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Egyptians riot after soccer fans sentenced to die
Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death ...
Hackers take over sentencing commission website
The hacker-activist group Anonymous says it hijacked the website of the U.S. Sentencing Commission to avenge the death of Aaron Swartz, an Internet ...
Feds: 'Monsignor Meth' dealt drug, bought sex shop
To onlookers, Monsignor Kevin Wallin's fall from grace at his Connecticut parish was like something out of "Breaking Bad," the television series about ...
Health answers sought about burned-off war garbage
J.D. Williams didn't think much about the smoke cloud that often shrouded his air base in Iraq. Not when it covered everything he owned with black ...
Only Miss. abortion clinic gets license warning
Mississippi's only abortion clinic said it received notice Friday that the state Health Department intends to revoke its operating license.
Trial under way in LA hip joint replacement suit
A California jury heard opening statements Friday in a lawsuit that accuses Johnson & Johnson of knowingly marketing a faulty hip implant that lawyers ...
Doubts raised about fairness of Delhi rape trial
In the court of public opinion, the men being tried in the gang rape of an Indian university student should be hanged in a public square. That demand ...
Penn State says Sandusky settlements appear close
Penn State's negotiator for civil claims involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky said Friday the school has been in talks with 28 ...
Ohio judge weighs whether to keep rape trial open
A battle over closing the trial of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl appeared to end Friday as an attorney ...
Court says Obama appointments violate constitution
President Barack Obama violated the Constitution when he bypassed the Senate last year to appoint three members of the National Labor Relations Board, ...
Ex-Detroit mayor back in custody for weekend
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was locked up for the weekend Friday for violating parole in a 2008 criminal case that bounced him from office.
Secret hearings in case of Chandra Levy slaying
A judge has been holding secret hearings in the case of the man convicted in the 2001 killing of Chandra Levy, the latest twist in a high-profile ...
Water utilities share $105M herbicide settlement
More than 1,000 communities that have spent millions of dollars over many years filtering a common agricultural herbicide out of their drinking water ...
Woman convicted of abuse, kidnap of missing girl
A former caretaker was convicted Friday of child abuse and kidnapping in a 4-year-old foster child's disappearance more than a decade ago, but a ...
Philly priest-abuse case in hands of jury
The credibility of a 24-year-old heroin addict whose sex-abuse complaint took down a Roman Catholic church official in Philadelphia — and helped bring ...
Mistrial in ex-cheerleader's libel lawsuit
Jurors couldn't decide whether two lewd posts about a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader were substantially true or not, leading a federal judge ...
QB Young says he 'probably' signed loan papers
Former NFL quarterback Vince Young admitted under oath he probably signed at least some of the documents for a $1.9 million loan he claims he ...
Sex abuse claims made against Los Angeles teacher
For decades, Robert Pimentel was a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. During that time he raised a family, coached soccer and avoided ...
Prior sex abuse claims made against LA teacher
For decades, Robert Pimentel was a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District. During that time he raised a family, coached soccer and avoided ...
American Mumbai plotter sentenced to 35 years
Minutes before an American was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping plan a deadly attack on Mumbai, India, one of his victims tearfully pleaded ...
Trial in India gang rape begins in special court
The trial of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus began in a closed courtroom with opening ...
Judge must open jury selection in Maine Zumba case
The remaining jury selection in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk must be opened ...
Jurors in missing girl case stuck on murder count
Jurors said Thursday they had reached verdicts on child abuse and kidnapping charges but were deadlocked on a murder count against a woman accused of ...
Fort Hood shooting suspect wants death penalty out
The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting rampage case faces a controversial decision next week: whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan a possible death ...
Reader sue Armstrong over drug-use denial in books
An aide to former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said he was so taken by Lance Armstrong's first memoir of battling back from cancer to win the Tour de ...