Muhammad questions witnesses in own trial
Muhammad acting as his own lawyer in the Montgomery County mass shooting case pressed witnesses to name the shooter and denied seeing the gunman. Testimony described the loud gunshot, collapsed victims and police scenes as prosecutors set out the crime sequence. He has sought to dismiss the jury, arguing bias.
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Rockville
John Allen Muhammad
Kimberly Sadelson
Eaton
Montgomery County
Virginia
Alan Felsen
Martin
Felsen
David McGill
Montgomery
McGill
Gary Huss
James
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Father to face retrial in lie to FBI over son's terrorism ties
Umer Hayat, a 48-year-old ice cream vendor, will be retried starting June 5 on charges he lied to the FBI about his son Hamid Hayat attending an al Qaida camp in Pakistan. Hamid was convicted yesterday of supporting terrorism. he faces up to 39 years in prison.
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Calif
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Umer Hayat
Hamid Hayat
Pakistan
U.S. District Court
Garland E. Burrell Jr
U.S
Larry Brown
Brown
Johnny Griffin III
Burrell
Central Valley
Wazhma Mojaddidi
Army Chinook crash in Afghanistan with nine aboard
A CH 47 Chinook carrying nine coalition personnel crashed on a mountaintop landing zone near Asadabad in Kunar province eastern Afghanistan during combat operations. The crash was not caused by hostile fire, recovery operations are underway, and nationalities or survivors remain unconfirmed as investigators gather facts.
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Asadabad
Kunar
Pakistan
Lawrence
Appeals court ducks ruling on gay marriage rights
A three judge panel of the 9th U S Circuit sidestepped whether denying gays the right to wed violates federal or state law, sending the issue back to state courts while Massachusetts remains the lone state recognizing same sex marriage. The decision found the plaintiffs lack standing to challenge federal bans, urging continuation of CA litigation.
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Orange County
Massachusetts
9Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California
Ferdinand Fernandez
Fernandez
Sidney Thomas
Jerome Farris
Arthur Smelt
Christopher Hammer
Mission Viejo House
Richard Gilbert
U.S. Supreme Court
Gilbert
Jon Davidson
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund
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Davidson
Lambda
American Civil Liberties Union
Iowa
Washington
New Jersey
New York
Beaconsfield Miners Stay Humorous Amid Deep Rescue
Trapped 3,000 feet underground for 10 days in Beaconsfield Tasmania, Brant Webb and Todd Russell keep humor intact as rescuers near completion. Managers and officials praise their strength while fans follow the dramatic effort and nightly news updates.
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Beaconsfield
Australia
Matthew Gill
Tasmania
Brant Webb
Todd Russell
Gill
Webb
Russell
Todd
Brant
Larry Knight
Knight
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