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San Antonio: As lawyers frantically tried to file the last-minute appeal that could have halted the execution of a death row inmate, the Texas judge who oversaw the only court who could hear it was preparing to shut the doors for the day. "We close at 5," Judge Sharon Keller told a court staffer on September 25, 2007. The appeal was never heard, and four hours later, convicted killer Michael Wayne Richard was executed. Now it is Keller who will be before a judge, facing charges that could end her career in a special trial that was set to begin yesterday in San Antonio. Denying the rights of a condemned man is among five judicial misconduct charges that Keller, the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is up against. Keller is the highest-ranking judge in Texas to be put on trial by the state Commission on Judicial Conduct. The judge overseeing the trial will submit a report to the commission, which could dismiss the charges, issue a censure

Mexico City: Mexico has replaced all 700 of its customs inspectors with agents newly trained to detect contraband, from guns and drugs to TVs and other big-ticket appliances smuggled to avoid import duties. The shake-up - part of a broader effort to root out corruption and improve vigilance at Mexican ports with new technology - doubled the size of Mexico's customs inspection force. The inspectors at all 49 of Mexico's customs points were replaced with 1,400 better-educated agents who have undergone background checks and months of training, Tax Administration Service spokesman Pedro Canabal said on Sunday. He said the inspectors were not fired. Instead, government did not rehire them when their contracts expired, Canabal said. The main focus of the overhaul is to combat tax evasion, although Mexico is also trying to seize more guns smuggled in from the United States and elsewhere that end up in the hands of ruthless drug gangs. Mexican cartels are responsibl

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past year, you have undoubtedly heard of the latest web craze, Twitter. This very popular micro-blogging and social networking site allows users to follow one another and update their status via “Tweets.” Each Tweet is visible to all of that person’s followers and anyone else that somehow comes across his or her profile. It’s a really simple concept, and it may seem far-fetched that anyone could actually make money from a short 160 character post about what they ate for lunch or a bad movie that they just watched. However, this simplicity has actually proven to be a remarkably powerful marketing tool, and Twitter has now taken the internet world by storm. Whether you are a professional blogger or internet marketer, or a college kid or house mom trying to make a few extra bucks, Twitter is an excellent resource that cannot be overlooked as a means of making money online. Countless programs have emerged that provide users with easy ways of m

Most of us know Craigslist as the biggest classified website on internet where we can find items we want on cheap prices. But there are very few people who actually know how to make money online with Craigslist. In this small guide, you will be presented with some easy ways to make money with Craigslist: Sell items on Craigslist - this is the best method if you need some instant cash. Spend some time in your house, office and garage and find items that are of no use for you. If you have a big list of such waste items, make that list for sale on Craigslist. When someone agrees to buy your items with the prices you specified, you will be able to make some cash in exchange of waste items. Buying and reselling items - another way to make money online with Craigslist is buying items at cheap rates from wherever you can find and then resell them on Craigslist with some profit. And the key to get maximum profit from Craigslist is going for items that are in high demand and where there is big