Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years

Australian writer Harry Nicolaides has been sentenced to three years.

Nicolaides wrote a novel 4 years ago. This novel contained a brief passage referring to an unnamed crown prince. It was sold just 7 copies.

Nicolaides admitted the charge of insulting the royal family, but said he was unaware he was committing an offence.

Thailand's monarchy is sheltered from public debate by the world most stringent lese-majeste laws.

Harry Nicolaides was arrested when he was leaving the country. It was in August.

His self-published book "Verisimilitude", was hardly well-received. The only copy which is still known to exist sits on the shelf of the Thai National Library, and is available to the public.

Nicolaides pleaded guilty to the charges against him at Bangkok's Criminal Court on Monday, Jan 19.

Brooklyn Man Was Cited for “Drinking in Public”

A Brooklyn man was cited for “drinking in public” while sitting on the stoop of his Prospect Heights home is now fighting the charge. The law in question seems to be up for some serious interpretation.

The city’s open-container law prohibits anyone from drinking an alcoholic beverage, or possessing and intending to drink from an open container containing an alcoholic beverage, “in any public place.” The law defines a public place as one “to which the public or a substantial group of persons has access, including, but not limited to,” a sidewalk, street or park.

Exceptions include drinking at a block party or “similar function for which a permit has been obtained” as well as premises licensed for the sale and consumption of alcohol. The punishment for violations is a fine of no more than $25 or imprisonment of up to five days, or both.

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A jury of 10 men was charged

A jury of 10 men was charged with the solemn duty of deciding whether the design on the back pocket of Abercrombie & Fitch women’s jeans infringed on Levi’s arcuate stitching trademark. The men of the jury deliberated for three hours and found that they weren’t confused by the back-pocket patterns, handing Levi’s a loss in its native San Francisco.

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Heller Dissolution

A landlord for defunct Heller Ehrman has won a key court ruling that means bankruptcy is now likely, according to attorneys who have dealt with similar cases. The ruling freezes part of Heller's assets for the landlord and leaves other unsecured creditors at a disadvantage.

Caroline Kennedy said two events shaped her decision

Caroline Kennedy said two events shaped her decision to ask Gov. David Paterson to consider her for the position if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is confirmed as secretary of state: the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and her work for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.

In her first sit-down interview since she emerged as a Senate hopeful, the 51-year-old daughter of President John F. Kennedy cited her father's legacy in explaining her decision to seek to serve alongside her uncle Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy. "Many people remember that spirit that President Kennedy summoned forth," she said. "Many people look to me as somebody who embodies that sense of possibility. I'm not saying that I am anything like him, I'm just saying there's a spirit that I think I've grown up with that is something that means a tremendous amount to me."She also credited her mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, with giving her the courage to seek the job. "I think my mother ... made it clear that you have to live life by your own terms and you have to not worry about what other people think and you have to have the courage to do the unexpected," she said. Since Kennedy expressed interest in the job, she has faced sometimes sharp criticism that she cut in line ahead of politicians with more experience and has acted as if she were entitled to it because of her political lineage. More than a half-dozen elected officials are vying for the seat, including New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and several members of Congress.

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Caroline Kennedy's Wealth

Last year, Caroline Kennedy was promoting "A Family Christmas," her collection of essays. This year, after warily stepping into the political free-for-all for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's job, Kennedy's activities during the holiday season included fending off requests to disclose financial information.
The calls for Kennedy to release her financial information, required of many public officials.
By all accounts a wealthy woman could be worth as much as $400 million. Kennedy has said she will not release details of her finances unless Democratic Gov. David Paterson picks her for the Senate seat.
Before she announced her interest in Clinton's Senate seat, the 51-year-old lawyer, author, wife and mother had been largely invisible to most Americans. They knew her better as the precocious preschooler from John F. Kennedy's administration.
Kennedy has spent most of her life in New York since her father's 1963 assassination, and has had a varied professional life.
A graduate of Harvard and Columbia University Law School, she does not practice law. She has co-authored books on the Bill of Rights and the right to privacy. Her other books are about Christmas, patriotism the favorite poems of her mother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Most of the books were best-sellers.
Estimates of Kennedy's wealth vary. The Daily News added up assets in the public record and came up with a net worth that tops $100 million. But in his 2007 book "American Legacy: The Story of John and Caroline Kennedy," author C. David Heymann estimated that Kennedy is worth more than $400 million.

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46 MILLION AMERICANS ARE UNINSURED

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