Recent Updates
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ICE official accused of travel fraud due in court
Court Alerts 03/02/2011A 63-year-old U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement analyst accused of misusing his diplomatic passport to travel to Jordan and filing bogus expense reports is due in a West Texas courtroom.Ahmed Adil Abdallat is scheduled to appear for a detentio...
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Supreme Court orders drug industry to pay overtime
Court Alerts 02/28/2011The U.S. Supreme Court refused to insulate the drug industry from having to pay overtime to thousands of sales representatives, turning away appeals from units of Novartis AG and Merck & Co.The companies sought to overturn a federal appeals court...
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Justices: Court no place to fight SSAC rulings
Court Alerts 02/25/2011The state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that West Virginia courts aren't the place to challenge most decisions the Secondary School Activities Commission makes about high school sports, from calls on the field to the application of rules.The SSAC's po...
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Woman charged in NY infant snatching due in court
Court Alerts 02/24/2011A North Carolina woman indicted on a charge that she kidnapped a newborn from a Harlem hospital more than two decades ago is due for another court appearance in New York.Ann Pettway is scheduled to enter a plea to a kidnapping charge during an arraig...
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Ohio defendant called about drug money from jail
Court Alerts 02/24/2011A newly released document in a $3 million pot shipping scheme says a California woman placed several calls to check on proceeds from the scheme even after she was jailed. The updated criminal complaint by a Drug Enforcement Administration agent relea...
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Justices deny Houston man stay of execution
Court Alerts 02/23/2011The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to stop the execution of a Houston man scheduled to die for the 2002 fatal shooting of his 19-month-old son after an hours-long standoff with a police tactical squad.Justices Tuesday rejected arguments from Timothy ...
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Thurman stalker seeks plea deal in new NYC case
Court Alerts 02/23/2011Uma Thurman's convicted stalker is trying to work out a plea deal after a Manhattan court refused to toss out or pare down charges that he flouted a court order by trying to contact her again.A judge said Wednesday there was enough evidence to suppor...
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Utah's high court upholds ex-mayor's case
Court Alerts 02/22/2011The Utah Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that allows the former mayor of Eagle Mountain to sue the city for legal fees incurred during his embezzlement trial. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the ruling was issued on Friday. The ruling all...
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High court rejects appeal over divided jury
Court Alerts 02/22/2011The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a defendant who was convicted of attempted murder in Louisiana by a jury's 10-2 vote.The justices acted without comment Tuesday in turning down a plea from Troy Barbour to require juries in all criminal t...
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Texas man on Neb. death row appeals to high court
Court Alerts 02/20/2011A Texas man on Nebraska's death row for killing two men has appealed his case to the state Supreme Court.Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2007 shooting deaths o...
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Father of music group members pleads guilty
Court Alerts 02/18/2011His voice barely audible, the patriarch of the acclaimed 5 Browns classical music group said "guilty" to each charge of sexually abusing his three daughters when they were children.Thursday's admission in a Provo courtroom means that Keith Brown, 55,...
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Kerrigan lawyer asks court to toss out statements
Court Alerts 02/17/2011Defense lawyers for Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan's brother are asking a judge to throw out statements he made to police after the death of their father last year.Mark Kerrigan has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the case.Prosecutors say 70-yea...