Curt Anderson

November 10, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By CURT ANDERSON

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September 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A federal judge has ruled that Florida college students cannot be charged higher out-of-state tuition simply because their parents may be in the U.S. illegally.

By Curt Anderson

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January 04, 2010 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A Florida federal judge refuses to delay the prison reporting date for a former Swiss banker-turned-informant who helped launch a massive U.S. tax evasion investigation.U.S. District Judge William Zloch on Monday rejected the delay request from former UBS AG banker Bradley Birkenfeld. He is due to begin serving a sentence of three years and four months on Friday.

By CURT ANDERSON

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January 12, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge on Friday ordered a three-month delay in the start of the terrorism support trial of alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla and two others, in part to allow time for a full evaluation of Padilla's mental competency.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke set a new trial date of April 16, marking the third time the case has been postponed.

By Curt Anderson

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January 15, 2008 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A federal judge refused Tuesday to eliminate a possible life prison sentence for Jose Padilla and two co-defendants convicted of terrorism conspiracy and material support charges.U.S. District Judge Marcia Cooke rejected defense arguments that there was little proof linking Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun and Kifah Wael Jayyousi to actual terrorist attacks or groups.

By CURT ANDERSON

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August 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

By Curt Anderson

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May 09, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - A jury was seated Tuesday to hear evidence in the trial of alleged al-Qaida operative Jose Padilla and two co-defendants on charges of being part of a North American support cell for Islamic extremists around the world.The jury of seven men and five women, plus six alternates, was selected from a final pool of 88 people after nearly a month of individual questioning by a federal judge, prosecutors and defense attorneys.

By Curt Anderson

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April 08, 2009 | Daily Report Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. AP - A Florida accountant charged in a federal tax investigation of Swiss banking giant UBS AG is being released on $12 million bail.A federal magistrate set bail Wednesday for 55-year-old Steven Michael Rubinstein. The Boca Raton accountant is the first U.S. citizen charged in a wide-ranging probe into wealthy Americans' hidden assets at UBS.

By CURT ANDERSON

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September 18, 2007 | Daily Report Online

MIAMI AP - Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of seven men accused of being in the early stages of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices around the country in hopes of inciting a broad anti-government insurrection.U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard said it could take up to two weeks to seat a 12-person jury plus six alternates for a trial that could take three months.

By Curt Anderson

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August 09, 2012 | Daily Report Online

George Zimmerman will seek to have second-degree murder charges dismissed under Florida's "stand your ground" law in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his attorney said Thursday.

By Curt Anderson

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