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		<title>Not guilty plea in Barefoot Bandit case in Seattle (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ SEATTLE &#8211; The 20-year-old "Barefoot Bandit," whose daring two-year run from the law in stolen boats, cars and planes earned him international notoriety, pleaded not guilty to a new indictment in federal court Thursday, even as his attorney indicated a deal with the government to resolve the case is nearly complete. Colton Harris-Moore entered the courtroom in tan prison garb and greeted lawyer John Henry Browne with a broad smile. He told the judge "good morning" before Assistant U.S. Attorney Darwin Roberts recited the charges against him. The lawyers previously expected to have a plea deal complete by the end of last month. But they are primarily hung up on whether Harris-Moore will be allowed to participate in book or movie deals, with all proceeds being used to repay victims, Browne said. Harris-Moore's restitution will total about $1.3 million, Browne said, and movie or book deals could cover most or all of it. He said federal prosecutors have expressed reluctance in recent days to let Harris-Moore sell his story because it could compound the publicity he's received. But he said talks on the issue are progressing. The U.S. attorney's office in Seattle does not discuss plea negotiations, and Roberts declined to comment after the arraignment. "I have a problem with the U.S. government telling anybody they can't tell their story," Browne said. Browne doesn't dispute the allegations against his client. He has long maintained that Harris-Moore, who earned the "Barefoot Bandit" moniker by committing some of his crimes without shoes, has no interest in profiting from his tale but would be interested in selling his story if it meant his victims could be repaid. Many of the losses sustained by burglary or theft victims were covered by insurance companies, which could be in line for a share of publicity deal proceeds. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to a sentencing range, Browne said, but he said he was prohibited from divulging what the range is. A new indictment returned last month added bank burglary to the list of federal charges against Harris-Moore. His other charges include interstate transportation of a stolen plane, gun, and boat; being a fugitive in possession of a firearm; and piloting an aircraft without a valid airman's certificate. The new indictment also contains language requiring Harris-Moore to forfeit "any and all intellectual property or other proprietary rights belonging to the defendant" based on his publication or dissemination of his tale. The federal charges stem from a spate of crimes in late 2009 and early 2010, when Harris-Moore is accused of flying a stolen plane from Anacortes, in northwestern Washington, to the San Juan Islands. Authorities say he then stole a pistol in eastern British Columbia and took a plane from a hangar in Idaho, where investigators found bare footprints on the floor and wall. That plane crashed near Granite Falls, Wash., after it ran out of fuel, prosecutors say. He made his way to Oregon in a 32-foot boat stolen in southwestern Washington &#8212; stopping first to leave $100 at an animal shelter in Raymond, Wash. From Oregon, authorities said, Harris-Moore hopscotched his way across the United States, frequently stealing cars from parking lots at small airports, until he made it to Indiana, where he stole another plane and made for the Bahamas. He was captured by Bahamian police at gunpoint in a stolen boat. In all, Harris-Moore is suspected of more than 70 crimes across nine states. The agreement lawyers are negotiating tentatively calls for Harris-Moore to plead guilty once in federal court, where he would also admit responsibility for all crimes he committed in other states, and once in Island County Superior Court, where he would admit to all of his crimes in Washington state jurisdictions. Upon conviction, Harris-Moore is expected to begin serving time in state prison. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Officials say man must tear down &#039;Phonehenge&#039; house (The Lookout)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Los Angeles county officials are demanding that a creative homeowner tear down a 20,000-square-foot domicile he calls "Phonehenge West"--or face up to seven years in jail. Former telephone technician Alan Kimble Fahey began building the structure three decades ago in Acton, the Los Angeles Times reports . Fahey, who christened the project "Phonehenge" because it sits atop pilings modified from phone utility poles, says he intends to turn the compound into a museum. The labyrinthine network of buildings where Fahey, his wife, and teenage son live even includes a 70-foot tower covered in Italian stained-glass windows, and a barn. Fahey uses a "motorized cart" to get between buildings, an earlier report said . The paper describes the compound as "a hodgepodge of reddish buildings braced with scores of utility poles and steel beams and connected by bridges and ramps." Inside, the castle is filled with more than 20,000 books, and a yurt--though Fahey and his wife sleep on a single-sized water bed and cook