Recent Updates
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U.S. top court to rule on California video game law
Court Alerts 04/26/2010The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether a California law banning the sale and rental of violent video games to minors violated constitutional free-speech rights, the first time it will consider a video game case.The justices agr...
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Texas tries to block gay divorce in appeals court challenge
Court Alerts 04/22/2010A lawyer for a Dallas man trying to divorce the man he married in Massachusetts told a Texas appeals court Wednesday that his client is entitled to a divorce because he had a valid marriage.But the Texas Attorney General's Office argued before the th...
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Court splits sharply on campus Christian argument
Court Alerts 04/20/2010The Supreme Court seemed to split sharply Monday on whether a law school can deny recognition to a Christian student group that won't let gays join, a case that could determine whether nondiscrimination policies trump the rights of private organizati...
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Wash. deputy sues over Whopper with spit
Court Alerts 04/15/2010A sheriff's deputy in Washington state is suing Burger King and a franchise operator over a Whopper he says a worker spit on.Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Edward Bylsma (BILZ-muh) says in the lawsuit that he stopped for a meal at a Vancouver, Wash., ...
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Wichita Bookkeeper Sentenced For Embezzling From Law Firm
Court Alerts 04/14/2010A bookkeeper in Wichita has been sentenced to four years and three months in federal prison for embezzling more than $948,000 from a law firm where she worked.Thirty-four-year-old Vicki J. Olivarez pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of writing check...
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Mich. woman pleads no contest to murdering 4 teens
Court Alerts 04/13/2010The woman accused of killing four Lake Shore High School teens in a car crash last year pleaded no contest this morning to four counts each of second-degree murder and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, causing death. Frances Dingle, 48, of Mount...
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Calif. man pleads guilty to posing as Navy officer
Court Alerts 04/13/2010Prosecutors say a California man who posed as a military officer and sought donations that he claimed would help wounded veterans has pleaded guilty to federal fraud charges in the scam.Sixty-year-old James Barbee of Pacific Grove pleaded guilty to f...
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SoCal federal court to hear Toyota lawsuits
Court Alerts 04/12/2010A federal judge in Southern California was chosen Friday to preside over more than 200 lawsuits filed against Toyota in the aftermath of the automaker’s sudden acceleration problems, which could potentially mushroom into one of the nation’s biggest p...
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North Dakota decisions end Fighting Sioux nickname
Court Alerts 04/09/2010The Fighting Sioux nickname is gone for good at the University of North Dakota.On Thursday, decisions by North Dakota's Supreme Court and Board of Higher Education led to the retirement of the long-disputed nickname.The court ruled that the board had...
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US court rules against FCC on `net neutrality'
Court Alerts 04/06/2010A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission lacks the authority to require broadband providers to give equal treatment to all Internet traffic flowing over their networks.The ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals fo...
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Drug lab suspect in Calif. court for other case
Court Alerts 04/06/2010A former technician accused of skimming drugs from San Francisco's crime lab has appeared in court for an unrelated drug case.Deborah Madden pleaded not guilty Monday to a felony cocaine possession charge in San Mateo County Superior Court.The case i...
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Triple Murder Suspect Tries to Plead Guilty
Court Alerts 04/05/2010One of the suspects in a brutal Connecticut home invasion that left a mother and her two daughters dead has asked a judge to allow him to plead guilty, but his lawyers objected due to concerns over his mental state. Steven Hayes asked to plead guilty...