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joshua — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:13:49 +0000

Today is Wednesday, November 11. At 11 am on November 11, 1918, all fighting stopped in World War 1 and Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the day Armistice Day. It wasn’t until Veterans started to return from World War 2 that the day became a day to celebrate all of our vets.

Here’s a look back at yesterday’s news…

Scott Rothstein was spotted and filmed having lunch and sounding upbeat…

Covington & Burling are freezing associate salaries…

Katten split its deferrals into three groups, with group number three losing their jobs…

Reed Smith cut associate salaries….

and the DC Sniper was executed by lethal injection last night….

In memoriam for Veterans Day:

Michael Cahill

Eduardo Caraveo

Justin DeCrow

John Gaffaney

Frederick Greene

Jason Hunt

Amy Krueger

Thomas Nemelka

Michael Pearson

Russell Seager

Francheska Velez

Juanita Warman

Kham Xiong

Closure in DC Sniper Case

joshua — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:45:47 +0000

John Allen Muhammad, better known as the DC Sniper, is scheduled for execution tonight after the Supreme Court turned down his appeal. Virginia Governor Tim Kaine has also turned down a plea for clemency. Muhammad’s lawyers argue that he should not be executed because he is mentally ill. With no further legal paths, the execution will go forward unless Gov. Kaine changes his mind and issues a last minute stay.

Muhammad, along with his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo, were responsible for a wave of killings in the Washington DC area that left ten people dead in 2002. Notes were left demanding the government pay $10 million for the shootings to stop.

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Closure in DC Sniper Case