
Court of Appeals upholds county's indigent defense plan
Thomson Reuters News & Insight
ALBANY, N.Y. (Reuters) - The Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected a Syracuse attorney's claims that Onondaga County's assigned counsel program for indigent defendants usurped the authority of the courts and failed to approve payments for lawyers. Under ...

AFC East draft grades: Geno Smith could save New York Jets
NFL News
Buffalo Bills: General manager Buddy Nix deserves kudos for manipulating the draft board to land four possible first-year starters (Manuel, Robert Woods, Kiko Alonso and Duke Williams) for the Bills -- though the class will ultimately be judged by ...

'Silver Linings Playbook,' NOLA-shot 'Broken City' top today's new crop of DVD ...
NOLA.com
Not only do we get some nice laughs along the way (I'm talking to you, Robert De Niro), but we get an intelligent and inspiring story that stresses the importance of finding the humor amid the prevailing bittersweetness of life. Lagniappe: ... Star ...

Details on how News Corp. split will work
Huffington Post
Robert Thomson, former managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, will become CEO of the publishing company. Murdoch will end up controlling both companies through the nearly 40 percent of Class B voting shares he controls through a family trust ...