<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Court blocks NASA background checks : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/"/><tagline>Court blocks NASA background checks : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2008, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2008-10-14T02:56:25+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Court blocks NASA background checks]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/47185/1/" /><id>47185</id><summary><![CDATA[Court blocks NASA background checks]]></summary><issued>2008-01-14T09:10:55+01:00</issued><modified>2008-01-14T09:10:55+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A federal appeals court ruled Friday that NASA should be blocked from conducting background checks on low-risk employees at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory, saying the practice threatens workers&#8217; constitutional rights.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44495/1/" /><id>44495</id><summary><![CDATA[Recent Supreme Court Landmark Federal Sentencing Law Developments]]></summary><issued>2007-12-17T12:40:16+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-17T12:40:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[On December 10th the Supreme Court decided two companion cases that essentially hold that the Federal Sentencing guidelines really are just guidelines.  In other words, the sentencing court, after giving them consideration, is free to disregard them and impose the sentence the court thinks is appropriate in a given case.  To understand the significance of this development, here is a brief overview of the history of the sentencing guidelines.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/70446/1/" /><id>70446</id><summary><![CDATA[Exorcism Case To Go To Supreme Court]]></summary><issued>2008-07-29T10:18:24+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-29T10:18:24+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving a woman's claims that she suffered physical, emotional, and mental damage from a 2-day violent exorcism when she was 17. Texas state court gave the church a blank ticket to do whatever they want because it would be religious practices.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56171/1/" /><id>56171</id><summary><![CDATA[Court to Starbucks: Return tip money  Starbucks to court: Hmmmm...no]]></summary><issued>2008-03-28T17:36:11+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-28T17:36:11+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[They are defying a court ruling and state that they will defend their stance in states other than California as well.<br/>[update to <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/entertainment/food-and-drink/l/55105/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">this</a>]<br/>*Use of the Starbucks logo and name does not imply ownership by Plime.  Please don't sue them.  Or me...I have no money.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/23424/1/" /><id>23424</id><summary><![CDATA[Vaccine-Autism Link to be Debated in Court]]></summary><issued>2007-06-11T11:06:41+01:00</issued><modified>2007-06-11T11:06:41+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The first of nine cases filed by parents who claim a mercury-based preservative in vaccines caused their child's autism will soon go to court. There has been no link proven between vaccines and autism, but if the court decides in their favor, affected children could benefit from a trust fund.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[NASA Court Ordered To Search For UFO Docs]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/39749/1/" /><id>39749</id><summary><![CDATA[NASA Court Ordered To Search For UFO Docs]]></summary><issued>2007-10-27T08:09:36+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-27T08:09:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The government has refused to open its files about what, if anything, moved across the sky and crashed in the woods near Kecksburg, Pa., 40 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Too fat death row inmate appeals to Supreme Court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/79292/1/" /><id>79292</id><summary><![CDATA[Too fat death row inmate appeals to Supreme Court]]></summary><issued>2008-10-12T09:19:36+01:00</issued><modified>2008-10-12T09:19:36+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A man who was sentenced to die for the murders of two college students in 1986 is taking his appeal to Supreme Court, saying he is too fat to be easily killed by lethal injection.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Supreme court blocks execution stating man is too mentally ill to kill]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/25902/1/" /><id>25902</id><summary><![CDATA[Supreme court blocks execution stating man is too mentally ill to kill]]></summary><issued>2007-07-02T10:33:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-07-02T10:33:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the execution of Texas inmate Scott Panetti Thursday, saying that the killer who appeared in court wearing a purple cowboy suit and a 10-gallon hat is so mentally ill he lacks a rational understanding of why he is being put to death.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Court: Texas Wrongly Seized Polygamist Sect Children]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62808/1/" /><id>62808</id><summary><![CDATA[Court: Texas Wrongly Seized Polygamist Sect Children]]></summary><issued>2008-05-22T14:46:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-22T14:46:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;A state appellate court ruled Thursday that child welfare officials had no right to seize hundreds of children from a polygamist sect's ranch on April 3.&quot;<br/><br/>the saga continues...]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Federal court rules against military gays policy]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62733/1/" /><id>62733</id><summary><![CDATA[Federal court rules against military gays policy]]></summary><issued>2008-05-22T03:48:18+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-22T03:48:18+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday in the case of a decorated flight nurse who sued the Air Force over her dismissal.