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  • September 2008

    • India Readies Smoking Ban; Unruly Public Shrugs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 30, 08 5:45 PM CDT

      India Readies Smoking Ban; Unruly Public Shrugs

      (Newser) - India is about to institute a ban on smoking in public places, including bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitals, the Wall Street Journal reports. The ban, which begins Thursday, is being greeted warmly by health officials, with skepticism by smokers on the ground. “Such rules are made and broken every day," one said. “The ban will have no effect on me.” More »

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      India  • public health  • tobacco  • smoking ban  • criminal  • fine

  • July 2008

    • Bush 'Murder' Book a Bestseller, Despite Blackout

      New York Times  |  Jul 7, 08 8:49 AM CDT

      Bush 'Murder' Book a Bestseller, Despite Blackout

      (Newser) - When he served as a prosecutor in Los Angeles, Vincent Bugliosi racked up a perfect record in 21 murder trials, including the Charles Manson case in 1971. As a writer, he's scored three No. 1 bestsellers; his last, about the Kennedy assassination, is being made into an HBO miniseries. But Bugliosi's newest book has been oddly bereft of mainstream media coverage, the New York Times reports. Could it be because it's called The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder ? More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • criminal  • criminal justice

  • December 2007
  • September 2007

    • British Judge Wants Everyone in DNA Database

      Guardian (UK)  |  Sep 5, 07 10:30 AM CDT

      British Judge Wants Everyone in DNA Database

      (Newser) - Everyone in the UK—and anyone who dares to visit—should be in Britain's national DNA database, a top British judge declared in a BBC interview today, causing an uproar among rights activists. Lord Justice Stephen Sedley called the country's current DNA database—the largest in the world—"indefensible," saying either everyone should be in it or no one. More »

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      United Kingdom  • DNA  • DNA database  • criminal

  • August 2007

    • Jailbird Heads to Hooters

      Munster (Ind.) Times  |  Aug 31, 07 6:17 PM CDT

      Jailbird Heads to Hooters

      (Newser) - A convict who managed to extract himself from the county jail in an Indiana town Sunday while taking out the trash was caught yesterday after he was unable to resist bragging about the caper to new-found friends at a nearby Hooters. Charles Smith, the 56-year-old escapee, wasn't even missed until a local citizen spotted him, garbed in his orange jail shirt and tan pants, outside a grocery store. More »

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      jail  • Indiana  • escape  • criminal  • Hooters  • escaped criminal

  • June 2007

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