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High court turns down pipeline company appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a pipeline company over denial of environmental permits for a proposed natural gas pipeline through Long Island Sound. Connecticut regulators refused to issue permits for the 50-mile project to Islander East Co., saying it would damage water quality, natural resources and prime shellfish beds.

High court declines pathologist Wecht's appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court has declined to block the retrial of celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht, who is accused of using government workers and equipment to benefit his lucrative private practice.

Court to hear case of Uighurs held at Guantanamo
By HOPE YEN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal appeals court is considering the fate of 17 Turkic Muslims being held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a constitutional showdown over presidential power that could speed efforts to close the military prison.

U.S. Top Court Won't Review Dismissal of MySpace Rape Case
By DONNA HIGGINS, Andrews Publications Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court has let stand a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit filed against MySpace by the mother of a teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a man she met on the popular social networking Web site.

Chief justice's father dies after long illness
WASHINGTON (AP) - The father of Chief Justice John Roberts died Tuesday after a long illness, the Supreme Court said. John Glover "Jack" Roberts Sr. was an executive of Bethlehem Steel Corp. and later worked for CSC Industries and taught at the University of South Carolina's Graduate School of Business, the court said in a brief statement.

 

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