on a tiny stove . Tourists come from all over to gaze at the creation, Fahey says, and Glamour magazine even staged a photo shoot there. Fahey has attracted popular support for his labor of love. More than 1,000 people have liked a Facebook page called "Save Phonehenge West." And a national group that opposes "abusive" building codes, F.A.C.E.OFF (Fight Against Code Enforcement Office), is also backing Fahey. The compound has been admiringly featured on home design web sites. A jury began hearing the county's case against Fahey last week: He is charged with 14 criminal misdemeanor counts, including unlawful use of land. L.A. County deputy District Attorney David Campbell told the paper that Fahey repeatedly ignored city officials' warnings that he was violating multiple municipal building safety and fire codes and thinks he is above the law. "He has set up his own arrogant interpretation of the law," Campbell told the paper. Fahey's lawyer Jerry Lennon says county officials were negligent in enforcing their own rules, leaving his client alone for two decades before deciding to crack down. "This is an exceptional place," an L.A.-area advocate for code reform, David Lewis, told the L.A. Times . "Most of the properties that are involved in code enforcement actions are not visually striking. It's something the public can look at. It's something special that shouldn't be demolished." Click here to see the full collection of photos at LAT.com (Photos by Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) Other popular Yahoo! News stories: • Obama approval ticks up over foreign policy • Home prices tumble again • Western military advisers seen in footage from Libya ]]></description>
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		<title>$430k Love settlement shows tweets can be costly (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Mar 2011 20:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES &#8211; Courtney Love's settlement of a case sparked by online attacks on a fashion designer show that while Twitter posts may be short, they can also be costly. The singer has agreed to pay Dawn Simorangkir $430,000, plus interest, to settle a lawsuit the designer filed in March 2009 over comments Love made on Twitter and her MySpace blog. While the case didn't go to a jury, First Amendment experts say it highlights the need for celebrities and average people to watch what they say online. "People are getting in trouble for Twitter postings on an almost daily basis," said First Amendment Attorney Doug Mirell, a partner at Loeb and Loeb who did not handle the case. "The laws controlling what is and isn't libelous are the same regardless of the medium in which the statements appear," he said. Nancy Derwin-Weiss, an attorney who specializes in digital entertainment and advertising law, said the amount was sure to get the attention of stars and their handlers. "I think it's just a wake up call," she said. "It's something that their advisers should talk to them about." Simorangkir's attorney, Bryan J. Freedman, predicted the case would spark conversations between celebrities and their advisers. "The fact is that this case shows that the forum upon which you communicate makes no difference in terms of potential legal exposure," Freedman said. "Disparaging someone on Twitter does not excuse one from liability." Love's attorney, Jim Janowitz, said the settlement actually saved the rocker money. "This is a case where the economics of the case didn't make a lot of sense for either side," he said, noting that the costs of going to trial would have been large. Janowitz said he would have argued that Love's statements were opinion and hyperbole, but not libelous, and that Simorangkir's sales rose after Love's tirades. Derwin-Weiss, a partner at Wildman, Harrold, Allen &#038; Dixon, said the settlement amount was significant. "It's a number that's not trivial," she said. "It has some heft to it." Twitter's popularity has skyrocketed in the past year, in part because celebrities interact with fans on a daily basis by posting candid photos, thoughts and even product endorsements. The widow of grunge rocker Kurt Cobain, Love has gained a reputation on the microblogging service Twitter with her posts, which are occasionally profane and sometimes nonsensical messages on a variety of topics. Several posts have lashed out at attorneys and other individuals who have drawn the musician's ire, with her tweets coming in rapid succession and using every bit of the site's 140 character maximum per post. Simorangkir sued over several postings written under Love's former Twitter account, courtneylover79, that accused the designer, who is known as Boudoir Queen, of theft and of having a criminal background. Simorangkir's lawsuit claimed Love became angry with her after she completed five outfits for the singer and sent her a bill. "Love mounted a malicious campaign to not only terrorize Simorangkir, but to ruin and destroy her reputation and livelihood," Freedman wrote in a May 2009 filing. The case had been scheduled to go to trial in February, and was expected to be the first in which a jury decides whether a celebrity's Twitter posts could be considered libel. Freedman confirmed that a settlement had been