Recent Updates
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Trial set for Miss. woman in money laundering case
Court Alerts 12/18/2009A woman accused of laundering some of the $10 million her husband allegedly embezzled from a Tennessee company is scheduled to stand trial in federal court Feb. 1.Federal court records say Danielle J. Williams withdrew more than $300,000 from account...
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Court hearing set on unbid Ala. computer contract
Court Alerts 12/17/2009A judge is hearing a request by Alabama Gov. Bob Riley to dismiss a lawsuit filed by legislators challenging a computer contract issued by Riley's administration.Jefferson County Circuit Judge Tom King is conducting the hearing Thursday morning in Mo...
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NC woman accused of hiding corpse appears in court
Court Alerts 12/17/2009A woman accused of hiding her elderly mother's corpse for seven months in the family's North Carolina home asked Thursday for a court-appointed defense attorney.Amy Stewart made her first court appearance before a district court judge in Wilmington.T...
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Colo. Supreme Court bans smoking in live theater
Court Alerts 12/16/2009The Colorado Supreme Court has upheld a state ban on smoking by actors onstage, ruling that public health trumps actor's freedom of expression.The court ruled 6-1 on Monday that a state indoor smoking ban applies to theaters. Observers called it the ...
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Erin Andrews, accused stalker due in court
Court Alerts 12/15/2009Erin Andrews plans to be in a Los Angeles courtroom when a man accused of secretly filming her nude enters an expected guilty plea to stalking.A hearing is set for Tuesday afternoon for Illinois insurance executive Michael David Barrett to enter the ...
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Teen sentenced to 30 years in Florida gang rape
Court Alerts 12/15/2009A teen who pleaded guilty to gang raping a South Florida woman and beating her young son has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.Seventeen-year-old Avion Lawson pleaded guilty in August and testified against three other suspects in the 2007 attack. ...
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Court to review employer access to worker messages
Court Alerts 12/14/2009he Supreme Court said Monday it will decide how much privacy workers have when they send text messages from company accounts.The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that sided with Ontario, Calif., police officers who compla...
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Legal case debates classiness of Flynt family smut
Court Alerts 12/11/2009When it comes to peddling porn, Larry Flynt wants you to know his videos of people having sex are a cut above other smut on the rack.So when a pair of nephews Flynt personally groomed for the porn business decided to launch their own company last yea...
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Court rules against Patriot Act challenger
Court Alerts 12/11/2009A federal appeals court overturned a lower court Thursday and ruled against an Oregon lawyer once wrongly suspected in a terrorist bombing.Brandon Mayfield was arrested in 2004 and held for two weeks after his Portland home and office were searched a...
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Court OKs Pilgrim's Pride reorganization plan
Court Alerts 12/10/2009A court approved chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp. plan for reorganization on Thursday, and the company said it expects to emerge from bankruptcy court protection this month.Pilgrim's Pride filed for Chapter 11 protection last year facing high d...
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Travis Barker settles suit over plane crash
Court Alerts 12/09/2009An attorney says Travis Barker has settled his lawsuit against several companies over a fatal plane crash in South Carolina last year.Lawyer William L. Robinson, who represents some of the companies sued, says the terms of the settlement are confiden...
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Ind. teen pleads not guilty in killing of brother
Court Alerts 12/08/2009An Indiana teenager accused of strangling his 10-year-old brother and dumping his body in a park has pleaded not guilty to murder.Seventeen-year-old Andrew Conley showed no emotion during Friday's court appearance in Ohio Circuit Court in Rising Sun,...