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Report: Proposed settlement reached in Monsanto case
The trial began on Jan. 3 after attorneys for Monsanto and the plaintiffs could not come to a settlement. According to complaints filed in the Putnam court in October 2007, during the years that Monsanto was operating its trichlorophenol plant,
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:07P
Judge denies bid for bail by Michael Jackson doctor
Conrad Murray's lawyer asked for his release pending appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction, but Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said he saw little chance that Murray would prevail in getting his case overturned.
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:05P
House Republican Group Files Appeal Of DOMA Ruling
US District Judge Jeffrey White declared the measure unconstitutional in the case of a federal appeals court staff member, Karen Golinski, who wants to enroll her wife in her employer's health plan. Golinski was barred from obtaining employee health
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:03P
Jury deliberating in SUV rollover case
4:30 pm The jury began deliberating today in a Toyota 4Runner rollover civil case in Hattiesburg's US District Court that pits a Jones County family against the Toyota Motor Corporation. Wayne, Mary and Will Graves filed the lawsuit against Toyota
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:02P
Plea deal pending in St. Mary School embezzlement case
In exchange for her pleas, three more identical charges and two counts of perjury in a non-court proceeding will be dismissed. Charlevoix County Prosecuting Attorney John Jarema said another condition of the plea agreement is that Veryser agrees to pay
Updated: 02/24/2012 03:00P
Jury deliberates in triple killing case
(AP) - A federal jury has begun deliberating in the trial of a man charged in the killings of three people in Bridgeport in what police say was a drug turf dispute. Twenty-nine-year-old Efrain Johnson is on trial in federal court in New Haven.
Updated: 02/24/2012 02:58P
Judge rejects attorney's plea to release Jackson doctor on bail
(Associated Press) Conrad Murray's lawyer asked for his release pending appeal of his involuntary manslaughter conviction, but Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor said he saw little chance that Murray would prevail in getting his case overturned.
Updated: 02/24/2012 02:58P
Dr Conrad Murray denied bail
Murray appealed his conviction in December on the grounds that he received an unfair trial. He has been requesting that the court release him on bail while he awaits the decision on his case from the court of appeals. TMZ reports that Murray's petition
Updated: 02/24/2012 02:54P
US militia leader: 'If I kill their wives and children, so be it'
The tape of Hutaree leader David Stone was played Thursday in US District Court in Detroit. He's one of seven militia members from Michigan, Indiana and Ohio charged with conspiring to commit sedition, or rebellion. Stone said on the tape that after
Updated: 02/24/2012 02:49P
Mueller trial begins Tuesday
The court trial for Simon Christopher Mueller, who has been charged with criminal sexual conduct, began Tuesday morning. Mueller's attorney Douglas Bayley and Assistant Goodhue County Attorney Erin Kuester both gave opening arguments with First
Updated: 02/24/2012 02:48P
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