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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Twenty years after his troops began brutally ethnically cleansing Bosnian towns and villages of non-Serbs, Gen. Ratko Mladic went on trial Wednesday at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal accused of 11 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes....

Defendant first failed to show that he had standing to challenge a search of open fields asserted to be curtilage. Then, it was open fields, and, alternatively, he consented. United States v. Wilburn, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66300 (E.D. Ky. March 5, 2012)*:

The Court is simply unable to assess whether Defendant had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the place where the propane tank was discovered. Significantly, no evidence was presented to establish ownership or other interest in the land where the propane tank was located. As discussed above, the "defendant claiming that a search violated his Fourth Amendment rights has the burden of demonstrating that he had a legitimate expectation of privacy in the place that was searched." Mastromatteo, 538 F.3d at 544 (quoting Talley, 275 F.3d at 563. Here, Defendant did not present any evidence regarding this issue and has failed to meet his burden. Thus, the Court concludes that, although Defendant has standing to challenge the search of his home, he lacks standing to challenge the search of the property where the propane tank was located. Nevertheless, to ensure a complete analysis, the Court will assume for purposes of this Recommended Disposition that Defendant has standing to challenge both searches.

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor said Wednesday that he was "saddened" by the guilty verdict for abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone and said his role in the conflict was much different from how it had been portrayed.

BEIJING (AP) -- A blind Chinese activist who sparked a diplomatic crisis by fleeing into the U.S. Embassy last month filled out a Chinese passport application and posed for a photo Wednesday, moving forward in his bid to study in the United States....

NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's owners now plan to sell 25 percent more shares in the company as investors clamor for shares in the year's hottest stock offering.

Facebook says in a regulatory filing that it will now sell about 421 million shares. That's up from 337 million previously. That ...

Defendant was driving through hotel parking lots apparently casing cars for break-in when he was stopped. It was a high crime area for break-ins, and the police were looking. “The necessary suspicion for an investigative Terry stop is not a high bar.” United States v. Stacks, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67422 (W.D. N.C. May 14, 2012).*

Defendant’s failure to identify a document that witnesses to a consent search were not examined about does not justify 2255 relief. Based on the findings at the suppression hearing, it seems highly unlikely this document would change the outcome anyway. Jones v. United States, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66194 (M.D. Tenn. May 11, 2012).*

Warrant for defendant’s arrest justified police entry into the house to arrest him, and then do a protective sweep after a gun was seen. United States v. Tran, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67238 (N.D. Iowa May 15, 2012).*

Telegraph.co.uk | Oprah help put Obama in the White House, now she's apparently not welcome near the White House.

Defendant was a school resource officer, and his desk was searched in a fraud investigation seizing his computer and bank statements. The search was not sustainable as a workplace search under Ortega and United States v. Slanina, 283 F.3d 670 (5th Cir. 2002), judgment vacated on other grounds, 537 U.S. 802, 123 S.Ct. 69 (2002). United States v. Johnson, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 67294 (W.D. La. May 14, 2012):

Under Slanina, the Government is correct that the status of the "searcher" as a "law enforcement officer is not dispositive," and that "'work related misconduct' can include criminal activity unrelated to the job." [Doc. No. 31, p. 4]. However, the Government asks the Court to ignore the "critical distinction" between this case and Slanina: whether an investigation was "wholly criminal" or had the dual purpose of an internal investigation into work-related misconduct and into the possible commission of a crime. In this case, there was no dual purpose; the single purpose of this investigation was Johnson's possible commission of a crime. On September 8, 2008, Sergeant Charles Roark of the MPD, opened a criminal investigation into the sale of stolen merchandise through an eBay account in Johnson's name. On September 12, 2008, Sergeant Roark asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") to become involved. By the time they searched Johnson's desk at Carroll Junior High School on February 20, 2009, Sergeant Roark and Agent Chesser had been involved in a joint criminal investigation of Johnson for six months. Under these circumstances, the MPD's interest in the prompt and efficient operation of its workplace is not compelling in the least. The search of Johnson's desk should not be reviewed under the O'Connor exception, as interpreted by the Fifth Circuit, and Magistrate Judge Hayes properly recommended the exclusion of the evidence found as a result of the search of Johnson's desk.

Without fanfare, the nation's nuclear power regulators have overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.

The revamp, the first since the program began after Three Mile Island in 1979, ...

A shadowy $10 billion Obamacare agency with zero oversight just awarded first lady Michelle Obama's pet patient-dumping scheme at the University of Chicago Medical Center a $5.9 million taxpayer-funded grant.

Police say petrol was used to start a fire in a house in Derby in which six children died, as their parents appeal for privacy.

Lone Star Watchdog | Are militias the alternative to having a standing army in peacetime?

Scottish artist George Wyllie, best known for giant public works like The Paper Boat, has died aged 90.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best hopes for picking up a U.S. Senate seat - though she'll have to beat a famous Democratic politician to do it - popular former Sen. Bob Kerrey....

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- After an improbable Nebraska primary victory, state Sen. Deb Fischer has emerged from relative obscurity to take the mantle as one of the GOP's best hopes for picking up a U.S. Senate seat - though she'll have to beat a famous Democratic politician to do it - popular former Sen. Bob Kerrey....

A former top official with one of Argentina's leading human rights movements, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has been charged with embezzlement.

The Blaze | Infuential Caroline Kennedy turns coat on her previous Obama endorsement.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The shadowy financial adviser of the late Yasser Arafat is being sought on suspicion he stole millions of dollars in public funds, the top Palestinian anti-corruption campaigner said Wednesday....

Paul Joseph Watson | Part of elite's "planned-opolis" agenda to reduce living standards.