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Trial to begin today in kidnapping and beating of man on St. Croix
CROIX - Jury selection and trial for a man charged in connection with a 2010 kidnapping and assault has been scheduled to begin today in VI Superior Court. Ezekiel Bradshaw was arrested and charged with kidnapping, third-degree assault, disturbance of
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:11P
Hung jury in Nicollette Sheridan's 'Desperate Housewives' case
By HARRIET RYAN LOS ANGELES - Four years after a sweeps week audience watched Edie Britt, the vampy real estate agent in "Desperate Housewives," draw her last breath, a Los Angeles jury said Monday it could not decide the cause of her death.
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:10P
Ex-Investment Adviser Allen Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
His trial was set to begin March 27 before Batts. He said today in court that he betrayed his fiduciary duty to his employers by passing the tips to his friend, John Bennett, an independent film producer. Bennett pleaded guilty to insider trading
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:09P
Ex-Investment Adviser Allen Pleads Guilty to Insider Trading
His trial was set to begin March 27 before Batts. He said today in court that he betrayed his fiduciary duty to his employers by passing the tips to his friend, John Bennett, an independent film producer. Bennett pleaded guilty to insider trading
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:09P
Most jurors sided with Sheridan in 'Desperate Housewives' case
Eight jurors –- one short of the nine required for a verdict in civil court –- sided with Sheridan's claim that she was written off the show because she complained that the program's creator, Marc Cherry, struck her on the head during a 2008 rehearsal.
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:06P
Most jurors sided with Sheridan in 'Desperate Housewives' case
Eight jurors –- one short of the nine required for a verdict in civil court –- sided with Sheridan's claim that she was written off the show because she complained that the program's creator, Marc Cherry, struck her on the head during a 2008 rehearsal.
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:06P
Zawahiri's brother acquitted in new trial
CAIRO: An Egyptian military court on Monday acquitted the brother of al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed al-Zawahiri, overturning a death sentence in a new trial, his lawyer and his son told AFP. The court also acquitted Mohammed Islambouli,
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:04P
Zawahiri's brother acquitted in new trial
CAIRO: An Egyptian military court on Monday acquitted the brother of al Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Mohammed al-Zawahiri, overturning a death sentence in a new trial, his lawyer and his son told AFP. The court also acquitted Mohammed Islambouli,
Updated: 03/19/2012 06:04P
Lawyer accused of conspiring to get witness to lie
David Dunn, 42, was arrested on the day his client's first-degree murder trial was to start in Wayne County Circuit Court. He was charged with conspiracy to commit perjury in a capital trial, two counts of witness interference, two counts of
Updated: 03/19/2012 05:58P
Wareham District Court closing off table, though safety may suffer
By Matt Murphy After enduring years of funding cuts, the Massachusetts Trial Court's top administrator Robert Mulligan on Monday said court closures were not on the table, but an increase in funding would be necessary to maintain service standards and
Updated: 03/19/2012 05:57P