A jury deliberated for about five hours Friday in John Edwards’ campaign corruption trial involving money from wealthy donors that was used to hide his pregnant mistress during his 2008 White House bid. Talks will resume Monday, but the jury has already made several requests for evidence and office supplies, a sign they may be settling in for detailed discussions.
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Jurors in Edwards trial will resume talks Monday
Author: adminMay 19
Obama, Hollande hunt for Afghanistan compromise
Author: adminMay 19
Visiting French President François Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that France’s combat troops would leave Afghanistan by year’s end and pledged to find a way “for our allies to pursue their mission” in talks at a looming NATO summit. The two leaders also bonded over jokes about fast food, a move that recalled [...]
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Hundreds of protesters marching through Chicago
Author: adminMay 19
Thousands of nurses and other protesters gathered Friday at a downtown Chicago plaza for a noisy but largely peaceful demonstration demanding a “Robin Hood” tax on banks’ financial transactions, before a smaller but more raucous crowd broke away and began marching through city streets.
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Irish ‘terror network’ busted as queen’s visit nears
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Mary Kennedy services planned amid apparent rift
Author: adminMay 19
The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy’s grieving family faced off in court Friday, just hours before a planned wake for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s estranged wife, as a relative described a long fight with psychiatric illness that ended in suicide.
