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Court takes up landmark wetlands case
Oct 11 2005 7:42PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court set the stage Tuesday for what could be a landmark ruling on government authority to regulate wetlands and control pollution, giving new Chief Justice John Roberts his first chance to limit federal regulation of property rights.
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High court won't hear cheaper drugs case
Oct 11 2005 7:21PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an appeal from a generic drug company over the patent for the antidepressant Zoloft, in a case that sought to speed up development of a cheaper substitute.
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Clarification: Scalia story
Oct 11 2005 3:20PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In a story Oct. 10, The Associated Press reported that Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was interviewed by NBC's "Today" show on the confirmation process.
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Court debates first death penalty case
Oct 11 2005 12:31PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - In the first death penalty case of its new term, the Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether a convicted murderer was wrongly sentenced to die in California by jurors who relied on invalid aggravating factors.
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Court bolsters SEC use of asset freeze tool
Oct 11 2005 12:28PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday let stand a ruling against two former Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc. executives, bolstering the Securities and Exchange Commission's ability to freeze payments to corporate executives under new federal accounting-fraud laws.
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Court turns away Exxon judgment appeal
Oct 11 2005 12:26PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an appeal from a Saudi Arabian oil concern that has been trying to overturn the bulk of a $417 million judgment it was ordered to pay Exxon Mobil Corp. after a joint venture between the two fell apart.
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Court turns down Nobel nominee death case
Oct 11 2005 10:53AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to take up the case of California death row inmate Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a founder of the Crips street gang whose later work for peace won him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
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High court declines to hear investor case
Oct 11 2005 9:31AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court refused Tuesday to reinstate a class-action lawsuit that accused Merrill Lynch and one-time Wall Street darling Henry M. Blodget of misleading investors about Internet stocks.
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Wiccan priestess loses high court appeal
Oct 11 2005 9:24AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Tuesday from a Wiccan priestess angry that local leaders would not let her open their sessions with a prayer.
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Records suggest warm Bush-Miers friendship
Oct 11 2005 7:23AM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told George W. Bush in a 1997 birthday card that he was "the best governor ever" and, in a separate note to her boss, said she hoped his twin daughters recognize their parents are "cool."
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