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No Conviction for Student in Terror Case. Follow-up to an April NY Times article.

Handing the government a stinging defeat, a jury acquitted a Saudi graduate student on Thursday of charges that he had used his computer expertise to help Muslim terrorists raise money and recruit followers.

“I hope the message is that the First Amendment is important and meaningful in this country,” said David Nevin, a lawyer for the student, Sami Omar Al-Hussayen.

No charges for mayor over gay marriages. Booyah.

A New Paltz judge yesterday dismissed criminal charges against Mayor Jason West for performing a slew of gay marriages earlier this year, a decision the Ulster County district attorney said he would immediately appeal.

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