Jurors are set to begin deliberations in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player who is charged with slaying his ex-girlfriend. After a three-day break, jurors in the trial of George Huguely are to begin deliberating charges Wednesday that the 24-year-old killed Yeardley Love.
Guns at work bill advances
Feb 21 2012 6:28AM
Posted 1 day 10 hrs 50 mins ago
A state Senate panel has endorsed legislation to allow most local government employees to bring guns to work as long as they keep them locked in their vehicles. The measure prohibits localities from banning employees from keeping guns their cars on publicly owned parking lots.
Huguely murder case goes to jury
Feb 22 2012 5:59AM
Posted 11 hrs 19 mins ago
Jurors will begin deliberations in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player who's charged with killing his ex-girlfriend in a drunken rage. After a 3-day break, jurors in the trial of George Huguely V are to begin deliberations today.
Prosecutors say Huguely killed Yeardley Love, a 22-year-old suburban Baltimore woman who was found dead in her apartment on May 3, 2010. Huguely acknowledges he kicked a hole in the door to Love's bedroom but insists he only wanted to talk. Medical experts testified to several possible causes for Love's death from blunt trauma injuries.
Huguely faces up to life in prison if convicted of the most serious murder charge.
Appeals court rules against Roger Miller's widow
(AP)
AP - The widow of country music legend Roger Miller doesn't own the rights to some of his biggest hits, including "King of the Road," a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
MPTF fined $80,000 in patient's mysterious death
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omg! - LOS ANGELES, Feb 22 (TheWrap.com) - The Motion Picture and Television Fund's long-term care facility has been fined $80,000 over the death of a patient, according to the California Department of Public Health. Although the patient was unnamed, two people close to the situation identified her as Carrie DeLay, an 89-year woman who fell to her death under mysterious circumstances in 2010. The citation faults the facility for failing to ensure an environment free of accident hazards and for inadequate supervision. ...
Capsule review of new movie release
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omg! - This would provide an intriguing double feature with "Martha Marcy May Marlene." Both are about people who search for their true selves in woodsy communes, get sucked into the brainwashing and insularity by a charismatic leader and eventually struggle to escape. One of these films contains poop jokes. Guess which one it is. Yes, "Wanderlust" proudly wears its sketch-comedy origins on its sleeve, and that means the gags are as hit-and-miss as you'd imagine. ...
Rebuffed by mainstream, Black turns humor inward
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AP - Down a quiet country road in rural Connecticut, in a home with a stone wall out front and glittery pinecones on the coffee table, lives Michael Ian Black.
Ishikawa rallies in Match Play
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AP - One putt changed everything for Ryo Ishikawa and sent Riviera winner Bill Haas home early Wednesday in a riveting start to the Match Play Championship.
BCS leaders far from agreement on changes
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AP - The conference commissioners who run the BCS have wrapped up two days of meetings with plenty of options still to consider. They are still far from any final decisions on changes to college football's postseason and how to determine a champion.
White Sox begin Robin Ventura era
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AP - The new manager of the Chicago White Sox didn't curse, rant or make any headlines during his first media session of the spring.
Dodgers bankruptcy case on track
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AP - A bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the disclosure statement outlining the Los Angeles Dodgers' proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan, keeping the team's plan for an April 30 sale on track.
NY judge: Boeheim slander suit moving to Syracuse
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AP - The defamation lawsuit filed by two former ball boys against Syracuse University and head basketball coach Jim Boeheim will be heard in Syracuse, a judge ruled Wednesday.
AP - Chris Hoy and Britain's cycling team rounded off the Track World Cup at London's new Olympic Velodrome on Sunday, leaving the cheering home crowd more confident than ever of gold at this year's Summer Games.
AP - Sam Gagner scored a goal and added two assists, and the Edmonton Oilers broke out with four unanswered goals in the second period in a 6-1 victory over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night.
Dawson eager to finish business in Hopkins rematch
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Reuters - Evergreen boxing champion Bernard Hopkins will return to the ring in April for a rematch against Chad "Bad" Dawson, who vowed on Wednesday to finish the job he started in their controversial title fight last year.
Jurors are set to begin deliberations in the trial of a former University of Virginia lacrosse player who is charged with slaying his ex-girlfriend. After a three-day break, jurors in the trial of George Huguely are to begin deliberating charges Wednesday that the 24-year-old killed Yeardley Love.
