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DUBAI, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Here are some factors that may affect Middle East stock markets on Tuesday. Reuters has not verified the press reports and does not vouch of their accuracy. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/-3PDvb2I4Sc/idAFL5N0RA01020140909

The petition of the day is: Chappell v. Ayala 13-1428 Issue: Whether a state court’s rejection of a claim of federal constitutional error on the ground that any error, if one occurred, was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt is an “adjudicat[ion] on the merits” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), so that a […]

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept 8 (Reuters) – A U.S. air marshal was undergoing tests in a hospital in Houston after being assaulted in Lagos, Nigeria with a syringe containing an unknown substance, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Monday. Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/dJGXvKT79Ko/idAFL1N0R92P120140908

Would you leave a six-figure salary behind to live in the wilderness without electricity or running water? Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/bkSY6knYgmI/story01.htm

* David Letterman and CBS got smacked with the latest internship class action. To think, poor Paul Shaffer’s been working for free all those years. [Deadline] * Class action could be on the horizon over high-frequency trading. [Wall Street Journal] * Frankly, I don’t know what the problem is. [Washington Post] * You may have […]

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Don’t condescend to the judges on your appellate panel, and try to show up wearing pants… Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/LUvNFo_J-dI/story01.htm

* Infected WHO doctor to be evacuated from Sierra Leone (Adds WHO statement, US and British deployment, MSF comments) Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/AfricaNigeriaNews/~3/1myL0FGrBCA/idAFL5N0R943220140908

Which caption is the best one for this rather strange photo? Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/RRZACyUGgq8/story01.htm

Joe Freeman Britt won’t forgive murder. Or, apparently, people who DON’T commit murder. Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/abovethelaw/~3/E8znwGCK4ik/story01.htm