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The Bay Area's battered home-building market slumped in October compared with the same month a year ago -- but residential construction surged in the South Bay while it fell in the East Bay and San Francisco-San Mateo-Marin region, a survey released
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:59P
New Bedford man acquitted of setting woman on fire
Michael A. Barboza, 49, was found not guilty Tuesday of mayhem and witness intimidation following a two-day bench trial in front of Fall River Superior Court Judge Gary Nickerson. Barboza's lawyer, Jack Atwood, said the judge acquitted Barboza after
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:58P
CBS Atlanta 46Va. appeals court overturns SC murder conviction
(AP) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday tossed out the conviction of a South Carolina man who has spent most of the last 29 years on death row, ruling his trial attorneys failed to challenge forensic evidence that could have exonerated him in the
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:57P
US plea deal: woman to hand over daughter
The final agreement is expected to be signed in court Tuesday. After that, the case will be held open for three years, after which the felony charge will be reduced to a misdemeanor if the woman adheres to the court orders. After the couple filed for
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:54P
Judges to redraw Miss. congressional district lines
Jolly said the court would listen to comments filed by Dec. 12, then draw a map and see if anyone objected. A hearing could follow if objections are filed. Michael Wallace, the lawyer for the state GOP, said there was no reason to have a new trial,
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:53P
Prosecutors, Bella's lawyers ordered to keep mum on case
Truya said the order issued by Regional Trial Court (RTC) Judge Ester Veloso of Branch 6 applies until the court finishes hearing the testimonies of the two children. Santos' lawyer Julius Caesar Entice yesterday cross-examined a 12-year-old girl who
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:50P
Aloguinsan row: 34 people plead not guilty
They were arraigned on charges of resisting arrest and direct assault before Regional Trial Court Judge Hermes Montero of Branch 59 in Toledo City. The protestors were assisted by lawyers Ian Manticajon, Kim Mendoza and Alfonso Cinco.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:50P
AP: Conviction of Sarah Palin hacker cost $29000 in travel expenses
The government paid nearly $2500 for Sarah Palin's husband to come to the trial of a Tennessee college student who hacked into her email — even though Todd Palin never testified, court records show. In all, the government paid more than $29000 to fly
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:50P
Libya unveils regionally diverse cabinet
Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that Saif al-Islam Gadhafi could be tried inside Libya as long as the trial complies with ICC standards. Libyan officials have promised a fair trial but the country still has the death penalty on its books, whereas the severest
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:48P
NH court upholds conviction of Yankees fan in murder case
The court said the record of the trial indicates the woman appreciated her duty to testify truthfully. Public defender Pamela Phelan, who represented Hernandez on appeal, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment. ivonnehernandez . jpg.
Updated: 11/22/2011 06:47P
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