Recent Updates
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2 New Jersey Terror Suspects to Appear in Court
Court Alerts 06/07/2010Two young New Jersey men are scheduled to appear in federal court in Newark Monday morning on charges of trying to join a terrorist group.The two were arrested Saturday at John F. Kennedy International Airport before they could board separate flights...
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Jury sentences man to death for Nev. coed murder
Court Alerts 06/04/2010A jury sentenced a 28-year-old Nevada man to death for raping and killing a college coed after sexually assaulting two others in Reno more than two years ago.The same Washoe County District Court jury that convicted James Biela (BEEL'-uh) last week d...
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Court: Are medical residents students or employees
Court Alerts 06/02/2010The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to will decide whether student doctors are students or employees when it comes to collecting Social Security taxes.The high court will hear an appeal from the Mayo Clinic of Rochester, Minn., and the University of Min...
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2 men get probation for Big Dig fraud
Court Alerts 05/27/2010Two former managers of a company convicted of supplying substandard concrete to the Big Dig highway project in Boston have avoided prison time for their roles in the scheme.A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced 64-year-old Robert Prosperi of Lynnfie...
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Appeals judges back Los Angeles billboard ban
Court Alerts 05/27/2010A panel of judges has decided that the city of Los Angeles did not violate billboard companies' constitutional rights when it enacted a ban on outdoor ads.The ruling this week by the 9th District Court of Appeals reverses a federal judge's 2008 decis...
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Court to hear Texas death row inmate DNA case
Court Alerts 05/26/2010The justices agreed to hear Henry Skinner's appeal. On March 24, they granted him a stay about an hour before his scheduled execution to give them more time to decide whether to take up his case.In an order issued Monday, the Supreme Court said it de...
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US high court won't hear Microsoft, Alcatel case
Court Alerts 05/25/2010The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Microsoft Corp's appeal in a case that could have reshaped the standards used in court fights to determine if patents have been infringed.Lower courts had found that the date-picker tool in Microsoft's Outlook ...
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Veterans finding service record helps in court
Court Alerts 05/22/2010Courts are increasingly relying on military service records in deciding sentences for veterans accused of crimes.Since 2008, 31 so-called veterans courts have been established to exclusively handle the criminal cases of veterans.Veterans in those cou...
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Woman to be sentenced in Elizabeth Smart case
Court Alerts 05/21/2010State and federal judges on Friday are expected to order prison sentences for the woman who has pleaded guilty to kidnapping in the 2002 abduction of Elizabeth Smart.Wanda Eileen Barzee is set for back-to-back sentencing hearings in U.S. District Cou...
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Times Square car bomb suspect has day in court
Court Alerts 05/19/2010The man accused of plotting to kill Americans with a car bomb in Times Square appeared relaxed and obedient in his first appearance in a Manhattan courtroom, where he was told by a magistrate judge that he had the right to remain silent.Authorities s...
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Supreme Court rejects appeal of "must-carry" rule
Court Alerts 05/17/2010The Supreme Court has declined to take up a challenge from cable television operators to the 18-year-old requirement that they carry local broadcast stations on their systems.The justices rejected an appeal Monday from Cablevision Systems Corp. The c...
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Oak Lawn woman charged with stealing $880K from law firm
Court Alerts 05/14/2010A bounced check for $40 tipped off a Chicago law firm to a trusted employee's scheme that, over nearly seven years, drained more than $880,000 from the firm's bank account, Cook County prosecutors said Wednesday. Joan M. Sanchez, 52, 10445 Linder Ave...