reached, and said Love's attorneys had hoped to keep it confidential. Love also settled another lawsuit filed by Simorangkir's husband over photos for a nominal amount, Janowitz said. "In order to show the world the comments were derogatory and completely illegal, it was imperative to my client to have the settlement be public," Freedman said. The attorney said a public statement will be issued next week, but the monetary settlement that Love is required to pay, reflects the seriousness of the case. "Personally, I think $430,000 is an appropriate way to say she's sorry," Freedman said. Mirell said stars need to be cautious about how and what they post online, especially when they're talking about others. "When you start talking about someone other than yourself, you are beginning to get into dangerous territory," Mirell said. Janowitz predicted other celebrities are likely to get into trouble over their social media musings. "Undoubtedly there will be people who do it until it is better understood that this publication, just like anything else, is publication," he said. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Singer Buju Banton found guilty in cocaine case (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; Grammy-winning reggae singer Buju Banton was convicted Tuesday of conspiring to set up a cocaine deal in 2009, a verdict that elicited anguish and disbelief among supporters in a crowded courtroom and from other artists in his native Jamaica. A federal jury deliberated for 11 hours over two days on the fate of Banton, who won a Grammy last week for best reggae album for his work entitled "Before the Dawn." He was found guilty of three of four charges, and his attorney said he's facing at least 15 years in prison. The 37-year-old Banton, whose given name is Mark Myrie, remains wildly popular in Jamaica, and the trial &#8212; his second over the drug accusations &#8212; was packed with supporters that included other well-known reggae artists. The first trial ended in a mistrial last year after the jury deadlocked. The tall, dreadlocked singer didn't react when a clerk read the verdict on Tuesday. He stood, hugged his attorneys, then turned around and blew kisses to his supporters in the courtroom and told them: "Thank you." A woman yelled out "We love you, Buju!" as U.S. marshals led him away. "Obviously we are all upset and disappointed and emotional," said Banton's attorney, David Markus of Miami. "The only person who seems to be OK is Buju. He told us he was happy that he fought, knowing he was innocent." Markus said he plans to appeal the conviction and will file a motion to try to get Banton out of jail on bond in the meantime. Banton was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense and using a telephone to facilitate a drug trafficking offense. He was acquitted of attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine. No date has been set for his sentencing. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston argued during trial that Banton portrayed himself as a broker of drug deals in several conversations with a confidential informant. Preston said Banton thought he was getting involved in a "no-risk" deal in which he would introduce a friend to a confidential informant, and then later collect money from drug transactions. Prosecutors acknowledge that Banton did not put any money into the drug deal, nor did he ever profit from it. Markus said his client is "a big talker" who admitted to trying to impress the confidential informant but wasn't involved in any drug deal. Much of the case hinged on meetings and phone calls that were video- and audiotaped by the informant, who was working with the Drug Enforcement Administration &#8212; and who made $50,000 in commission after the bust. In one video, Banton could be seen tasting cocaine in a Sarasota warehouse on Dec. 8, 2009 &#8212; but he was not present during the actual drug deal on Dec. 10 that led two others to be arrested. Those two men later pleaded guilty. Banton testified that that the informant badgered him after they met on a trans-Atlantic flight in July 2009 and insisted that they meet to set up a cocaine purchase. He said he was so uninterested in the informant's proposals that after they met twice, Banton didn't return the man's phone calls for months. In Banton's native Jamaica, radio stations played his songs nonstop Tuesday, especially "Untold Stories" and "Not an Easy Road." Rapper Tony Rebel, a close friend who recorded with Banton, called it a sad day for young people who looked up to him. The verdict marks "the saddest day for reggae and dancehall," rapper Michael "Power Man" Davy said, adding he was "sad as a Rastaman and a Jamaican." Singer Junior Reid called it a conspiracy against reggae artists. "With Buju gone, a big piece of reggae get chop off," he said. ___ Associated Press writer Howard Campbell contributed from Kingston, Jamaica. