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Self-Defense Defined

The claim that an act otherwise criminal was legally justifiable because it was necessary to protect a person or property from the threat or action of another.

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Cavalry men's lives came to troubled ends

Published July 4, 2009, 11:41 pm, The Montana Standard

Maj. Marcus Reno, not an especially revered commander before the Little Bighorn, battled accusations of cowardice and drunkenness the rest of his life.

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Sports Notes

Published July 4, 2009, 10:44 pm, St. Tammany News

Madisonville volleyball camp The second-annual Madisonville All-Skills Volleyball Camp will take place July 6-10 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Coquille Recreation Gym. The cost is $150, which includes a camp T-shirt and volleyball.

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"˜Right Thing' still asks burning questions

Published July 4, 2009, 4:00 am, South Bend Tribune

NEW YORK — Twenty years later, the trash can is still crashing through America's window.

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Charges dismissed in case of man convicted 14 years ago of murder during botched robbery

Published July 3, 2009, 11:12 pm, Los Angeles Times

Reggie Cole will remain in prison after killing a man while incarcerated. Prosecutors and the investigators maintain he is guilty of the 1994 murder of Felipe Gonzales Angeles. Fourteen years ago, Reggie Cole was sentenced to life without parole for a murder during a botched robbery in South Los Angeles.

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MMA hits Staunton tonight

Published July 3, 2009, 9:51 pm, The News Virginian

In the last three years, mixed martial arts has gripped the country and the Valley.

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Elderly Woman Beaten With Oxygen Tank

Published July 3, 2009, 3:15 pm, WSMV Nashville

Police say a 22-year-old man beat an 82-year-old woman over a parking spot.

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Building a closer RP-US partnership

Published July 3, 2009, 3:05 pm, Philippine Daily Inquirer

(The following article assesses the relations between the Philippines and the United States and is published today to mark Filipino-American Friendship Day)

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New Minamata redress bill swiftly clears Lower House

Published July 3, 2009, 2:01 pm, The Japan Times

A new law offering relief to Minamata disease patients cleared the Lower House Friday, a day after the ruling and opposition camps officially agreed to loosen the eligibility requirements for patients seeking compensation. The bill broadens the scope for the first time since 1995, when the government decided to compensate over 10,000 formerly unacknowledged patients. It will now be sent to the ...

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Stabbing takes place at family gathering

Published July 3, 2009, 12:55 pm, Deseret News

A family gathering turned sour when an argument between two brothers-in-law led to a stabbing late Thursday.

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Appeals Court orders new trial for Fish

Published July 3, 2009, 12:01 pm, Payson Roundup

A 62-year-old retired schoolteacher who shot and killed a Payson man four years ago at a trailhead north of Strawberry is getting a new trial.

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