* A federal judge orders Syria to pay $400 million to the families of American military contractors killed in Iraq. [Associated Press]
* If you like podcasts, these are ten of the “can’t miss” legal ones. [Law Technology News]
* National Security Agency officers may have used relaxed eavesdropping rules to listen in on soldiers’ phone sex. [Washington Post]

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* The Ohio State Supreme Court has ruled that an inmate is thin enough to execute. [CNN]
* An art gallery is suing an ex-Enron guy for extortion. And it sounds like shareholders should have a bone to pick with him as well. [Bloomberg]
* Cyrus Sanai strikes again. [National Law Journal]