than 5,000 people have been killed in nine months of unrest in Syria, the U.N. human rights chief said, as an insurgency begins to overshadow what had been mostly peaceful protests against President Bashar al-Assad.
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Saudi Woman Executed for Practicing 'Witchcraft'

The woman, said to be in her 60s, became the second to be executed in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft this year. The BBC reports that a Sudanese man was executed in September for witchcraft.
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Government bans veils during citizenship ceremonies

In a move likely to increase tension with Canada's Muslim minority, the government said on Monday it would bar all women wearing face coverings from taking part in citizenship ceremonies.
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Occupy Wall Street Court Showdown This Week

Manhattan's criminal courthouse will be occupied this week by more than 700 men and women who are charged with a committing a range of minor crimes while participating in the ubiquitous Occupy Wall Street protests.

Judge Grants Delay in AT&T/T-Mobile Trial

AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, asked Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. Monday to delay the trial with the U.S. Department of Justice over the proposed $39 billion merger, which she has granted.

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