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8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Criminal law Cross examination; limitation 08-2224 United States of America, Appellee, v. Darwin Beck, Appellant Appeal From: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri Submitted: Dec. 11, 2008 Filed: Feb. 23, 2009 ...

Supreme Court of Missouri Criminal law Lethal injection; administrative rulemaking SC89571 John C. Middleton, et al., Appellants, v. Missouri Department of Corrections, et al., Respondents Appeal From: Cole County Circuit Court, Judge Jon E. Beetem Handdown Date: 2/24/2009 Opinion Author: ...

Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District Criminal law Murder; Batson challenge ED89968 State of Missouri, Respondent, v. Tyrone C. Bateman, Appellant Appeal From: St. Louis City Circuit Court, Judge Joan L. Moriarty Handdown Date: 2/24/2009 Opinion Author: Judge George W. ...

The gap between rhetoric and hype in President Barack Obama’s budget is as wide as the Pacific Ocean. Obama has not offered change; he has offered a continuation of George W. Bush’s policies. Obama is not the anti-Bush. He is ...

In the government’s rush to stabilize the financial system, get the U.S. economy moving again, craft bailouts for institutions and entire sectors of the economy, and re-craft bailouts that aren’t doing the trick, the voices of limited government have been ...

U.S. President Barack Obama’s $75 billion plan to help families avoid foreclosure should be bolder. While it is a meaningful rescue attempt that may help 9 million Americans, it could be doomed unless mortgage issuers have to write down principal ...

U.S. government debt is gaining favor with a group of investors who lowered their exposure to Treasuries in nine of the past 11 years — American citizens. Merrill Lynch & Co. says U.S. bonds owned by individuals likely will account ...

Silver’s biggest discount to gold in 13 years has investors betting on the best annual return for silver since the Hunt brothers’ bid to corner the market in 1979. Money managers are buying precious metals as a refuge from the ...

Harvard, the oldest and richest academic institution in America, with more U.S. presidents than any other university, isn’t getting the respect it deserves in the bond market. Even with its pristine AAA credit, the president and fellows of Harvard College ...

Hundreds of lots in 6 subdivisions affected

A jury in Southern Illinois awarded a $60 million verdict to a not-for-profit community health care clinic in a fraud case alleging a nationwide equipment-leasing scam. St. Louis-based Lewis, Rice & Fingersh represented plaintiff Christopher Greater Area Rural Health Planning ...