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Chris Brown to ask for eased restraining order (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES &#8211; Chris Brown wants a judge to ease a restraining order barring him from being near ex-girlfriend Rihanna. The R&#038;B singer is due to appear in court Tuesday to make the request and update a judge on his progress. Brown remains on probation after pleading guilty to assaulting Rihanna in February 2009. Superior Court Judge Patricia Schnegg has ordered Brown to stay 50 yards away from Rihanna, although the two can be 10 yards apart if they are attending a music industry event. Rihanna's attorney Donald Etra said his client supports removing the stay-away provisions in the order. He plans to attend the hearing and lay out Rihanna's position. Brown's attorney Mark Geragos did not immediately respond to an e-mail message seeking comment. Brown acknowledged beating his then-girlfriend in a rented car after leaving a pre-Grammy Awards party. Since then, he has been required to perform physical labor in his home state of Virginia. He has completed domestic violence counseling and has received praise from Schnegg for complying with the terms of his sentence. Brown and Rihanna were nominated for Grammys this year. Brown did not attend the ceremony earlier this month. Rihanna performed at the event. Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Buju Banton&#8217;s 2nd trial on drug charges begins (AP)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TAMPA, Florida &#8211; Less than a day after winning a Grammy for best reggae album, popular Jamaican singer Buju Banton was on trial again Monday, accused of conspiring to buy cocaine from an undercover officer. This is the second trial for Banton, whose real name is Mark Myrie. His first was a mistrial when a jury deadlocked in September. Assistant U.S. Attorney James Preston told jurors Banton and a friend negotiated with a U.S. government informant to buy cocaine in 2009. She also told them that Banton did not put any money in the deal or receive any money. Banton, who is 37, allegedly met with the informant and an undercover officer in Sarasota in early December to discuss buying the drugs, Preston said, and that meeting was videotaped. Drug Enforcement Administration agents recorded the singer inspecting the cocaine and tasting it with his finger Dec. 8, 2009, Preston said. His co-defendant, Ian Thomas, gave the undercover officer $135,000 worth of cocaine Dec. 10; he has pleaded guilty to drug charges. Banton was not present for the Dec. 10 drug deal &#8212; he was at home in South Florida &#8212; but he "took a substantial step" in committing the crime by helping negotiate the deal, Preston said. Banton's attorney, David Markus, said his client did not participate in a conspiracy to sell cocaine and said there was no evidence to link Banton to any of the other charges. "He never, ever wanted to be part of that drug deal," Markus said. Banton is charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine and aiding two others in possessing a firearm during the course of cocaine distribution. During his first trial, Banton testified that he talked a lot about cocaine with the government informant, but he was only trying to a man who claimed to have music industry connections. The trial will continue Tuesday. Prosecutors are expected to call the informant to the witness stand. He is a convicted cocaine smuggler who has earned $3.3 million working for U.S. law enforcement. Banton will also testify during the trial, Markus said. "He has more number one singles than Bob Marley and he won the Grammy," Markus said. "This isn't a person who was a drug dealer." His 2010 album "Before the Dawn" won the Grammy for best reggae album Sunday. In a statement, Banton said winning the Grammy shows that his music transcends borders and "people are now paying attention to what I'm saying in-depth." He said music is his life and an art form "that cannot be denied any living soul." Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Australia blames U.S., not WikiLeaks, for leaks (Reuters)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) &#8211; The Australian government Wednesday blamed the United States, not the WikiLeaks founder, for the unauthorized release of about 250,000 secret U.S. diplomatic cables and said those who originally leaked the documents were legally liable. Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd also said the leaks raised questions over the "adequacy" of U.S. security over the cables. "Mr (Julian) Assange is not himself responsible for the unauthorized release of 250,000 documents from the U.S. diplomatic communications network," Rudd told Reuters in an interview. "The Americans are responsible for that," said Rudd, who had been described in one leaked U.S. cable as a "control freak." WikiLeaks founder Assange defended his Internet publishing site Wednesday, saying it was crucial to spreading democracy and likening himself to global media baron Rupert Murdoch in the quest to publish the truth. Assange has angered the United States and governments across the globe by publishing details of secret U.S. documents. The original source of the leak is unknown, though a U.S. Army private who worked as an intelligence analyst in Iraq, Bradley Manning, has been charged by military authorities with unauthorized downloading of more than 150,000 State Department cables. U.S. officials have declined to say whether those cables are the same ones now being released by WikiLeaks. ASSANGE IN UK