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Breaking: Viacom Gets Victory in YouTube Appeal
As such, the case has been remanded back to the trial court. "We are pleased that the US Court of Appeals has vacated and remanded the District Court's ruling. This balanced decision provides a thoughtful way to distinguish legitimate service providers
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:26P
Michael J. Ritacco pleads guilty
Peter Ackerman/Asbury Park Press - Former Toms River Regional Superintendent Michael J. Ritacco pleaded guilty this morning in federal court to public corruption and tax evasion charges, days before he was scheduled to stand trial.
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:25P
Penn State Sex Scandal: Jerry Sandusky Back In Court
"The defendant submits that his due-process rights will be violated if he is forced to proceed to trial," Amendola previously wrote to the judge. "He cannot adequately prepare and present a defense to those charges." Judge John Cleland said he would
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:25P
Penn State Sex Scandal: Jerry Sandusky Back In Court
"The defendant submits that his due-process rights will be violated if he is forced to proceed to trial," Amendola previously wrote to the judge. "He cannot adequately prepare and present a defense to those charges." Judge John Cleland said he would
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:25P
Prison sentence sought for alleged Dutch pedophile
AMSTERDAM (AP) - Dutch prosecutors demanded a 20-year prison sentence Thursday for a preschool worker accused of sexually abusing dozens of children entrusted to his care, and sharing videos of the molestation with other pedophiles on the Internet.
Updated: 04/05/2012 12:18P
Terror suspect wanted in US seeks trial in Britain
LONDON — A man wanted in the United States on terror charges and held for eight years in a British prison says he is urging UK authorities to put him on trial. Babar Ahmad is accused by the US of running websites used to raise money for terrorists,
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:38A
Sandusky hearing postponed because of ongoing probe
(CNN) -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky briefly appeared in a Pennsylvania courtroom Thursday before the judge adjourned the hearing, saying that court decisions will be postponed because the grand jury investigation is still
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:37A
Arkansas death row inmate seeks new trial
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Updated: 04/05/2012 11:36A
Arkansas death row inmate seeks new trial
AP National News Video More>> Moving day: 101-year-old Mich. woman evicted from foreclosed home gets it back 7 months later More>> Supreme Court takes up key health care law issue: Can the gov't force you to carry insurance?
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:36A
Illinois top court allows suit vs. assault weapon ban
The court ruled that lower courts were wrong to throw out the challenge. The Supreme Court said it wants the trial court to hear evidence on whether assault weapons get the same Second Amendment protections as handguns. Cook County banned the sale or
Updated: 04/05/2012 11:33A