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Jury Acquits Man of Stealing 99-Cent Hot Dog

CHENEY, Wash. - A man has been cleared of a theft charge after a bemused jury in Washington state found him not guilty of stealing a 99-cent hot dog. John Richardson got the sausage from the self-serve counter of a Cheney, Wash., grocery store in December. He ate it while he shopped but forgot to include it when he paid...

Supreme Court Rejects Quick Review of Health Care Law

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court rejected a call Monday from Virginia's attorney general to depart from its usual practice and put review of the health care law on a fast track. Instead, judicial review of President Barack Obama's signature legislation will continue in federal appeals courts. The justices turned down a...

Appeals Court Resurrects Blackwater Prosecution

WASHINGTON -- An appeals court is resurrecting the case against four Blackwater Worldwide guards involved in a 2007 shooting in a Baghdad public square that killed 17 Iraqi citizens. A federal trial judge in Washington, Ricardo Urbina, threw out the case on New Year's Eve 2009 after he found the Justice Department...

Autopsy Images of Michael Jackson Allowed at Trial

LOS ANGELES -- Images of Michael Jackson in life and death will be shown to jurors at his doctor's trial, a judge ruled Thursday, after a prosecutor promised restraint while using autopsy photos that might upset the singer's family. Superior Court Judge Michael Pastor also said he will allow prosecutors to screen segments...

Supreme Court Turns Away New Appeal From Chinese Muslims at Gitmo

WASHINGTON -- The five remaining Chinese Muslims who are being held at Guantanamo Bay lost their latest bid Monday to get the Supreme Court to hear their case. The justices turned away a plea from the five detainees, who have been held at the U.S. naval base in Cuba for nearly nine years. The detainees had previously...

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06/02/12 Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial: Preview Source: CBS - WWJ 950 Newsradio - Detroit MI (CBS News) Jury selection in the sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
06/02/12 Penn State trial to paint 2 portrai... Source: The Fostoria Focus - Fostoria OH Before his arrest on child molestation charges seven months ago, Jerry Sandusky was widely considered a living Penn State sports legend and the founder of an exemplary organization that worked with at-risk children.
06/02/12 Jerry Sandusky sex abuse trial: Preview Source: TheShowBuzz (CBS News) Jury selection in the sex abuse trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
06/02/12 Ex-Rapides official acquitted of bribery charge Source: Daily Comet - Thibodaux LA The jury acquitted Steve Bordelon on Friday.
06/02/12 President Obama privately warns that health care fight... Source: Daily Kos The Affordable Care Act is promising to be one of the two major issuesâthe other being the economyâfor the fall campaign, after the Supreme Court hands down its decision this month.