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• Judge: US civil trials at risk without budget deal

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal civil jury trials in the United States probably would grind to a halt if Congress fails to reach a budget deal and $600 billion in automatic …

• 6 federal courthouses in South to close

  September 11, 2012 WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judiciary said Tuesday it will close six courthouses in the South because of inadequate funding from Congress and the prospect of more drastic cuts. The …

• Obama ‘HOPE’ poster artist gets probation

  September 7, 2012 NEW YORK (AP) — The artist who created the “HOPE” poster that came to symbolize Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign was sentenced Friday to two years of probation and 300 …

• Peterson case shifts to appeal, missing 4th wife

  September 7, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — She loomed over Drew Peterson’s murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front …

• Attention turns to Peterson’s missing 4th wife

  September 7, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — She loomed over Drew Peterson’s murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front …

• Attention now turns to Peterson’s 4th wife

  September 7, 2012 JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — She loomed over Drew Peterson’s murder trial, though her disappearance and the suspicion that the former Illinois police officer killed her was never mentioned in front …

• Police in legal minefield on Ariz. immigration law

  September 6, 2012 PHOENIX (AP) — The most contentious part of Arizona’s immigration law finally has approval to move forward, surviving a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, a heated national debate and two years …

• NY court to decide if lap dance is tax-exempt art

  September 4, 2012 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s highest court will consider legal arguments by a strip club on whether nude dancing is an art and deserves a state tax exemption as …

• Chance encounter prompts torture suspect’s arrest

  September 4, 2012 DENVER (AP) — A chance encounter at a restaurant in a Denver suburb led to the arrest of an Ethiopian immigrant who authorities say tortured political prisoners decades ago in …

• Judge: Mass. must pay for killer’s sex change

  September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is the only way to treat her …

• Plea changes set for 3 in Ohio bridge bomb plot

  September 4, 2012 CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday scheduled change-of-plea hearings for three of the four remaining defendants charged with plotting to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio — a …

• Judge grants sex change for Mass. murder convict

  September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — State prison officials must provide taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder, because it is the only way to treat her …

• Judge orders sex change for Mass. murder convict

  September 4, 2012 BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered state prison officials to provide a taxpayer-funded sex-reassignment surgery to a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder. U.S. District … 1

• $21M awarded in torture suit against ex-Somali PM

  August 28, 2012 McLEAN, Va. (AP) — A U.S. judge on Tuesday awarded $21 million to seven people who sued a former prime minister of Somalia now living in Virginia, claiming he tortured …

• Court exempts Wash. state judiciary from disclosure

  October 15, 2009 in City The judiciary in Washington is exempt from public disclosure requirements under the state’s Public Records Act, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday, creating what a critic called a “huge black … 2

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