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Court upholds death sentence in SD guard killing
An inmate who killed a South Dakota prison guard during a failed escape attempt should face the death penalty, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday.
Macy's sues JC Penney over Martha Stewart deal
Macy's Inc. is suing rival retailer J.C. Penney Co., claiming Penney's bid to sell products by Martha Stewart Living is a breach of an exclusive ...
Holmes doesn't react to talk of struggling victims
The suspect in the Aurora movie shooting showed no emotion in court Thursday as a lawyer discussed a charity's efforts to distribute $4 million it ...
Court: 'Desperate Housewives' star wasn't fired
Nicollette Sheridan was not wrongfully fired from TV's "Desperate Housewives," an appeals court ruled Thursday, but the actress should be allowed to ...
Fall trial set for mom accused of being NYC madam
A suburban mother charged with running an upscale, urbane escort service is headed for trial after a judge declined Thursday to throw out the case.
Challengers of Pa. voter photo ID law file appeal
Strategies will shift as the first court battle over Pennsylvania's new law requiring voters to show valid photo identification heads to the state ...
German grandmother facing possible death sentence
Attorneys for an elderly German woman accused of drowning her 5-year-old grandson in the bathtub of a Florida beach house say she suffered from ...
People affected by refinery fire sue Chevron
Nine people have sued Chevron Corp. over a California refinery fire that sent thousands to hospitals with respiratory issues and contributed to higher ...
Bahrain activist sentenced to 3 years for protests
A three-year prison sentence handed down Thursday to a prominent Bahraini human rights activist for instigating and participating in several ...
Experts: Ex-PSU president could still face charges
Penn State's ousted university president is quietly awaiting a decision on whether he will face criminal prosecution in the Jerry Sandusky scandal ...
Delaware doctor denies waterboarding allegations
A Delaware pediatrician denied allegations of waterboarding his 11-year-old stepdaughter as part of his research into near-death experiences involving ...
NY man suspected of faking drowning is re-arrested
An unemployed man suspected of faking his own drowning at a New York beach to collect on life insurance was arrested hours after being released on ...
Government turns heat on employers over job bias
It started with allegations of hangman's nooses, graffiti and racist comments targeting a handful of black workers at a trucking company warehouse in ...
7 in UK court over phone hacking
The British prime minister's former media adviser and six others have appeared in court on charges of conspiracy to hack phones. Andy Coulson, who ...
Women behind the mask of Russia's Pussy Riot band
One of the key ideas behind the Russian punk provocateur band Pussy Riot was the supremacy of an idea over personality — thus the balaclavas that made ...
Yemen: 62 troops to be tried over ministry attack
Sixty-two officers and soldiers loyal to ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh's son were charged with resisting authorities and mutiny after trying to ...
Chris Brown, Drake sued over NYC nightclub brawl
Chris Brown and Drake were sued Wednesday over a bottle-throwing nightclub brawl involving their entourages, as a company with ties to the club sought ...
SKorean chaebol boss sentenced to 4 years prison
The chairman of Hanwha Corp., one of South Korea's largest conglomerates, was sentenced to four years prison and fined 5.1 billion won ($4.5 million) ...
Fort Hood suspect's trial on hold over beard
For the past two months, the military judge presiding over the high-profile case of the Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly 2009 Fort Hood ...
Wildfire arsonist guilty of 5 heart attack deaths
A jury on Wednesday found a California man guilty of murdering five people who had heart attacks after he deliberately started a blaze that ballooned ...
Jury convicts Williams of ability-impaired driving
Jurors convicted Denver Broncos linebacker D.J. Williams on Wednesday of driving while ability-impaired, casting further doubt on the star tackler's ...
Residents of Pa. drilling town near settlement
Residents of a northeastern Pennsylvania town who say their well water was poisoned by a gas driller are nearing a settlement of their long-running ...
Drew Peterson judge again rebukes prosecutors
An increasingly exasperated judge at former police officer Drew Peterson's murder trial delivered his strongest rebuke of prosecutors yet on Wednesday ...
Group: Vt. conviction boosts gay parents' rights
The conviction of a Virginia pastor on charges he helped a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her child with her former lesbian ...
Michael Jackson's dad drops wrongful death lawsuit
Michael Jackson's father has dropped a wrongful death lawsuit filed against the former doctor who was convicted of causing the singer's death.