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Criminal Charges Still Stand Against Edwards
(CN) - A federal judge refused to dismiss the criminal case against former Sen. John Edwards at a hearing on Thursday, media outlets in Greensboro, NC, are reporting. The court has not yet released a signed decision accompanying the bench order,
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:06P
Muammar Gaddafi's son Seif al-Islam ready to surrender in International
The offer of surrender raises the prospect of a trial in The Hague which could include new details of the background to the Lockerbie bombing (1988) and murder of policewoman Yvonne Fletcher. Gaddafi, who ruled Libya for 42 years, was captured by the
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:06P
Experts to testify for Michael Jackson's doctor as defence case draws to a close
A prosecutor noted that none of them were being treated for sleep issues, although Causey and others said they didn't believe the allegations against Murray. Defence attorneys have told Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor they expect their case to
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:05P
Manuscript told of preparing fatal dose
Jurors in the trial of a man charged with the attempted murder of his cancer-stricken mother were yesterday told how the accused felt any case against him would "make a mockery of the law" against voluntary euthanasia. Yesterday was the third day of
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:05P
Mom accused in abuse case admits that she's a liar
Ryka Telan Hopper first told jurors in the 213th state district court that she was afraid of her then-boyfriend, Adam Palmer, and had tried to leave after he became abusive. By the end of her testimony under cross-examination by prosecutor Eric Nickols
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:05P
NH high court upholds Brooks murder conspiracy conviction
Jesse Brooks, formerly of Derry, will continue to serve a 15-30-year sentence for recruiting and paying the men who bludgeoned to death 57-year-old Jack Reid at a Deerfield horse farm in 2005. The Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected Brooks'
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:04P
Judge rules suit against Huffington Post can go ahead
Though Huffington has deemed the allegation “ridiculous,” a judge thinks that a lawsuit making that claim is serious enough to go to trial, per a ruling in a New York court Wednesday. Peter Daou and James Boyce, two former political advisers,
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:04P
Detective testifies he believed woman charged in 2001 Iowa shooting was home
A detective who interviewed an Iowa woman the night she killed her 20-year-old neighbor testified Thursday he believed she was telling the truth about defending herself during a home invasion and assault.
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:03P
Bodyguard tells courts oligarch Berezovsky fled country because life was under
Mr Giroud was giving evidence during the fourth week of a trial before Mrs Justice Gloster at the Commercial Court in London. Mr Berezovsky, 65, is suing Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, 45, for billions of pounds.
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:02P
Stratford party violence lands mum in jail
Yesterday, in the New Plymouth District Court, Kerilyn Herewini, 43, and Linda-Lee Pura Whale, 22, were sentenced for the assault which left their victim in hospital for nearly a week. Herewini was found guilty at trial of wounding with intent to cause
Updated: 10/27/2011 12:02P
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