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Wide Web of diversions gets laptops evicted from lecture halls
March 9, 2010On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins.
Supreme Court to rule on anti-gay protests at military funerals
March 9, 2010The Supreme Court will review whether anti-gay protests at funerals of American soldiers are protected by the First Amendment, taking up the appeal of a Maryland man who won and then had reversed a $10 million verdict against the small Kansas church that conducts the demonstrations.
Uncle Sam has no wedding gift of benefits for same-sex couples
March 9, 2010When Lorilyn "Candy" Holmes and Darlene Garner get married Tuesday, it will be a joyous and historic occasion.
Friendly Sons, Fight for Children get D.C. smoking ban exemption for 2010 events
March 9, 2010 For decades, Washington power brokers have gathered on Saint Patrick's Day to toast, and in some cases invent their Irishness with Guinness, Kelly green cummerbunds and cigar smoke.
Obama still wants US trial for some Gitmo suspects
March 9, 2010WASHINGTON -- White House aides are increasingly convinced that accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will never face trial in a civilian court and are trying to cut a deal that would still transfer Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects to the U.S., where many would faces criminal charges, a senior administration official said Monday.
TiVo 4Q loss widens, 1Q to miss Street view
March 9, 2010ALVISO, Calif. -- Digital video recorder pioneer TiVo Inc. said Monday that its fourth-quarter loss widened as higher expenses, especially in research and development for new products, more than offset an increase in revenue.
Accused Ga. killer uses creative legal argument
March 9, 2010ATLANTA -- A Georgia man accused of killing two people used an innovative legal strategy Monday in an attempt to get his murder charges dismissed. Call it the Census defense.
Ohio inmate ODs on pills hours before execution
March 9, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Gov. Ted Strickland on Monday postponed the execution of a convicted killer who managed to take an overdose of pills in his death row cell and was found unconscious just hours before he was to be driven to his execution.
High Court: Does religion still matter?
March 9, 2010Here's the kind of question that might violate the rules you learned about proper dinner conversation: Does President Obama's next Supreme Court nominee need to be a Protestant?
Gay couples find one marriage barrier gone, others still rigid
March 9, 2010Dominic Russoli retired in 2001 from an Air Force squadron that flies national leaders, and he is now a paralegal at the Justice Department. He had been in the military for 22 years, almost as long as he has been with his partner, Rolf Preisendorfer.
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