Paul Elias

February 14, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Paul Elias

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December 31, 2008 | Daily Report Online

By PAUL ELIAS

5 minute read

November 16, 2010 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - The California Supreme Court weighed in Monday on the politically charged immigration fray when it ruled that illegal immigrants are entitled to the same tuition breaks offered to in-state high school students to attend public colleges and universities.While the ruling applies only to California, the case was closely watched nationally because nine other states, including New York and Texas, have similar laws.

By PAUL ELIAS

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April 24, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market - software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.On Friday, the showdown over the issue will take place in federal court in San Francisco, where an army of lawyers representing Hollywood will argue that RealNetworks Inc.

By PAUL ELIAS

4 minute read

September 01, 2009 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - The man accused of abducting and sexually abusing Jaycee Lee Dugard testified during a previous kidnapping and rape case that he prowled through residential neighborhoods as a Peeping Tom and fantasized about raping women.During his 1977 kidnapping trial, Phillip Garrido also said he leered at girls as young as seven and 10, and he admitted to exposing himself to some of them.

By PAUL ELIAS

7 minute read

February 03, 2010 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - The long legal battle of an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted in an attempted bombing on the millennium has taken another turn after an appeals court threw out his sentence and removed the trial judge from the case.The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Tuesday said Ahmed Ressam's 22-year prison sentence is too lenient.

By PAUL ELIAS

4 minute read

August 03, 2009 | Daily Report Online

By PAUL ELIAS

5 minute read

March 15, 2013 | Daily Report Online

News agency Reuters has suspended with pay a deputy social media editor after he was indicted on federal charges of conspiring with the hacking group Anonymous to deface an online story of the Los Angeles Times.

By Garance Burke and Paul Elias

4 minute read

April 26, 2010 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Chelsea King's parents reluctantly agreed to a sentence of life in prison for their daughter's rapist and killer, calling the death penalty in California "an empty promise."The Kings join a growing list of victims' families, law enforcement officials and other capital punishment proponents who have grown disillusioned with California's death penalty.

By PAUL ELIAS

4 minute read

November 16, 2007 | Daily Report Online

SAN FRANCISCO AP - Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.The indictment unsealed Thursday against baseball's home-run king culminated a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes.

By Paul Elias

5 minute read