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Saturday, March 20, 2010

Odds and Sods

Odds and Sods
The victim thought he was going to die when kidnappers pulled the trigger. If he'd seen his tormentor's file from his police days, he might have been sure of it.
The family of a Texas man who died while imprisoned for a rape he didn't commit has been given a framed copy of the state's first posthumous pardon - a document that finally proves his innocence.
The U.S. has built a brand new space shuttle, and it's ready to launch next month.
The NYPD is looking for this man, who looks a lot like Dracula, for allegedly biting a cabbie in the neck during an attempted robbery.
A Portland middle school principal wants to limit physical contact. So she sent a letter home to parents informing them about a new hugging ban.
 

Anna Nicole gets none of oil fortune

A federal appeals court ruled Friday that Anna Nicole Smith's estate will get none of the more than $300 million the late Playboy model claimed a Texas billionaire to whom she was briefly married meant to leave her after he died.
The elderly Texas billionaire who married Anna Nicole Smith in the last year of his life never intended to leave the former stripper any portion of his vast fortune, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.
A woman accused of giving an IRS official $2,000 and a $100 Starbucks gift card to avoid a tax liability has been charged in San Francisco federal court.
Fed must reveal data on loans to firms, court says
The Federal Reserve must reveal documents identifying financial companies that received Fed loans to survive the financial crisis, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

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