Recent Updates
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Court refuses to reconsider Spector's appeal
Court Alerts 05/30/2011An appeals court on Friday refused to reconsider music producer Phil Spector's appeal of his murder conviction, saying there was overwhelming evidence of his guilt. The California 2nd District Court of Appeal panel acknowledged it did not consider an...
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Ala. tried to close home where twisters killed 7
Court Alerts 05/27/2011The government sued last fall to close an assisted living facility where nine elderly, disabled people lived in two double-wide mobile homes parked in a valley miles from the nearest town. Yet the facility was still open April 27, when a tornado smac...
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Deliberations Tuesday in co-op lawyer trial
Court Alerts 05/27/2011Deliberations will resume Tuesday in the felony theft trial of an attorney accused of stealing from a Central Texas electric cooperative. Jurors in Kendall County failed to reach a verdict Thursday in the trial of Walter Demond, who did work for the ...
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CAS postpones appeals hearing in Contador case
Court Alerts 05/26/2011The Court of Arbitration for Sport postponed its hearing in Alberto Contador's doping case on Thursday, meaning the cyclist could compete in the Tour de France before the court issues a ruling.The CAS postponed the June 6-8 hearing, and the case coul...
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Documents: Former cop to plead guilty to ID theft
Court Alerts 05/25/2011A former Anchorage police officer accused of being an illegal immigrant living under a stolen identity plans to plead guilty to federal charges, according to court documents.Mexico-born Rafael Mora-Lopez, who lived for more than two decades in Alaska...
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Lawsuit Alleges Staples Center Is Unsafe
Court Alerts 05/25/2011A lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of the family of Lucas Tang, a 2-year-old who plunged to his death from a skybox after a Lakers game in November. The suit alleges there are unsafe conditions at Staples Center that must be ...
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Texas lawyer wants extra pollution controls nixed
Court Alerts 05/23/2011A lawyer representing the energy industry has filed a petition with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality seeking a relaxation of rules governing air-borne pollution that he says compel Texas businesses to pick up the tab for foreign polluter...
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IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn to plead not guilty
Court Alerts 05/23/2011Former International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn will plead not guilty to sexual assault charges and will be acquitted, his lawyer says. In an interview with Israel's Haaretz newspaper today, Benjamin Brafman said he ...
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Maine lawmaker due in court on gun-threat charges
Court Alerts 05/22/2011A Maine lawmaker charged with pulling a gun in a parking lot confrontation is due in court as a legislative leader seeks to ban him from the State House. Rep. Frederick Ladd Wintle, a Republican from Garland, has been in jail since being charged Satu...
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W.Va. court orders hearing over newspaper sources
Court Alerts 05/20/2011West Virginia's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a newspaper in a dispute over confidential sources, but the decision will soon be eclipsed by a new state law barring disclosure of such sources in most cases. The justices unanimously concluded ear...
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IMF chief resigns, will make new bid for bail
Court Alerts 05/19/2011Hours after Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned from his post as manager of the International Monetary Fund -- saying he felt compelled to focus his energy on the sexual assault charges he faces -- the French politician will try to get out of jail. Behin...
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Nevada High Court Won't Hear OJ Appeal
Court Alerts 05/18/2011The Nevada Supreme Court has declined to hear O.J. Simpson's appeal. Simpson's lawyer lost his bid Tuesday to appeal for his client's freedom before all seven members of the state's highest court. The court issued a terse ruling Tuesday saying it won...