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Androscoggin County prevails in workplace lawsuit
Lisa Levesque looks to her lawyer, Guy Loranger, before the jury entered the courtroom at Androscoggin County Superior Court on Thursday for closing arguments in her civil trial against the county.
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:06A
Judges Denies Attempted Dismissal of Edwards Case
by AP GREENSBORO, NC (AP) — A federal judge in North Carolina has denied an attempt by John Edwards to get criminal charges against him dismissed, clearing the way for a trial to begin next year. US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles ruled
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:06A
Defence experts try to poke holes in prosecution case against Michael
The developments were gleaned at the end of the court day from a transcript of a lengthy private conference with lawyers in the judge's chambers. The new twist means another delay in the trial's conclusion, the judge said, and he worried aloud,
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:05A
Jackson 'Addicted' To Demerol, Court Hears
Michael Jackson had developed an addiction to a powerful pain medicine in the months before his death, according to the late pop star's medical records. A drug addiction specialist told the trial of the doctor accused of killing the King of Pop that he
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:05A
Noose tightens around Rajat Gupta
He entered not guilty plea at his arraignment at a US District court in New York. He is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and five counts of securities fraud. He faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison on the
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:04A
Paedophile faces questions in missing teen's cold case
The notorious Scottish serial killer was found guilty of the nine-year-old's death in Co Antrim 30 years ago -- his fourth conviction for killing children. However, Black, who used his job as a truck driver to carry out his gruesome crimes,
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:03A
Two men go on trial over 2.2m tiger kidnap raid
She told the court the gang tied their arms and ankles with cable ties but they managed to break them and raise the alarm. Opening the State's case, the prosecution told the jury that it would hear evidence that David Byrne, of Old Brazeel Way,
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:03A
New trial requested in murder case
A second motion alleges that the court transcript shows that Mr. Stevenson said at the conclusion of his arguments that “this defendant received 30 years for felony murder.” Mr. Onate was one of four men charged in the 2009 murder of Antonio
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:02A
Pair charged in July double slay
Corbin was ordered held without bail after his arraignment yesterday in West Roxbury District Court, according to a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. He pleaded not guilty. The July 26 murder left Billie Kee, 24 — daughter of
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:01A
Calif. women allege Walmart bias in new lawsuit
The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court seeks to represent what the lawyers said could be as many as 95000 women who have worked in the state's 220 stores sometime between 1998 and when the case goes to trial. It accuses California managers of
Updated: 10/28/2011 12:01A