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Judge asked to unseal documents in Edwards sex-tape lawsuit
John Edwards has given a deposition in the lawsuit of his ex-mistress, Rielle Hunter, against his former aide Andrew Young. (CNN) -- A group of media companies on Wednesday asked a North Carolina judge to unseal court documents in a lawsuit involving
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:04A
Doctors, nurse testify in crippled Lee inmate's lawsuit against jail
His testimony came during the second day of trial in Fields' federal civil rights lawsuit against the jail's medical provider, Tennessee-based Prison Health Services Inc.; Joseph A. Richards Jr., then the physician's assistant; and nurse Bettie Joyce
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:04A
He's the 'Lincoln Lawyer'
It's also the actor's first role as a lawyer since his turn as Jake Brigance in "A Time to Kill" vaulted him to stardom 15 years ago, and McConaughey says the onscreen job suits him. "I always thought I was going to do criminal defense law for a living
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:04A
Beluga Chartering files for insolvency
The company said it has been advised to petition for the opening of bankruptcy proceedings following the discovery of "serious irregularities" relating to its revenues and liquidity. Details of these irregularities have been notified to the relevant
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:04A
Group challenges government-declared day of prayer
Legal papers filed on behalf of the Freedom From Religion Foundation contend such declarations violate the First Amendment, which precludes Congress from approving any law “respecting an establishment of religion.” Attorney Richard Morris said an
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:03A
What's Cooking At Safron's Today?
I'd love to be able to visit and revisit a restaurant before I tell you about it so I can do full justice to the experience and give a better representation of its best attributes. But the fact is that life is short and full of restaurants,
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:03A
Records lawsuit dropped
Criminal defense attorneys Thomas McGuire and Gene Mitchell dropped their lawsuit claiming that the Escambia County Sheriff's Office deleted audio recordings after a deputy stopped County Commissioner Kevin White on a citizen's complaint that he was
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:03A
Records lawsuit dropped
Criminal defense attorneys Thomas McGuire and Gene Mitchell dropped their lawsuit claiming that the Escambia County Sheriff's Office deleted audio recordings after a deputy stopped County Commissioner Kevin White on a citizen's complaint that he was
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:03A
Violent return to a life left behind
Poverty, drugs, guns, and premature death. Those are staples of life, they said, on the tumbledown streets where Meriweather grew up — streets that nearly claimed the Patriots' Pro Bowl safety on Feb. 28, when an early-morning after-party turned
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:03A
Man plotted to murder his friend, court is told
Martin Sugden, 42, held a long-standing grudge against 29-year-old South African fitness instructor Donavan Van Lill and had told a friend he was going to kill him, jurors were told. After his arrest, police found a macabre plan of how Sugden was going
Updated: 03/17/2011 02:02A
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