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Charges filed in NYC crane collapse...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:00:01 -0600

NEW YORK (AP) - Criminal charges have been filed in connection with a New York crane collapse that killed seven people in March.

Contractor William Rapetti and his rigging company face manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges. Prosecutors say fraying safety straps broke apart and caused a crane to crash down on a Manhattan neighborhood.

The collapse of the 19-story tow...

Lawyer gets 5-cent bill, 4-cent refund...

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:00:02 -0600

DETROIT (AP) - James Howarth is a little confused by two letters he has received from the Internal Revenue Service.

The Detroit defense lawyer received one letter in November that said he owed the IRS money - five cents.

He was warned that he should pay "to avoid additional penalty and/or interest," the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday.

Howarth says he then received a seco...

NY business sues Madoff to get back $10 million...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:00:02 -0600

Rosenman Family LLC of Great Neck, New York, said in the lawsuit filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Manhattan on Thursday that it deposited the money in one of Madoff's accounts on Dec. 5, six days before Madoff was arrested.

The money was supposed to be invested after the first of the year with Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. The lawsuit names trustee Irving H. Picard along ...

No charges over attempts to buy rape girl's silence...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:00:03 -0600

No charges over attempts to buy rape girl's silence

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Arizona Cardinals knock Atlanta Falcons out of playoffs...

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 23:00:03 -0600

GLENDALE, Arizona (Ticker) -- Rookie quarterbacks do not win often in the postseason, and Matt Ryan proved to be no exception.

Kurt Warner threw a pair of long touchdown passes and the Arizona Cardinals took advantage of some costly mistakes by Ryan to end the Atlanta Falcons ' fairy-tale season with a 30-24 victory Saturday in the NFC wild card playoffs.

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Kinnear calm over Given future...

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:00:07 -0600

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Musical fireworks display is Negros' newest tourist attraction...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:00:09 -0600

BAGO CITY, Jan. 3 (PNA) - It was a night to remember for about 10,000 people who braved cold weather to witness the New Year's fireworks display at Manuel Y. Torres Sports Center here.

The 15-minute choreographed spectacular awed them as multi-colored fireworks lit Bago City's night sky while music from crossover soprano singer Sarah Brightman, classical composer George Frideric Handel ...

Unhappy goalkeeper Shay Given looking likely to quit Newcastle...

Fri, 02 Jan 2009 13:00:01 -0600

NEWCASTLE, England — Shay Given's 11-year stay at Newcastle looks set to end after his lawyer said the Ireland goalkeeper was unhappy with the way the Premier League club is being run.

The 32-year-old Given has played 459 matches for the Magpies - just 36 fewer than Jimmy Lawrence's club record - but has been the subject of interest from Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham at ...

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Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:00:05 -0600

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Lawyer plans objection to settlement in e-mail case...

Thu, 01 Jan 2009 03:00:01 -0600

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Gotti wants his old judge back for NYC trial...

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:00:03 -0600

NEW YORK - John A. "Junior" Gotti is getting a little nostalgic for the federal judge who presided over his three trials, which ended in hung juries.

Gotti's lawyers submitted papers in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday seeking to get U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin to preside over his latest criminal trial. The case has been assigned to another New York judge.

Gotti is ch...

Blagojevich Lawyer: Evidence Not Enough...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:00:02 -0600

Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 10:20 p.m.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich's lawyer said Monday that a vague array of charges and evidence doesn't merit removing the governor from office, and he urged a House committee not to recommend impeachment.

Lawyer Ed Genson complained bitterly that lawmakers were considering snippets of tape-recorded conversations that...

Tahoe project wins praise but forces locals out...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:00:05 -0600

Print E-Mail close tool goes here AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli Norma Thayer is seen on a dock near her home at the Tahoe Shores Mobile Home Park in Stateline, Nev., Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Thayer is one of about 30 residents of the park who are about to be forced out to make way for a new upscale development. Monday Musings: Is the Dallas Cowboys offense turning on Jason Garrett? Romo collapses ...

Monday Newsmaker: Aides leave Hill to lobby...

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:00:02 -0600

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Still no compo or apology, says Haneef...

Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:00:04 -0600

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