Recent Updates
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Court won't reconsider tax targeting nude bars
Court Alerts 10/13/2010The Supreme Court won't stop Utah from enacting a tax that hits only adult-oriented businesses.The high court on Tuesday refused to hear an appeal from Denali, LLC, which wanted to overturn a decision by the Utah Supreme Court.That court upheld a 200...
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NY engineer admits he let passenger in train booth
Court Alerts 10/12/2010A former engineer for a New York commuter railroad has pleaded guilty to official misconduct after admitting he allowed a passenger into the control booth.Ronald Cabrera entered the guilty plea Tuesday in Nassau County Court. He was fined $500 and or...
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Court: Does terrorism law apply to wife attack?
Court Alerts 10/12/2010The Supreme Court will decide whether an anti-terrorism law should have been used to prosecute a jealous woman who tried to harm her husband's mistress with deadly chemicals.The high court on Tuesday agreed to hear an appeal from Carol Anne Bond of L...
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Pa. woman in Boston bridal scam pleads guil
Court Alerts 10/08/2010A Pittsburgh woman has pleaded guilty to allegations she defrauded advertisers and exhibitors out of thousands of dollars with a fake bridal show in Boston.Prosecutors are recommending a five-year prison sentence for Karen Tucker, who pleaded guilty ...
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Court asked to OK new Hanford cleanup schedule
Court Alerts 10/07/2010State and federal agencies asked a federal judge Wednesday to approve a new cleanup schedule for the Hanford nuclear reservation, the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons site.The motion filed by the U.S. Department of Energy and the state Departme...
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Court: Make records public in friars' sex cases
Court Alerts 10/01/2010A California appeals court ruled Thursday that psychiatric and other confidential records of Franciscan friars accused of sex abuse should be made public.The ruling from the 2nd District Court of Appeal is significant for clergy abuse victims who hav...
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Court hears appeal in 'West Memphis Three' case
Court Alerts 09/30/2010A lawyer for one of the three men convicted of killing three 8-year-old Cub Scouts in West Memphis told the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday that new scientific evidence in the case merits reopening his client's case.Damien Echols has maintained hi...
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Woman due in Washington court in acid hoax case
Court Alerts 09/29/2010The Washington state woman who falsely claimed a stranger threw acid in her face is due in court in what will be her first public appearance since she held a hospital press conference nearly a month ago with her head swathed in bandages.Bethany Storr...
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Conn. lawyer called to court over remarks to media
Court Alerts 09/28/2010A judge has ordered an attorney for one of two Connecticut men charged with killing a mother and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion to explain why he shouldn't face criminal contempt proceedings after speaking out about the case.New Haven Supe...
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NY wife-killing case back in court after hung jury
Court Alerts 09/27/2010The case of a New York man accused of killing his wife and incinerating her in an oil drum is going back to court.Opening arguments in the retrial of Werner Lippe of Cortlandt, N.Y., are set for Monday at the Westchester County Courthouse.Lippe confe...
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Man pleads guilty to double murder
Court Alerts 09/27/2010A man has pleaded guilty to murdering a woman and her 11-year-old son.Polish national Krystian Krysztof Rozek, 27, admitted killing Monika Wasko, 29, and her son Patryk in a knife attack at their home in Cae Hir, Flint, North Wales, where he had been...
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York County man pleads guilty in fraud case
Court Alerts 09/23/2010A York County IT consultant and a Maryland executive have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud and criminal forfeiture, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Donald J. Cochran Jr., 44, of New Park and David B. Bossi, 43, of Phoenix, M...