http://www.mail.com/subjects/1656-legal-proceedings.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.23/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/1656-legal-proceedings.html http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862138-apnewsbreak-family-sues-minn-office-attack.html MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The family of a man who was among six people gunned down at his Minneapolis office last year is suing the company, claiming it botched the firing of the employee who carried out the attack and should have known from his work history that he was potentially dangerous. The lawsuit being filed on behalf of Jacob Beneke's family is the firs... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 20:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1862138-apnewsbreak-family-sues-minn-office-attack.html 2013-02-01T20:35:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html MUMBAI, India (AP) — An attorney says Indian movie star Salman Khan will be tried for homicide for his alleged involvement in a fatal road accident more than 10 years ago. If convicted he faces up to 10 years in jail. Deepesh Mehta, Khan's lawyer, says a magistrate on Thursday accepted an appeal by state government prosecutors that he should be charged wi... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:30:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862844-indian-film-star-faces-homicide-charge.html 2013-02-01T19:30:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Friday dismissed criticism of Chuck Hagel's hesitant congressional testimony and insisted that it expects the Senate to confirm him as defense secretary. One day after Hagel was roughed up in a grueling confirmation hearing, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Hagel did a "fine job" and the Obama administration would... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1861220-white-house-hagel-will-win-senate-confirmation.html 2013-02-01T18:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862394-woman-who-received-stolen-hilton-jacket-sentenced.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who pleaded no contest to receiving a jacket stolen from Paris Hilton received three years of supervised probation on Friday in a sentence described by a judge as lenient due to missteps by a police officer. Courtney Leigh Ames is one of a group of young adults accused of burglarizing celebrities' homes and stealing more than $3... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:08:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1862394-woman-who-received-stolen-hilton-jacket-sentenced.html 2013-02-01T17:08:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861756-milan-court-convicts-3-americans-cia-kidnapping.html MILAN (AP) — A Milan appeals court on Friday vacated acquittals for a former CIA station chief and two other Americans, and instead convicted them in the 2003 abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect from a Milan street as part of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. The decision means that all 26 Americans tried in absentia for the abduction now hav... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 17:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1861756-milan-court-convicts-3-americans-cia-kidnapping.html 2013-02-01T17:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862208-russian-judge-fired-falling-asleep-court.html MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian judge has been fired after he caught 40 winks in court and then sentenced an outraged defendant to five years in prison. Judge Yevgeny Makhno of Blagoveshchensk City Court in Russia's Far East was forced to resign Friday for obviously falling asleep several times while trying a businessman on charges of fraud. The case became a nat... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1862208-russian-judge-fired-falling-asleep-court.html 2013-02-01T15:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861896-law-firm-phoenix-lawyer-dies-shooting-wounds.html PHOENIX (AP) — A lawyer wounded by a gunman in a Phoenix office shooting this week has become the second victim to die in the attack, authorities said Friday. Mark Hummels, 43, had been on life support at a Phoenix hospital after Wednesday morning's shooting that killed a company's chief executive and left a woman with non-life threatening injuries. Humme... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 21:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1861896-law-firm-phoenix-lawyer-dies-shooting-wounds.html 2013-02-01T21:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861918-teenage-hacker-sentenced-uk-cyber-attacks.html LONDON (AP) — A British court has sentenced a teenage hacker to youth rehabilitation after he and other members of the Anonymous movement carried out cyber-attacks targeting financial sites like PayPal and Visa. Jake Birchall had admitted conspiring to impair the operation of computers in 2010 and 2011. The 18-year-old Birchall was sentenced Friday to 18 ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 14:20:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1861918-teenage-hacker-sentenced-uk-cyber-attacks.html 2013-02-01T14:20:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860558-jury-oregon-car-bomb-suspect-guilty-terrorism.html PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Three hours before they handed down a sentence that could put an Oregon man in prison for life, deliberating jurors sent a note to a trial judge with a question. Did the man whose fate they were deciding need to have envisioned the specific crime for which he was accused? Or did he merely need to be inclined toward some kind of terro... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860558-jury-oregon-car-bomb-suspect-guilty-terrorism.html 2013-02-01T13:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1858708-la-archbishop-relieves-retired-cardinal-duties.