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Iceland's former prime minister becomes first world leader to go on trial for
Prosecutors opened the case on Monday at the Landsdomur, a special court being convened for the first time in Iceland's history. Part of their case hinges on a charge that Haarde failed to implement recommendations that a government committee had drawn
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:40P

Same-Sex Custody Battle in Florida Could Change Law
Likewise, the court case could provoke national debate on the definition of motherhood. Two women in the Sunshine State, identified only by initials, had been engaged in a relationship together for nine years when one of them donated an egg to be
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:39P

Evansville man sentenced to three years in arson case
White appeared in US District Court at Evansville on Monday where Chief Judge Richard L. Young sentenced him to three years in prison and two years of supervised release. Assistant US Attorney Matthias Onderak said federal sentencing guidelines
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:39P

Judge: NY Mets owe up to $83 million to trustee recovering money for Madoff
5, 2009 file photo, Bernard Madoff leaves US District Court after a bail hearing in New York. A judge has ruled that owners of the New York Mets owe up to $83 million to the trustee... (Associated Press) US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff issued his
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:39P

Gentz Arraigned in Bashara Homicide
She received discovery in the case during the arraignment Monday and said she had not had a chance to go through it. She held up the file, which is already about as thick as an average text book. Gentz is due back in court March 16.
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:38P

KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Jury selection under way in Virginia
The trial is being held in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christianburg. University officials will be asked to defend their actions of April 16, 2007, when a student gunman killed 32 people and then himself on the Blacksburg campus.
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:38P

KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Jury selection under way in Virginia
The trial is being held in Montgomery County Circuit Court in Christianburg. University officials will be asked to defend their actions of April 16, 2007, when a student gunman killed 32 people and then himself on the Blacksburg campus.
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:38P

Ala. gambling trial jury deliberates for 5th day
(AP) The jury in Alabama's gambling corruption trial deliberated for a fifth day Monday, with a juror who became ill Sunday returning for the day's talks. Deliberations were cut short Sunday afternoon when a juror with a known blood pressure problem
Updated: 03/05/2012 04:13P

Horrifying details of alleged murder of Tori Stafford laid bare for jury
Accused Michael Rafferty is shown in court in London, Ont., Monday, March 5, 2012 in this artist's sketch. The trial of Rafferty, 31, began Monday nearly three years after Victoria Stafford disappeared outside her elementary school in Woodstock, Ont.,
Updated: 03/05/2012 03:41P

Tehelka case: Jaitly, 2 more to go on trial
A Delhi court on Monday ordered the trial of former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly and two others for allegedly taking bribes to influence a “fictitious” defence deal in 2000. Their trial will begin on April 20 with the recording of statements by
Updated: 03/05/2012 03:40P