CUSTODY Assange was remanded in custody by a British court on Tuesday over allegations of sex crimes in Sweden. "I think there are real questions to be asked about the adequacy of their (U.S.) security systems and the level of access that people have had to that material over a long period of time," said Rudd. "The core responsibility, and therefore legal liability, goes to those individuals responsible for that initial unauthorized release," he said. In an opinion piece in Murdoch's The Australian newspaper, headlined "Don't shoot the messenger for revealing uncomfortable truths," Assange said WikiLeaks deserved protection, not attacks. "In 1958 a young Rupert Murdoch, then owner and editor of Adelaide's The News, wrote: 'In the race between secrecy and truth, it seems inevitable that truth will always win'," wrote Assange. He cited the late Keith Murdoch, Rupert's father, who during World War One exposed the needless loss of Australian life at Gallipoli, where Australian troops under British command were slaughtered in a failed attack against the Turks. "Keith Murdoch would not be silenced and his efforts led to the termination of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign," Assange wrote. "Nearly a century later, WikiLeaks is also fearlessly publishing facts that need to be made public." Assange made no comment about his arrest in Britain after Sweden issued a European Arrest Warrant for sex crimes allegations. Assange, 39, denies the charges, and was remanded in jail until a fresh hearing on December 14. Assange, a 39-year-old Australian, referred to his upbringing in a small Australian country town, where people "spoke their minds bluntly" and distrusted big government. "WikiLeaks was created around these core values," he wrote. He said WikiLeaks was set up as a way of using new technology to report the truth and said not one person had been harmed by any information published over the past four years. "Democratic societies need a strong media and WikiLeaks is part of that media. The media helps keep government honest. WikiLeaks has revealed some hard truths about the Iraq and Afghan wars, and broken stories about corporate corruption," he wrote. Assange questioned why only WikiLeaks was under attack, when other media outlets like Britain's The Guardian, The New York Times and Germany's Der Spiegel had also published U.S. cables. "There is a separate and secondary legal question...which is the legal liabilities of those responsible for the dissemination of that information, whether it's WikiLeaks, whether it's Reuters, or whether it is anybody else," said Rudd. WikiLeaks has vowed to continue releasing details of the secret U.S. documents it obtained. Monday, Rudd defended Australia's relations with China as "robust" after a WikiLeaks document showed he had advised Washington it might need to use force to contain Beijing. Another cable said Rudd was a control freak focused on the media. Rudd said Wednesday Australia would provide Assange with consular help in relation to the court hearings in Britain over his possible extradition to Sweden. Assange's UK lawyer, Mark Stephens, has said a renewed bail application would be made and that his client is "fine." He said many people felt the prosecution was politically motivated. But a Swedish prosecutor was cited in newspaper Aftonbladet as saying the case was not connected with Assange's WikiLeaks work. The Australian foreign minister also expressed concerns over any threats made against Assange, who says he has even faced calls for his assassination. "We'd be concerned about the safety and security of all Australians. People should be free from any such threats," said Rudd. (Editing by Mchael Perry and Mark Bendeich) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Love triangle skydive murder trial begins (Reuters)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ TONGEREN, Belgium (Reuters) &#8211; A Belgian woman went on trial on Friday charged with the murder of a fellow skydiver and love rival who plunged to her death after her parachute was sabotaged. Els Van Doren, 38, smashed into a back garden from some 4,500 meters (14,764 feet) in November 2006 because both her main and reserve chutes failed to open after she jumped from a plane with defendant, Els Clottemans, 26, their lover, Dutchman Marcel Somers, and another man. Clottemans, an elementary school teacher, is accused of cutting through key parts of the parachute system the weekend before the jump to remove her rival and have Somers for herself. Lawyers for Clottemans, who herself only spoke in court to confirm basic details such as her date of birth and profession, issued a statement expressing their firm belief that their client did not kill a woman she regarded as a friend. In a red top and black trousers and flanked by two police officers, Clottemans showed no emotion as Prosecutor Patrick Boyen read the 68-page indictment. Interest in the case was so great that a live television feed was laid on in a larger room in the courthouse in Tongeren, a town in eastern Belgium. Several police guarded the entrance. Laying out details of the love triangle, Boyen said that bachelor Somers entertained Van Doren, a married mother of two, most Saturdays and the younger