Ala. court says woman can't claim $41.8M jackpot

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- The Alabama Supreme Court says a woman who thought she had hit a jackpot worth almost $42 million at the Victoryland electronic bingo center will end up empty handed. The court ruled Friday that an electronic bingo machine that showed Sherry Knowles had won $41.8 million obviously malfunctioned and that she was actually due no more than $2 from the operation in Macon County---...More

Court says Nazi slogan is legal in English

BERLIN (Reuters) – Nazis slogans banned in Germany may be legal if they are translated from German into English, one of the country's highest courts has ruled.

The Federal Court of Justice said it had rescinded a conviction against a man fined 4,200 euros ($5,993) for possessing 100 T-shirts due for sale emblazoned with the words "Blood & Honor" -- a translation of the Hitler Youth slogan "Blut und Ehre."

The display of Nazi symbols is forbidden in Germany, but the court said the= context of the original phrase had been sufficiently distorted to render its usage legal.

"By translation into another language, the Nazi slogan, which is characterized not just by its meaning but also by the German language, is fundamentally transformed," it said.

The court added, however, that the man could still be convicted of using the English phrase "Blood & Honor" because it was also the name of a far-right organization that is banned in Germany, but that the original verdict had not considered this.

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Stupid News-Calif. man accused of driving stolen SUV to court

SAN ANSELMO, Calif. – Police have charged a man with stealing a Lexus SUV he drove to court the day a jury was to decide whether to convict him in a separate auto theft case.

The man, a 37-year-old San Francisco hairstylist, was arraigned Monday on charges of receiving a stolen vehicle and receiving stolen property after police saw him approach the stolen Lexus in front of the courthouse with its keys in hand.

Police were attracted to the SUV after bystanders noticed several Yorkshire terriers mulling around it.

The man was also charged with animal cruelty and leaving animals in an unattended vehicle.

Meanwhile, he was convicted in the other case. He was charged with possession of a $125,000 Porsche Carrera that had been stolen from a San Anselmo home.


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Stupid News - Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue

Stupid News - Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue


Detroit mayor returns to court on 2nd bond issue
DETROIT - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick returned to court Tuesday for a hearing to decide if he has violated his bail a second time.
District Court Judge Ronald Giles, who already has sent Kilpatrick to jail for one overnight stay, presided over the hearing on prosecutors' allegation that the mayor spent time during the weekend with his sister, a potential prosecution witness in his assault case.

The mayor appeared in court with his wife, Carlita.

Doug Baker of the Michigan attorney general's office said in a court filing that the mayor had been ordered to have no contact with witnesses, yet he and his sister were together Saturday at their mother's house.

Kilpatrick's defense team, however, denied the mayor was in trouble. Attorney Jim Thomas said Magistrate Renee McDuffee clarified Friday that Kilpatrick could have contact with his sister.

Kilpatrick is charged with assaulting two investigators who were trying to deliver a subpoena at his sister Ayanna Kilpatrick's house in July in a separate perjury case against him.

In a statement, Kilpatrick spokesman Marcus Reese accused state Attorney General Mike Cox, a Republican, of trying to score political points with the latest filing against the Democratic mayor.

Giles sent Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating his bond conditions in the perjury case. The mayor traveled to Windsor, Ontario, for city business July 23 without first notifying authorities.

Baker's filing asked the court to look at what happened and amend the terms of Kilpatrick's bond. The document doesn't mention any possible changes, and Baker left court without speaking to reporters.

Kilpatrick was released Friday after a higher court, acting on an appeal, set his bond at $50,000.

Baker referred to the perjury case by saying the mayor has "demonstrated an inability to adhere to reasonable bond conditions."

Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, were charged in March with perjury, obstruction of justice and misconduct in office. They will be arraigned Thursday in Wayne County Circuit Court.

Prosecutors say text messages contradict their denial of an affair, a key point in a trial involving a former deputy police chief who claimed he was illegally fired.

Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy confirmed published reports that she met last week with community leaders, who are encouraging her to end the perjury case with a plea bargain.

Worthy, who is an elected official, defended her attendance at the meeting, saying it was an opportunity to listen to constituents. She declined to comment on any deal with Kilpatrick.

Gov. Jennifer Granholm will preside over a trial-like hearing that starts Sept. 3 to decide whether to oust Kilpatrick. A spokeswoman for Kilpatrick said Monday night that the mayor won't testify at the hearing or at a separate city council proceeding on his removal.