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Chile bans free 'morning-after' pills]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/science/l/57088/1/" /><id>57088</id><summary><![CDATA[Chile bans free 'morning-after' pills]]></summary><issued>2008-04-04T22:30:46+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-04T22:30:46+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Chile's Constitutional Court halted a government program Friday that provided the contraceptive known as the &quot;morning-after&quot; pill free to women and girls as young as 14.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA['Sopranos' Creator David Chase In Federal Court; Sued By Judge]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/44177/1/" /><id>44177</id><summary><![CDATA['Sopranos' Creator David Chase In Federal Court; Sued By Judge]]></summary><issued>2007-12-14T04:40:26+01:00</issued><modified>2007-12-14T04:40:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A federal jury was told Wednesday that &quot;Sopranos&quot; creator David Chase got help in developing HBO's Emmy-winning mob drama and owes a former municipal judge for that assistance.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Court issues arrest warrant for 'God']]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56067/1/" /><id>56067</id><summary><![CDATA[Court issues arrest warrant for 'God']]></summary><issued>2008-03-28T01:14:05+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-28T01:14:05+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Magistrate has issued an arrest warrant for a man who failed to turn up to court because he is &quot;God&quot; and above the law.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Court discovers man, 91, isn't fit for his sexual assault trial]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/55226/1/" /><id>55226</id><summary><![CDATA[Court discovers man, 91, isn't fit for his sexual assault trial]]></summary><issued>2008-03-22T02:03:16+01:00</issued><modified>2008-03-22T02:03:16+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Attorneys in the case of a 91-year-old Palisade man accused of sexual assault spent Wednesday morning in court trying to determine whether the aging man was fit to stand trial.<br/><br/>It turns out he wasn't.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Dog appears in Indian court charged with biting]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/70570/1/" /><id>70570</id><summary><![CDATA[Dog appears in Indian court charged with biting]]></summary><issued>2008-07-30T02:56:04+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-30T02:56:04+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A seven-year old mongrel has appeared in a local court in India's eastern Bihar state charged with breaching the peace by barking at passers-by and even biting some of them.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Arrested seal hunt protesters appear in court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/58059/1/" /><id>58059</id><summary><![CDATA[Arrested seal hunt protesters appear in court]]></summary><issued>2008-04-13T11:12:26+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-13T11:12:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Two officers of the Farley Mowatt, an anti-sealing vessel seized by the Canadian government made a brief court appearance this morning.<br/><br/>If convicted, the two men could be jailed for up to one year, fined up to $100,000 -- or both.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Mother Can't Take Her Severely Epileptic Son To School Until She Passes Criminal Background Check]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/68439/1/" /><id>68439</id><summary><![CDATA[Mother Can't Take Her Severely Epileptic Son To School Until She Passes Criminal Background Check]]></summary><issued>2008-07-11T09:50:38+01:00</issued><modified>2008-07-11T09:50:38+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[She hires a taxi to take her son to school. She rides along to be present should he have an attack or otherwise needs urgent treatment. Because she takes a taxi, she is being forced to undergo a background check before she can accompany her son on his ride to school. If she drove herself, she wouldn't need one.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Rare Interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/politics/l/37055/1/" /><id>37055</id><summary><![CDATA[Rare Interview with Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas]]></summary><issued>2007-10-01T18:12:35+01:00</issued><modified>2007-10-01T18:12:35+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Most Americans know very little about the workings of the U.S. Supreme Court or its members, but mention Justice Clarence Thomas, and you are likely to start an argument. He is the court's only African American, and its most conservative member. He is arguably the most influential black man in the country, yet he is reviled by many in his own race for his opposition to government programs intended to help minorities.<br/><br/>Full Video at link]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Grounded girl, 12, takes father to court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/65892/1/" /><id>65892</id><summary><![CDATA[Grounded girl, 12, takes father to court]]></summary><issued>2008-06-19T02:25:58+01:00</issued><modified>2008-06-19T02:25:58+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the internet.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Supreme Court to consider death penalty for child rape]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/58060/1/" /><id>58060</id><summary><![CDATA[Supreme Court to consider death penalty for child rape]]></summary><issued>2008-04-13T11:16:17+01:00</issued><modified>2008-04-13T11:16:17+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape, taking up for the first time in more than 30 years whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Teenage boy jailed for taking call in court]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62634/1/" /><id>62634</id><summary><![CDATA[Teenage boy jailed for taking call in court]]></summary><issued>2008-05-21T08:50:51+01:00</issued><modified>2008-05-21T08:50:51+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[A magistrate has jailed a teen for answering his mobile phone in court.<br/><br/>The 17-year-old let his mobile ring with the music of US rapper Akon before he answered the call while sitting in the front row of Darwin Magistrates Court yesterday.]]></content></entry></feed>