Wife of Active Duty Marine Shot 37 Times by Local Deputy and CHP Can Proceed...
SAN DIEGO, CA (CN) - A wrongful death suit against a San Diego deputy sheriff is proceeding to trial after the deputy along with a group of California Highway Patrol officers killed an active duty...
View ArticleSierra Club Fights Fracking Plan
(CN) - A Maryland energy company's plans to begin fracking for liquefied natural gas will destroy the Chesapeake Bay and coastal forests, the Sierra Club said Thursday.
View ArticleFeds Can Pursue All Charges Against Manning
FORT MEADE, Md. (CN) - A military judge refused Thursday to dismiss any of the 22 charges against alleged WikiLeaks source Pfc. Bradley Manning.
View ArticleUSCG Reviewing Safari Explorer Yacht Rules
WASHINGTON (CN) - A U.S. Coast Guard temporary security zone to protect protesters from Hawaii's Safari Explorer yacht cruise is ending, and the USCG seeks input on how the rule may be improved.
View ArticleFERC Standards Identify Critical Cyber Assets
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved reliability standards for the identification of "critical cyber assets" proposed by the North American Electric Reliability...
View ArticleMotor Carrier Liability May Stick After Fines
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has clarified that when motor carriers and others pay full proposed civil penalties for violations, it does not allow them to...
View Article'When Hell Freezes Over'
ATHENS, Texas (CN) - An East Texas county commissioner said the county will remove a Christmas-season Nativity scene from its courthouse lawn "when hell freezes over," and the county commission...
View ArticleEx-CFO Alleges Funny Business at Charity
PHOENIX (CN) - Its former CFO claims in Federal Court that United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona fired him after he refused to approve spending "hundreds of thousands of dollars" on an ad...
View ArticleReal Estate BrokerGets Hard Time
SIOUX CITY, Iows (CN) - A 60-year-old real estate broker was sentend to nearly 5 years in federal prison for stealing $324,000 in mortgage loans during real estate closings, the U.S. Attorney's...
View ArticleTransgender Widow Seeks Benefits
WHARTON, Texas (CN) - The transgender widow of a South Texas firefighter sued the City of Wharton this week for workers' compensation benefits she was denied because she was born a man.
View ArticleRecord $13.7 Million Award for Internet Libel
FORT WORTH (CN) - A Tarrant County jury awarded an attorney and his wife $13.7 million from online tormentors who falsely accused them of rape, drug dealing and molestation.
View ArticleWorkers Sue Railroad for Asbestos Exposure
DALLAS (CN) - Seven former employees claim in Federal Court that BNSF Railway exposed them to asbestos for decades despite knowing of its dangers.
View ArticleRobby Gordon
SAN BERNARDINO - Off-road racer Robert Gordon claims Polaris Industries and Chaparral Motorsports are using his name and trademark after their license expired, in Superior Court.
View ArticleFake Democrats Will Runin Recall Primaries
MADISON, Wisc. (CN) - Wisconsin's Government Accountability Board voted unanimously to allow "fake Democrats" to be placed on primary ballots for the state's May 8 recall elections.
View ArticleBattle Over Clean Energy Stations in California
SAN JOSE (CN) - Major automakers manufacturers conspired to eliminate competition in hydrogen refueling stations, which California has demanded under a clean energy program, a renewable energy...
View ArticleSEC Kowtows to Fortune 500 on Corruption 'Investigations,' Whistleblower Says
SAN DIEGO (CN) - The SEC allows the nation's richest firms and financial institutions - and only the biggest and richest firms - to handpick the lawyers investigating them for corruption, a...
View ArticleBand Claims They Wrote Selena's Hit Song
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Four songwriters claim in court that the Selena Gomez and her publishers owe their band $1 million because the chorus in Gomez's 2010 hit, "A Year Without Rain" is "virtually...
View ArticleBeekeeper Fights Back Against Crop Duster
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (CN) - In what his attorney calls the first case of its kind, a beekeeper claims in court that a crop duster killed 1 million honeybees by spraying pesticides without warning...
View ArticleCosco Busan Crash Still Playing Out in Court
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - The Hong Kong companies behind the container ship Cosco Busan, which spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay, sued a pharmacy chain allegedly frequented by the...
View ArticleWoman Says NFL Stars Sexually Abused Her
DENVER (CN) - A state judge will allow a woman to sue Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas and former Broncos cornerback Perrish Cox anonymously, in a complaint for "sexual assault and...
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