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony, the former head of the nation's largest Roman Catholic diocese, was stripped of his duties Thursday by his successor as the Los Angeles archdiocese released thousands of pages of personnel files of priests accused of child molestation. "I find these files to be brutal and painful reading," Archbishop Jose ... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1858708-la-archbishop-relieves-retired-cardinal-duties.html 2013-02-01T07:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861020-samsung-chairman-fortune-inheritance-case.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The chairman of Samsung Electronics has kept his fortune and control of the Samsung conglomerate after a South Korean court Friday ruled against his older brother in an inheritance battle. The case was watched because a ruling against Samsung's chairman Lee Kun-hee could have resulted in the unraveling of a cross-shareholding str... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 07:59:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1861020-samsung-chairman-fortune-inheritance-case.html 2013-02-01T07:59:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html CHICAGO (AP) — Patrick Fitzgerald has prosecuted mobsters, terrorists, a White House aide and two Illinois governors. On Thursday, the former top prosecutor got a crack at Socrates. Yes, that Socrates, the Greek philosopher. Fitzgerald, one of the nation's highest profile federal prosecutors until he recently entered private practice, represented Athens i... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 03:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1860394-patrick-fitzgerald-takes-socrates-mock-trial.html 2013-02-01T03:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859612-9-judges-charged-with-philly-traffic-ticket-fixing.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Get caught speeding? Running a red light? Leaving the scene of an accident? For years, it was no problem, authorities say — so long as you were in Philadelphia and knew the right people. The city's traffic court was the place where moving violations went to die, according to a federal indictment that charged nine judges with fixing tic... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859612-9-judges-charged-with-philly-traffic-ticket-fixing.html 2013-02-01T02:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1858682-randy-travis-admits-driving-drunk-probation.html SHERMAN, Texas (AP) — Randy Travis pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated Thursday in a case that began last summer when the country music star was found naked after crashing his Pontiac Trans Am. Travis received two years of probation, a $2,000 fine and a 180-day suspended jail sentence. If he doesn't successfully complete the probation, he will fac... Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/1858682-randy-travis-admits-driving-drunk-probation.html 2013-02-01T01:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858396-iowa-brokerage-head-50-years-215m-theft.html CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — For years, Russ Wasendorf Sr. enjoyed the perks of being a successful businessman: a corporate jet, a fancy swimming pool at his mansion, an extensive wine collection and top chefs who made him meals at the restaurant and office buildings he owned. Then last summer he admitted that his lavish lifestyle was a lie, built with money... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858396-iowa-brokerage-head-50-years-215m-theft.html 2013-01-31T23:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860492-nashville-da-grand-jury-foreman-was-felon.html NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville's top prosecutor said Thursday he is expecting a flood of appeals of criminal cases after it was discovered that a grand jury foreman was a felon and ineligible for jury service under state law. The Tennessee grand jury led by Eugene Grayer returned 919 indictments during its three-month term between July and September of... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860492-nashville-da-grand-jury-foreman-was-felon.html 2013-01-31T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860326-pfizer-disputes-suit-claiming-zoloft-work.html TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The maker of Zoloft is being sued in an unusual case alleging the popular antidepressant has no more benefit than a dummy pill and that patients who took it should be reimbursed for their costs. Zoloft's maker, Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker by revenue, disputes the claim, telling The Associated Press Thursday that clinica... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 21:11:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/1860326-pfizer-disputes-suit-claiming-zoloft-work.html 2013-01-31T21:11:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860114-apnewsbreak-afghan-massacre-trial-set-sept.html SEATTLE (AP) — A military judge has scheduled a Sept. 3 court martial for Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier accused of massacring 16 Afghan villagers during nighttime raids last year, his lawyer said Thursday. Civilian attorney John Henry Browne told The Associated Press that the date is too soon to give the defense team time to prepare, and they ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1860114-apnewsbreak-afghan-massacre-trial-set-sept.html 2013-01-31T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html CAIRO (AP) — With near impunity and the backing of the Islamist president, Egyptian police have been accused of firing wildly at protesters, beating them and lashing out with deadly force in clashes across much of the country the past week, regaining their Hosni Mubarak-era notoriety as a tool of repression. In the process, nearly 60 people have been kill... