Meagan Johnson

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• Aug 9, 2011

  Warren Jeffs Trial: Polygamist Sentenced to Life in Prison

  After deliberating only 30 minutes, jurors returned a verdict sentencing the polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs to life in prison. Last week, Jeffs was convicted of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old and a 15-year-old who were his "spiritual wives."

• Aug 9, 2011

  Court Rules Delaware School Board's Prayer Policy Unconstitutional

  The U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed a lower-court ruling and held the Indian River School District’s practice of praying at scheduled meetings, which were often attended by students, was unconstitutional under the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

• Aug 9, 2011

  Jury to Begin Deliberating Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs' Sentence

  Closing arguments will begin Tuesday morning in the sentence hearing of Warren Jeff’s trial. The state and defense will have 30 minutes to present closing arguments and thereafter, the jurors are scheduled to deliberate.

• Aug 8, 2011

  Japan's Tsunami Caused Antarctica Iceberg Twice the Size of Manhattan

  Scientists have long suspected icebergs to be a link with earthquakes and now a paper published online today in the Journal of Glaciology, marks the first direct observation of the connection between tsunamis and icebergs.

• Aug 8, 2011

  New York Sergeants Entitled to Overtime Pay, Says Federal Appeals Court

  After being misclassified for more than a decade, thousands of New York City Police Department sergeants will be eligible for overtime pay, ruled a federal appeals court on Friday.

• Aug 8, 2011

  Verizon Strike Continues for Second Day

  Verizon workers continued to strike on Monday, as 75 workers showed up at the company's headquarters in Manhattan.

• Aug 8, 2011

  Warren Jeffs Trial: Polygamist Heard Giving Instructions to Girls on Sex

  The sentencing hearing for convicted polygamist leader Warren Jeffs continued Monday with prosecutors producing evidence of a tape revealing Jeffs giving explicit sexual instructions to a group of girls. Jeffs, leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, can be heard on the tape instructing the girls to "set aside inhibition and reservation."