Verdict in Oracle-Google trial likely Monday

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A federal jury in San Francisco is expected to deliver at least a partial verdict Monday in a copyright-infringement trial pitting Oracle against Google.

The 12 jurors informed U.S. District Judge William Aslup that they have unanimously agreed on three of the four issues at stake in the opening round of the trial. The jury foreman says there appears to be an impasse on the remaining issue.

Aslup was leaning toward accepting a partial verdict Friday until the foreman mentioned some jurors believe some of the holdouts could change their mind over the weekend.

The jury is debating Oracle Corp.'s allegations that Google Inc. built its popular Android software for mobile devices by stealing some of the technology from Java, a programming platform that Oracle bought two years ago

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Court appearance Monday for JetBlue pilot put off

LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) -- A judge in the case of the JetBlue Airways pilot accused of interfering with a flight crew by disrupting a Las Vegas-bound flight after leaving the cockpit has put off hearings set for Monday.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Clinton E. Averitte granted a motion Friday from Dean Roper, the Amarillo attorney for 49-year-old Clayton Osbon.

Averitte's order allows Osbon to request a preliminary examination and detention hearing later.

Another federal judge Wednesday ordered Osbon undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he's competent for trial and whether he was legally sane March 27 when passengers wrestled him to the floor.

Witnesses said the pilot left the cockpit and ran through the plane's cabin yelling about religion and terrorists.

The plane, en route from New York, made an emergency landing in Amarillo.

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