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1860082-egypts-police-regain-mubarak-era-notoriety.html 2013-01-31T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) — The second round of pretrial hearings in the Sept. 11 case sputtered to a close Thursday with the judge ordering the government to remove censorship equipment from the courtroom at the U.S. base in Cuba but little progress on some fundamental legal issues that must be resolved before the long-stalled case can go to trial. ... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:43:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1859110-sept-11-judge-rules-censor.html 2013-01-31T19:43:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1859910-lohan-seeks-1m-company-fashion.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsay Lohan sued her former collaborators on a clothing line on Thursday, seeking more than $1.1 million and renewed control of the brand's trademarks. The lawsuit claims a clothing manufacturer who previously worked with Lohan continues to sell items under the actress' 6126 Collection, which started out as a legging brand and had amb... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1859910-lohan-seeks-1m-company-fashion.html 2013-01-31T19:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858548-congress-grapples-with-gap-scofflaw-contractors.html WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of civilian contractors remaining in Iraq and Afghanistan, Justice Department officials want Congress to resolve a legal issue they say obstructs efforts to prosecute any such workers who rape, kill or commit other serious crimes abroad. Scofflaw Pentagon employees and contractors supporting the American war mission overse... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1858548-congress-grapples-with-gap-scofflaw-contractors.html 2013-01-31T18:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856462-colombia-judge-nixes-ban-film-hostages-baby.html BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A judge has spurned a prominent Colombian's attempt to prevent the release of a feature film about the odyssey of the child born to her while she was a rebel hostage. The mother, Clara Rojas, had argued allowing the film "Operation E" to be shown in Colombian theaters would harm the development of her son, Emmanuel, who is now 9. B... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:50:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1856462-colombia-judge-nixes-ban-film-hostages-baby.html 2013-01-31T16:50:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858482-skorea-chaebol-chief-sentenced-to-4-years-prison.html SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced the chairman of the country's third-biggest conglomerate to four years in prison on Thursday for embezzling millions of dollars of company money for personal investments. The ruling comes as South Koreans demand a tougher stance on crimes committed by bosses of chaebol as the family-controlled congl... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:34:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1858482-skorea-chaebol-chief-sentenced-to-4-years-prison.html 2013-01-31T09:34:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858128-china-14-guilty-pollution-protest-violence.html BEIJING (AP) — Fourteen people pleaded guilty to encouraging a riot in eastern China last year in which the local Communist Party chief was stripped half-naked in a mass protest that ultimately forced the local government to scrap a wastewater treatment project. The official Xinhua News Agency said the defendants were prosecuted Wednesday on charges of en... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:00:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1858128-china-14-guilty-pollution-protest-violence.html 2013-01-31T08:00:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857688-zimmerman-wants-to-delay-trial-martin-shooting.html ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for the former neighborhood watch volunteer charged with shooting Trayvon Martin to death on Wednesday asked for more time to prepare his case, saying prosecutors had been slow to turn over evidence. At the same time, Zimmerman's lead attorney, Mark O'Mara, renewed his request for donations to George Zimmerman's legal defens... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857688-zimmerman-wants-to-delay-trial-martin-shooting.html 2013-01-31T06:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857840-argentine-court-upholds-freeze-chevron-assets.html BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An attempt by Chevron Corp. to unfreeze its assets was dismissed Wednesday by an appeals court in Argentina, where the winners of a $19 billion environmental judgment in Ecuador are suing to force the oil company to pay. Plaintiffs' attorney Pablo Fajardo told The Associated Press that the court refused to lift an embargo th... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:42:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1857840-argentine-court-upholds-freeze-chevron-assets.html 2013-01-31T02:42:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A retired barber accused of fatally shooting a California urologist was a patient who had an appointment with the victim and brought the gun with him to the exam room, prosecutors said Wednesday. Stanwood Fred Elkus, 75, was charged with murder in the Monday attack that killed Dr. Ronald Gilbert. The 52-year-old doctor was sho... Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:16:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1856886-suspected-doc-killer-was-patient-with-appointment.html 2013-01-31T01:16:00Z