Man Claims Cops Needlessly Whaled on Him
ROCKFORD, Ill. (CN) - Small-town cops Tasered and beat a man for telling his friend she could refuse to take a field sobriety test, then falsely accused him of assaulting an officer, the man...
View ArticleRock and Roll
WASHINGTON - American Action Network claims Cater America LLC and Robert Wayne Jennings owe it $250,000 for an August concert by (nonparty) Lynyrd Skynyrd, which was canceled, in Federal Court.
View ArticleGroper Loose in Work Release, Woman Says
SAN JOSE (CN) - A supervisor in a county work release program assaulted and sexually battered a woman and threatened to send her back to court if she squealed, the woman claims in court. Maria...
View ArticleTunesmith
LOS ANGELES - Earl Shuman claims Sony Music's, Alicia Keys' et al.'s tune "Girl on Fire" violates copyright on his tune, "Lonely Boy/Girl," in Federal Court.
View ArticleGun Examiner Says Newspaper Defamed Her
RALEIGH, N.C. (CN) - The Raleigh News and Observer defamed a state firearms examiner with "bitter, underhanded and dishonest journalism" to try "to win awards for their articles," the examiner...
View ArticleGolf Course Plans Won't Bend to Frogs and Snakes
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Golf carts and lawn mowers will roll again at an 80-year-old golf course after a federal judge dismissed activists' fears over harming frogs and snakes. Wild Equity...
View ArticleMedi-Cal Office Described as Nest of Vipers
VENTURA, Calif. (CN) - Ventura County Medi-Cal administrators can't account for nearly $1 million in public money in their discriminatory and nepotistic program, and fired the women who blew the...
View ArticlePostverdict Immunity 'Skewed' Trial, Cop Says
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - A Bay Area police officer who Tasered a suspect in front of his daughters says that a postverdict award of immunity to his colleagues "skewed" the judgment. Frederick...
View ArticleDoctor Claims Policeman Brutalized Her
NASHVILLE (CN) - A doctor trying to free a baby from a locked car, at the mother's request, was blindsided and assaulted by a Nashville policeman, who then dragged her 75 feet down the street,...
View ArticleFeds Not Liable for FOIA Saga of U.S. Detainee
WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. government does not have to cover the attorneys' fees of man who thought it had documents about his detention in Yemen, a federal judge ruled. Sharif Mobley, a U.S....
View ArticleWoman Claims State Official Raped Her
SACRAMENTO (CN) - A parole officer raped a woman in the presence of her 4-year-old daughter, and despite DNA evidence, a cowardly prosecutor refused to indict the man, the woman claims in court....
View ArticleU.S. Airways Pilots Lose Class Bid in Pension Fight
(CN) - A federal judge refused to certify a class of 650 former U.S. Airways pilots who say that the airline delayed their lump-sum retirement benefits and owes them interest. The complaint,...
View ArticleBank's 'Greed Seems to Have No Bounds'
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Wells Fargo's "greed seems to have no bounds," claims a class action that says that bank and others approved fewer than 3 percent of loan modifications after acquiring...
View ArticleOyster Farm Won't Get Interest Groups' Backing
(CN) - Environmental groups have sided against a decades-old California oyster farm trying to stay in business amid a federal order that would shut it down this February. Environmental Action...
View ArticleRavi Shankar, 92
Ravi Shankar, the master sitarist who introduced much of the Western world to the music of India, died Tuesday evening in San Diego County, Calif., where he lived.
View ArticleDizzying $9 Million Suit Against Attorney
HOUSTON (CN) - An attorney and his wife swiped $9 million from his employer through fraudulent billings, spent the money on so many goodies they had to rent storage units to stash it all, then took it...
View ArticleJudge Lets Verizon Move Pension Duties to Insurer
DALLAS (CN) - Verizon transferred pension obligations for 41,000 retired managers to Prudential Insurance because a federal judge found that the move would not diminish benefits. In an Oct. 17...
View ArticleCalifornia Gun Law Mined in 9th Circuit
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The 9th Circuit treaded carefully in a recent hearing about a California man's right to carry a concealed handgun in San Diego. California law allows the counties to issue...
View ArticleBlack Farmers Excluded From Deal Lose Bias Suit
(CN) - A federal judge slammed a group of black farmers who submitted a single sentence to show that they were wrongfully excluded from a $1.25 billion discrimination settlement. The...
View ArticleBanking With Sanctioned Groups Will Cost HSBC $1.2B, Others Less
WASHINGTON (CN) - On the heels of a $227 million forfeiture deal with London-based Standard Chartered Bank, prosecutors also signed a $1.2 billion deal with HSBC. Standard Chartered agreed to...
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