Clottemans often on Fridays. Boyen said Clottemans was an experienced skydiver and would have known how to sabotage a parachute and that she had the opportunity to do so when she and Van Doren were with Somers a week before the fatal drop. Van Doren's pilot chute, a small parachute deployed to pull the main chute out, was detached from that, while a line that should have connected the reserve chute to the harness was free. Experts ruled that both items had been deliberately cut and that it could been done in just 30 seconds with scissors. Psychiatric experts have identified signs that Clottemans suffers from a psychopathic disorder. Clottemans' lawyers say that is no hard evidence against their client, whom they say investigators intimidated and belittled in hours of questioning. "She was continually accused of lying by investigators. The investigators had formed their own version of the truth and were no longer prepared to deviate from that." The trial, which is likely to feature video of the fall shot from a camera on Van Doren's helmet, is due to last four weeks. (Editing by Elizabeth Fullerton) Follow Yahoo! News on Twitter , become a fan on Facebook ]]></description>
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		<title>Conspirator &#8212; Film Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Conspirator -- Film Review By Kirk Honeycutt, September 12, 2010 12:00 ET "Conspirator" Bottom Line: A forgotten bit of Americana brought vividly to life by Robert Redford. TORONTO -- The American Film Co., which seeks to make movies drawn from American history, hits a jackpot of sorts with its first film. The producers came up with a real who-knew? -- one of those stories that freshman history never uncovered -- and they landed Robert Redford to direct a starry cast. Even so, once the dry dust of history gets whisked away, "The Conspirator" feels like a television movie. Perhaps because a large part of the story -- centering on the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln -- takes place in a courtroom, there's lots of talk and not much action. So the film, seeking a distributor here, is very much a tough sell. It's an admirable film, mixing history few people know with several real-life personalities well worth knowing. Unfortunately, viewers for such fare are older and less prone to line up on a first weekend. A distributor will need to roll this film out incrementally, looking for feature stories, reviews and word-of-mouth to entice history buffs and the curious into adult venues. Redford does a good job in developing the drama and making one of the least sympathetic women in American history into something of a heroine. But the film largely rests on a character played with considerable emotional energy by James McAvoy, Union veteran and war hero Frederick Aiken, who as a new lawyer defended Mary Surratt, one of four individuals charged in the conspiracy after John Wilkes Booth was shot trying to escape arrest. Screenwriter James Solomon dug into court transcripts and deeper still into this chapter in American history to expose another kind of conspiracy: The portrait he paints is of panicky Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (an authoritarian Kevin Kline), who practically runs the government in the weeks following Lincoln's assassination. Stanton wants a quick trial and execution of the four conspirators to get the whole thing over with and, literally, buried, all in the name of the nation's good. The problem is that the government is missing its fourth conspirator, John Surratt (Johnny Simmons), who escapes a massive manhunt. (The film alleges elements within the Catholic Church hid him.) So instead, it puts his mother, Mary (Robin Wright), on trial, figuring this will flush him out. It doesn't. So her defense counsel, Sen. Reverdy Johnson (Tom Wilkinson), insists that his new associate, Frederick, defend her, seeing that her only chance lies in being repped by a Union vet. But she is being tried in a military tribunal with generals handpicked to ensure a desired guilty verdict. The movie boils down to the gradual transformation of Frederick's character from one who scoffs at his client's innocence to one who sees that whatever her innocence or guilt, he fought for a nation of laws and justice and this kangaroo court makes a mockery of both. Other characters that come into play include Mary's daughter Anna (Evan Rachel Wood), Frederick's increasingly distraught fiancee Sarah (Alexis Bledel), insidious prosecutor Joseph Holt (Danny Huston, born for the role) and two highly dubious prosecution witnesses (Jonathan Groff and Colm Meaney). Like "A Man for All Seasons," or any movie about personal conscience, "Conspirator" concerns itself less with the historical conflict than the one inside its hero's heart. He shares his (legal) opponent's contempt for the rebels and conspirators, but is Mary Surratt -- whose guilt rests on the flimsy fact that the conspirators met at her Washington boardinghouse -- truly one of them? The film never quite figures that out but strongly suggests this mother would go to any length to protect her son. Meanwhile, Frederick sees political expediency at the cost of injustice as being a foolhardy way to bind the Union back