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Judge denies Edwards's bid to dismiss case
US District Court Judge Catherine C. Eagles ruled Thursday that a federal prosecution of Edwards can proceed. He is charged with violating campaign finance laws by secretly using more than $900000 from two wealthy donors to hide the affair,
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:20A
Gangland assassin loses High Court appeal
He also argued evidence had been admitted at Goussis's trial that should not have been. But High Court Justices Kenneth Hayne and Susan Kiefel refused leave to appeal. Goussis was sentenced to life in prison to serve a minimum of 30 years in February
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:17A
Komisarjevsky's mom weeps, laughs when describing killer's childhood
Benedict Komisarjevsky, 63, right, walks with an unidentified woman into New Haven Superior Court before the start of Thursday's proceedings in the second phase of his son's trial in the Cheshire triple-homicide case.
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:16A
CBS 3 Springfield - WSHMClosing arguments set in Conn. murder trial
Entertainment News from AP NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) - A Connecticut jury will be hearing closing arguments in the trial of a man charged with stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death - a crime state lawmakers cited when they strengthened laws against
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:15A
DNA credited in arrest for '01 home invasion
But a DNA profile from the scene was added in 2003 to the Combined DNA Index System, better known as CODIS — eight years later, a hit. While similar plots play out on television, it is the first time a cold case has come to such a conclusion for
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:10A
Moran shooter runs out of appeals
The High Court refused to grant Evangelous Goussis, 41, special leave to appeal his conviction and sentence, saying there were no legal issues raised by the case. Goussis fatally shot Moran as he cowered in a corner of the packed Brunswick Club in
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:09A
Youth to face murder trial
A YOUTH will stand trial in the Supreme Court over the murder of market gardener Tuyet Van Do, while one of his co-accused will attempt to have their case thrown out. Two youths, 17 and 18, who cannot be named, appeared in the Youth Court today charged
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:08A
Judge says blood drawn from David Bisard after a fatal accident in 2010 can be
9:10 am A simple blood test has caused a year of headaches for the Marion County prosecutor's office. The test shows that suspended Indianapolis police officer David Bisard's blood-alcohol content was 0.19 -- more than twice the level at which people
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:08A
KUSI News Weather Sports San Diego Prosecutors: DNA ties man to Calif. girl's
(AP) - A man charged with kidnapping and killing a 17-year-old Southern California girl was linked to the case through DNA, prosecutors said Thursday. DNA collected from Jesse Perez Torres, 35, after a previous arrest for investigation of domestic
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:08A
Court favors Stefani in text message case
COMPILED FROM REPORTS BY JOE SWICKARD AND AP The Michigan Supreme Court refused Thursday to lengthen lawyer Mike Stefani's 30-day suspension for ignoring a court order in obtaining text messages that led to the resignation of Detroit Mayor Kwame
Updated: 10/28/2011 02:08A
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