Zimmerman Bail Set at $150K
SANFORD, Fla. (CN) - George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, may be released from jail on $150,000 bond, a judge ruled Friday.
View ArticleMoney Order Theft Lands Military Postman in Jail
HOUSTON (CN) - The former postmaster for a military post office in Kuwait was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for stealing $565,000 in money orders, the U.S. Attorney's office said.
View ArticleBlack 'Bachelor' Cast-Offs Claim Racism
(CN) - Television network ABC intentionally keeps minorities from starring as the next Bachelor or Bachelorette, endorsing a perception "that only all-white relationships are desirable and worthy...
View ArticleSo Much for 'Charity Begins at Home'
(CN) - Two South Texas charity officials were arrested and charged with stealing from a program meant to give housing to the nearly homeless, prosecutors said.
View ArticleFriendly Fire at a Texas Party
DALLAS (CN) - An East Texas family claims in county court that their son was shot in the chest by assault rifle that their friends were firing at a pond during a party.
View ArticlePatent Licensing
MANHATTAN - Ricoh owes royalties for digital camera sales on behalf of itself and new acquisitions like Pentax Imaging Systems, Eastman Kodak claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleTrademark
PHILADELPHIA - Franco Apparel Group has used the "Majestic" mark on Major League Baseball products without renewing the license, VF Imagewear claims in Federal Court.
View ArticleNegligence
PITTSBURGH - Dominique Harvey claims in court she was shot five times at Angel's Nightclub and Restaurant, which is owned by defendants ALJ Haifa and Michael Isaac.
View ArticleBCBG in $220M Suit Over Playboy Condoms
(CN) - Max Azria, the fashion designer who founded BCBG, covered up his company's history of litigation and financial problems when he pledged $10 million and a distribution deal with Wal-Mart in...
View ArticleAlcohol and Firearms
HOUSTON - Purveyors is selling Eagle Shot Tequila in a container that infringes on designs for automatic-pistol-shaped bottles, Mexcor Distributors and Licores Veracruz SA de CV claim in Federal...
View ArticleConstruction Contract
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The government wants the Federal Insurance Co. to pay $888,000 from a bond executed to cover Consigli Construction's work at West Point.
View ArticleFAA Wants Helicopter Blades Replaced Sooner
WASHINGTON (CN) - After a fatal accident involving an Agusta AW139 helicopter, the Federal Aviation Administration is requiring inspection and possible replacement of tail rotor blades.
View ArticlePostal Meter Providers Must Report Cyber Crime
WASHINGTON (CN) - Providers of postal meters must notify the U.S. Postal Service of any cyber attacks to their systems, according to new rules effective May 21.
View ArticleChief Set to Meet With Trial Judges
(CN) - California's chief justice is expected to meet with trial court presiding judges today to discuss a range of issues that include a move by the presiding judges to elect their own committee...
View ArticleTed Nugent Faces Possible Jail Time for Killing Too Many Bears
JUNEAU, Alaska (CN) - Rock star and gun-rights activist Ted Nugent faces up to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine for wounding a black bear he could not capture, then killing a second one in...
View ArticleChicagoans Challenge Red Light Cameras
CHICAGO (CN) - Chicagoans say in a state class action that tickets issued by the city's red light cameras are unconstitutional, and want the city to refund the millions it has collected since the...
View ArticleToo Little, Too Late, Family Tells Kaiser
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (CN) - The family of a late Kaiser employee claims in court that a Kaiser hospital waited 14 hours to interpret their mother's CT scan, and read it to mean that her brain...
View ArticleExpensive 'Meteorites' Are Bogus, A.G. Says
DENVER (CN) - A man in Montrose, Colo. offered phony meteorites for as much as $500,000 apiece, falsely claimed that most of the purchase price is tax deductible through his foundation, and...
View ArticleDish Network Sues Hopi Over $500 Fee
PRESCOTT, Ariz. (CN) - Pointing out that its satellites are 22,236 miles above the Earth - not on the Hopi Reservation - Dish Network sued the tribe in Federal Court, challenging its $500 annual...
View ArticleUSA, Kansas Sue DuPont for Toxic Dumping
WICHITA, Kan. (CN) - Du Pont dumped hazardous substances from mines, polluting water with poisons from the Waco Subsite of the Cherokee County Superfund Site, Uncle Sam and Kansas claim in Federal...
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