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Salisbury Stent Doctor Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
Entertainment News from AP BALTIMORE- Cardiologist John R. McLean, 59 of Salisbury, was sentenced Thursday afternoon in district court to 97 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for six health care fraud offenses.
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:02P
Landis convicted by French court
Neither Barker nor Landis was present for the trial and both are subject to international arrest warrants. Prosecutors accused the pair of using the stolen documents to prepare their legal challenge to the failed Tour de France disqualification.
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:02P
Judge agrees to have terror suspect's sanity examined
In addition, defense attorneys also filed court records this week saying they would use an insanity defense. Just hours after the prosecution's motion, US District Court Judge Sam Cummings granted both motions. Aldawsari was arrested in February.
Updated: 11/10/2011 08:00P
In health-care ruling, precedent trumped politics
Judges should never decide a case based on personal beliefs or political preferences. Yet as challenges to the health-care law made their way through the courts, a disturbing pattern emerged: Democratic-appointed trial judges were more likely to uphold
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:57P
Villegas Hearing Concludes With New Arguments
Spencer also showed evidence that the state had lied to Villegas' jury claiming three bullet wounds killed Armondo Laso, but only two did. The judge hearing the case now has to decide if he will recommend a new trial to the Texas Court of Appeals.
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:56P
Conservatives end four years of denials, pleading guilty to election finance
After four years of denying any wrongdoing, the federal Conservative Party and its fundraising arm has pleaded guilty to overspending on advertising in the 2006 election campaign and violating
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:53P
Ex-postal worker: didn't know about theft charge
As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa — A former Iowa postal worker acknowledged Thursday that he
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:53P
Brockton: Trial recessed for weekend in Marshfield hate crime trial
A Brockton Superior Court Judge has released a 14-member jury for the weekend, in the case of three people charged with beating and kicking a person along Route 139 in Marshfield, which police at the time termed a racially motivated
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:52P
Appeals Court Calls Oddone Sentence 'Excessive,' Reduces Sentence By Five Years
An appeals court has rejected an appeal for a new trial by Anthony Oddone, the golf caddy who was convicted of first-degree manslaughter for the 2008 killing of a bouncer at a Southampton Village tavern—but the
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:52P
Israeli supreme court upholds ex-president's rape conviction
The court's decision Thursday sealed a long and sordid episode that began while Katsav still was president, a distinguished if mostly ceremonial position he held from 2000 to 2007. Katsav, 65, was convicted in a district court in December of raping an
Updated: 11/10/2011 07:52P
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