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Facebook jumps, slumps on first day of trading

Facebook investors gave the stock a resounding thumbs down on the first day of trading.

In the most anticipated technology initial public offering since Google in 2004, Facebook's stock on Friday never lived up to the hype the company had hoped for, closing at $38.23.

"Investors figured out it was ...

House OKs indefinite definition of terror suspects

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Friday endorsed the indefinite detention without trial of terrorist suspects, even for U.S. citizens seized on American soil....

Jury begins deliberations in John Edwards case

 

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — A jury started weighing Friday morning whether John Edwards committed a crime when money from two wealthy donors was used to hide his pregnant mistress during the candidate's run for the 2008 White House.

Jurors heard about 17 days of testimony, a lot of focusing ...

Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind?...

Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind?...

Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind?...

Early political spats suggest nothing off-limits

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The early border skirmishes of Campaign 2012 are reviving questions about one candidate's former pastor and shining a spotlight on the other's high school hijinks. Can a fresh round of questions about President Barack Obama's birth certificate be far behind?...

Romney releases first general election TV ad

AP - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney's first general-election TV commercial promises he would introduce tax cuts and approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline on the first day of his presidency....

Lipton critiques Romney's 'bad acting'

CNN - Politics - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23
James Lipton of "Inside the Actor's Studio" gives Mitt Romney some constructive criticism and advises him to relax.
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Nurses' pre-NATO rally expected to draw thousands

CHICAGO (AP) — Thousands of nurses and other protesters planned to rally at a downtown Chicago plaza Friday ahead of a two-day NATO summit and as a prelude to a much larger demonstration expected this weekend.

Meanwhile, many office buildings in the usually bustling city were closed after workers were ...

NM: Search incident of pockets in DUI arrest was reasonable becuase of possibility defendant was under influence of drugs, too

FourthAmendment.com - News - Wed, 2025-04-30 15:23

In an arrest for DUI, a search incident that included opening a dollar bill that was folded in a way to indicate it held cocaine, which defendant then admitted, was reasonable. The officers did know all that defendant was under the influence of. State v. Armendariz-Nunez, 2012 NMCA 41, 2012 N.M. App. LEXIS 48 (February 9, 2012), Certiorari Denied, March 23, 2012, No. 33,482:

[*13] We disagree with Defendant's argument that the cocaine was not evidence of the DWI crime for which he had been arrested. See NMSA 1978, § 66-8-102(B) (2008) (amended 2010); State v. Aleman, 2008 NMCA 137, 145 N.M. 79, 194 P.3d 110 (affirming the defendant's conviction for driving while under the influence of cocaine). While the deputy observed that Defendant smelled of alcohol, there was no indication that other substances could not have contributed to his intoxicated state. As the State points out, both alcohol and marijuana emit a distinct odor, while cocaine and many other controlled substances do not. The discovery of a particular drug on a suspect's person could be relevant evidence that the suspect may be under the influence of that drug and, therefore, may be appropriately seized.

Police responded to a domestic abuse call and were inside defendant’s house. He was arrested and removed from the house and warrants were obtained. Drugs were found on him when he was booked into the jail. Even if the entry was unconstitutional, which does not have to be decided) the finding of the drugs was sufficiently attenuated from that, and suppression was properly denied. Echavarry v. Commonwealth, 2012 Va. App. LEXIS 167 (May 15, 2012).*

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