Judge who ruled on when players can join NBA dies (Seattle Times)

4 July 2008, 10:42 am

Warren J. Ferguson, a federal judge who helped pave the way for viewers to record TV shows on VCRs and for teenage basketball players to join the NBA in a case involving the Seattle SuperSonics, is dead at age 87.... read more

New DVD reviews: 'Drillbit Taylor,' 'My Blueberry Nights,' 'Vantage Point,' 'Mad Men: Season One" (Contra Costa Times)

4 July 2008, 7:25 am

HERE'S ALL YOU need to know about "Drillbit Taylor: Extended Survival Edition": The extras are more fun than the movie — about three nerdy young high schoolers who hire a supposed soldier of fortune (Owen Wilson) to protect them from two older bullies.... read more

Nigeria: Bus Conductor Jailed Three Months for Theft (AllAfrica.com)

4 July 2008, 6:01 am

A magistrate's court sitting in Abuja yester-day sentenced a bus conductor to three months in prison for stealing his master's cell phone and money. He was however given an option of returning the stolen items.... read more

Ex-O.C. judge served on U.S. appeals court (Orange County Register)

3 July 2008, 6:55 pm

Warren J. Ferguson, a judge for more than four decades, died June 25 of congestive heart failure at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton.... read more

ABEYRATNE - ROLAND (Daily News)

3 July 2008, 1:17 pm

Husband of late Muriel, loving father of Rohantha and Roshika, loving father-in-law of Ranjan and beloved grandfather of Rumesha, passed away on 16th June 2008. Funeral service and burial was held at General Cemetery Negombo on 17th June 2008. All those who helped attended the funeral and sent flora... read more

US businessman freed from Chinese jail (AP via Yahoo! News)

3 July 2008, 3:59 am

A Chinese-born U.S. citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison on what his supporters called false tax evasion and fraud charges was released on parole after serving more than half the term, a human rights group said Thursday.... read more

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