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Court to decide if SEC can sue Gabelli Fund execs
The Supreme Court will decide how long the Securities and Exchange Commission can wait before suing fund executives for securities fraud. The high ...
Appeals court tosses out landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court reversed itself Monday and threw out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers was liable for billions of ...
Appeals court tosses landmark Katrina ruling
A federal appeals court has reversed itself and thrown out a judge's landmark ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for billions of ...
South Carolina voter ID gets judges' scrutiny
Recognizing this year's elections are just a few weeks away, a panel of three federal judges questioned on Monday whether South Carolina should wait ...
NFL seeking to block Vilma's request for evidence
The NFL on Monday asked a federal judge to block Jonathan Vilma's demands for evidence in the league's bounty probe of the Saints, and a magistrate ...
Texas inmate prepares for 3rd trip death house
What Cleve Foster remembers most about his recent brushes with death is the steel door, the last one condemned Texas inmates typically walk through ...
Former CIA operative Edwin Wilson dies at 84
Edwin Wilson set up front companies abroad for the CIA, made millions in the arms trade and entertained generals and congressmen at his sprawling ...
Apple, Samsung demand changes to $1B verdict
Neither side in a bitter patent battle is satisfied with Apple Inc.'s $1 billion jury verdict over Samsung Electronics Co. after a three-week trial ...
Anti-jihad 'savage' ads going up in NYC subway
A provocative ad that equates Muslim radicals with savages is set to go up in the city's subway system as violent protests over an anti-Islamic film ...
Tax penalty to hit nearly 6M uninsured people
Nearly 6 million Americans — significantly more than first estimated— will face a tax penalty under President Barack Obama's health overhaul for not ...
Park Service defends refusal to use wolves
The National Park Service acted properly when it ruled out using wolves to control the elk population in Rocky Mountain National Park, government ...
One new justice could change a lot
The issue: With four justices in their seventies, odds are good that whoever is elected president in November will have a chance to fill at least one ...
Mayweather told to pay $114,000 in Pacquiao case
A federal judge has ordered boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. to pay about $114,000 for avoiding questioning from rival fighter Manny Pacquiao's lawyers in ...
Texas town's rental ban gets second hearing
A Dallas suburb asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to uphold an ordinance that would ban illegal immigrants from renting homes in the town.
Judge: Texas firm must pay disabled workers $1.4M
A Texas company that profited for decades by supplying mentally disabled workers to an Iowa turkey plant at wages of 41 cents per hour must pay the ...
Gadfly has colorful past in politics and in court
Andy Martin, a.k.a. Anthony Martin-Trigona, is a legend in his own mind. He is a self-proclaimed "corruption fighter," ''Internet powerhouse" and ...
Judge: Police to enforce Ariz. immigration law now
A judge in Arizona ruled Tuesday that police can immediately start enforcing the most contentious section of the state's immigration law, marking the ...
Pa. high court wants review of voter ID access
Pennsylvania's highest court on Tuesday told a lower court that it should stop a tough new voter photo identification law from taking effect in this ...
Appeals court reverses ruling on campaign donors
An appeals court on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that likely would have led to greater disclosure of who is paying for certain election ads.
Pakistani PM agrees to court demand in graft case
Pakistan's prime minister told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the government would comply with a longstanding demand to reopen an old corruption ...
Lawyers: Obese Ohio inmate faces 'torturous' death
A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs 480 pounds and has a history of difficulty losing weight argues he would face a "torturous and lingering death" if ...
Peregrine CEO pleads guilty to cheating investors
Peregrine Financial Group CEO Russ Wasendorf Sr. pleaded guilty Monday to carrying out a 20-year fraud that duped investors and transformed his image ...
Hezbollah leads massive anti-US protest in Lebanon
In a rare public appearance, the leader of the militant Hezbollah group exhorted hundreds of thousands of supporters Monday to keep up the campaign ...
Calif. DNA collection from arrestees challenged
An Alabama man was charged this month with the 1980 murder of an Oxnard teen. A Placerville man was arrested last month for a 1986 rape and murder of ...