The following article was published Monday, February 8th in the Palm Beach Post News, and was written by Susan Spencer-Wendel. It refers to one of my recent cases.   IQ tests key in Palm Beach County trial that is longest delayed death penalty case in state WEST PALM BEACH — His is on ...

By Tobi Cohen, THE CANADIAN PRESS BELLEVILLE, Ont. – The Canadian military was rocked to its core Monday following the bombshell allegation that the colonel in command of the country’s largest air force base had killed two women and sexually assaulted two others. Col. Russell Willia ...

By Sidhartha Banerjee, THE CANADIAN PRESS MONTREAL – A Montreal police officer says he was outnumbered and had a man clawing for his gun when he made the crucial decision to fire shots that killed a teenager and wounded two other people in 2008. Jean-Loup Lapointe was testifying Wednesday ...

Alison Kilkenny takes on a candidate for governor: South Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre BauerSouth Carolina Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, who is running for the Republican nomination for governor, has compared giving people government assistance to "feeding stray animals." "My grandmother was not a highly edu ...

Digby and mcjoan will talk over the week's events (and what a week it's been) tonight, 8:00 EST at Virtually Speaking and on Blog Talk Radio. After seven years, the U.S. Marines are ending operations in Iraq. South Carolina Lt. Gov Andre Bauer believes government assistance is like "feeding stray a ...

Sylvia Ziranda, 38, was killed in a car accident the night of January 20, 2010 after the vehicle in which she was a passenger was struck by a drunk driver, according to the Visalia Times Delta. California Highway Patrol officials said 23-year-old Tomas Hernandez was driving a 1991 Honda north on Roa ...

The Miami Herald has an article/interview about Andres Duany's latest publication, The Smart Growth Manual (Duany, Jeff Speck, & Mike Lydon, McGraw-Hill 2009). From the story: Want to be green? Dump the cul-de-sac. Ban the mall. Leave the Prius at...

Ok folks, I'm reaching early afternoon burn out.Thanks to all the tipsters, readers, snarky commenters and others who helped us (barely) get through another week.Opposing counsel and recalcitrant judges....uhh, not so much.I got a note that Mike Haggard is helping to sponsor a Haitian relief event t ...

Another member of Popular Science's Brilliant 10 list for this year is German-born Andre Platzer from Carnegie Mellon University. Platzer has developed KeYmaera, software that assists computer-controlled safety systems in avoiding catastrophic errors. Platzer's software is being used to make airplan ...

Google is trying to be more involved in East Coast code, and this was a wonderful implementation of that greater involvement. Kudos to all concerned. Side notes: Google’s space is not a very Washingtonian office. It was the hanging paper lanterns that really pushed it over, if you ask me. And t ...