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Government responds to court challenge of health care law
May 12, 2010 4:15 PM
The Obama administration has made a formal response to those who argue the new health care law is an infringement on personal freedom. In a federal court filing in Michigan, the Thomas More Law Center says the requirement that American buy health insurance represents an unprecedented government mandate on... more » -
California woman guilty in death of daughter's playmate
May 10, 2010 1:19 PM
A former California Sunday school teacher accused of killing an 8-year-old playmate of her daughter, then hiding the body in a suitcase, has pleaded guilty to murder. San Joaquin County Superior Court officials say Melissa Huckaby of Tracy entered the first-degree murder plea Monday morning. Authorities say Huckaby killed... more » -
Fortuneteller charged with raping teens
March 25, 2010 1:14 PM
A Southern California jury is deciding the fate of a fortuneteller accused of convincing teen girls he could turn around bleak futures if they had sex with him. Cesar Duran is charged with forcible rape, lewd acts on a 14-year-old child and unlawful intercourse with a minor. The Torrance... more » -
Guilty plea in David Letterman extortion case
March 9, 2010 4:35 PM
The man who tried to shake down David Letterman over his affairs with members of his staff will be going to jail for six months as part of a plea deal. In entering a guilty plea today, Joe Halderman admitted that he tried to extort $2 million from Letterman... more » -
Arizona judge to consider gag order in sweat lodge case
February 12, 2010 8:32 AM
A Yavapai County judge is scheduled to hear arguments Friday over whether a gag order should be issued in the case of a motivational speaker charged with manslaughter. James Arthur Ray faces three counts of manslaughter, stemming from the deaths of three people following a sweat lodge ceremony he... more » -
More charges likely in Washington police killing
December 2, 2009 11:02 AM
Prosecutors are expected to file more charges against people accused of helping an ex-convict after he allegedly killed four police officers in an ambush at a Washington state coffee shop. They include Darcus D. Allen, the man accused of being the getaway driver for Maurice Clemmons as he fled the... more » -
Affidavits: Blood found in Yale suspect's home
December 2, 2009 10:47 AM
Affidavits show that Connecticut police found blood on the kitchen floor of the home of a Yale University lab technician charged with murder two days before his arrest. Police search warrant affidavits unsealed Wednesday show that the blood was found at the Middletown apartment of Raymond Clark III. The documents... more » -
Teen raped, murdered--body stuffed in closet
November 13, 2009 8:48 AM
Baltimore police say they've arrested a man suspected of raping and killing a 15-year-old boy, whose body was found hidden in a closet. A Baltimore police spokesman says Dante Parrish was arrested last night in east Baltimore. Police had been searching for the 35-year-old Parrish in connection with the death... more » -
Charges filed against Balloon Boy parents
November 12, 2009 1:46 PM
Colorado prosecutors say they've filed criminal charges against the parents accused of staging a hoax when they reported their 6-year-old son floated away aboard a helium balloon. Prosecutors said Thursday that Richard Heene was charged with attempting to influence a public servant, a felony. They charged Mayumi Heene with false... more » -
US files Polanski extradition request in sex case
October 23, 2009 9:04 AM
The Swiss government says the U.S. has formally requested the extradition of imprisoned director Roman Polanski for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Justice Ministry says the U.S. filed its request late Thursday and that it has been forwarded to Zurich authorities for an extradition hearing. It... more » -
Testimony depicts final days of Anna Nicole Smith
October 14, 2009 8:38 AM
A judge in Los Angeles continues a hearing today about the final days of Anna Nicole Smith. And according to an investigator, those days were marked by illness and confusion. The testimony came at a preliminary hearing yesterday involving charges that Smith's former lawyer and boyfriend, Howard K. Stern, and... more » -
Prosecutor: Boy, 6, begged killers to 'let me go!'
October 1, 2009 12:55 PM
Jurors in a Georgia courtroom Wednesday heard a horrific videotaped confession from a man who admitted he and his adult son stripped, sexually assaulted and strangled a 6-year-old boy inside a mobile home as the child pleaded with them to stop. The jailhouse interview filmed by police was shown... more »
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