together. McAvoy brilliantly plays a man trapped in the web of his own conscience. He looks to escape, but every avenue closes abruptly. He will have to learn to live with himself then because everyone else in his life drifts away. Wright plays an enigma, but her acting is anything but. Her Mary is convinced of the rightness in her non-cooperation in her own defense and sustains herself through faith and convictions. Production values are sharp, with an arresting design that brings the District of Columbia circa 1865 to brilliant life with filming in Savannah, Ga., where much of the era's federal architecture survives. Newton Thomas Sigel's moody and drained cinematography and Kalina Ivanov's fastidiously researched production design go hand in glove with Louise Frogley's meticulous period costumes. Some moviegoers will be shocked to see that D.C. was more of a rural, muddy town than a national capital in those days. "Conspirator" is never less than thought-provoking and illuminating. It's an answer to those who moan that they don't make movies like they used to. But will those reluctant viewers embrace this new kind of old-fashioned history drama? Venue: Toronto International Film Festival Production: The American Film Co., Wildwood Enterprises Cast: James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Kevin Kline, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Justin Long, Danny Huston, Norman Reedus, Colm Meaney Director: Robert Redford Screenwriter: James Solomon Story by: Gregory Bernstein, James Solomon Producers: Robert Redford, Greg Shapiro, Bill Holderman, Brian Falk, Robert Stone Executive producers: Joe Ricketts, Jeremiah Samuels, Webster Stone Director of photography: Newton Thomas Sigel Production designer: Kalina Ivanov Music: Mark Ishham Costume designer: Louise Frogley Editor: Craig McKay Rated PG-13, 122 minutes. Sales: Focus Features International ]]></description>
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		<title>The Counsel &#8212; Film Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The Counsel -- Film Review By Ray Bennett, August 16, 2010 08:33 ET Bottom Line: Cliched mob yarn with a nonsensical script. LOCARNO, Switzerland -- French director Cedric Anger's ambitious legal thriller "The Counsel" ("L'Avvocat") looks good and has a fine cast but his script covers familiar terrain and is so naive that the whole thing becomes laughable. Told in flashback, it's the story of a brilliant young lawyer who goes to work for a mob boss but gets in too deep and discovers that his only way out is by incriminating the man -- or by dying. Such predicaments have been explored and picked over in such an endless number of books, films and television shows that the film should face scorn from fans of crime yarns who expect their puzzles to have a lot more intelligence. Handsome and keen-eyed Benoit Magimel cuts an effective dash as Leo, a sharp and driven attorney whose skill at courtroom oratory wins him a job at a top legal firm. He proves his mettle fast but is soon bored. There's no suggestion that his employer is a mob operation such as the one in "The Firm," but when a hoodlum big in waste disposal seeks to hire him, the head of the legal firm, played with imperial elegance by director Barbet Schroeder, tells him the client is always right. Gilbert Melki gives the mobster, Paul, the smooth veneer of a polished psychopath as he involves Leo deeper in his criminal activities with the lawyer failing to hear any of the most clanging alarm bells. Violence against witnesses, bribery, double books on the waste disposal and the income it generates, none of these bother the counselor a bit. He's not suspicious when Paul offers him tens of thousands over his usual salary, and talk about the illegal storage of toxic hospital waste troubles him not a whit. His beautiful pregnant girlfriend (Aissa Maiga) doesn't push him for riches and Anger's script gives Leo no motivation for his greed and willingness to be a party to criminal corruption. He is pleased that Paul appears to like him and even befriends Paul's enforcer Ben, who is made both sinister and engaging by Samir Guesmi. Eric Caravaca gives an oily touch to the inevitable law officer who comes knocking on Leo's door with the option of giving evidence or going down with the bad guys. The howlers keep coming although delivered with a straight face and only the handsome shape of the production maintains interest. Guillaume Schiffman's cinematography has a classic structure and there's even an old-fashioned montage showing Leo's quick career path. If only Anger the screenwriter had plugged the many gaping holes, Anger the director could be proud of this film, rather than leaving viewers to shake their heads. Venue: Locarno International Film Festival Production company: Sunrise Films Cast: Benoit Magimel, Gilbert Melki, Aissa Maiga, Eric Caravaca, Samir Guesmi, Barbet Schroeder Director/screenwriter: Cedric Anger Producer: Thomas Klotz Director of photography: Guillaume Schiffman Production designer: Antoine Platteau Music: Gregoire Hetzel Costume designer: Marielle Robaut Editor: Simon Jacquet Sales: Snd Groupe M6 No rating, 100 minutes ]]></description>
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