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The Environmental Protection Agency is hearing gripes from Tennessee and Alabama officials who feel left out as the agency goes across the country asking if coal ash should be federally regulated as a hazardous material.

A Detroit-area woman who was removed from a jury for commenting about the ongoing case on Facebook has a longer writing task ahead: a five-page essay about the constitutional right to a fair trial.

Rapper T.I. and Tameka Cottle were busted on drug charges in Hollywood on Wednesday night.

The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.But Chicago police Superintendent Jody Weis is facing mounting criticism for holding a so-called "gang summit" last month, even though several police ...

Imprisoned former Illinois Gov. George Ryan is seeking to have elements of his conviction thrown out based on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that sharply curtailed an anti-fraud law employed by prosecutors nationwide to convict politicians and executives.

Community service has been criticised as a "holiday camp for offenders" by the Government's victims' commissioner after undercover footage showed criminals sitting around drinking tea and smoking illegal drugs.

Thousands of innocent adults are being punished by constant ID checks that fail to tackle the problems of under-age drinking, a civil liberties group has said.

Two Las Vegas police officers are facing criminal charges for disobeying orders by refusing to drop a chase that ended in a crash and the death of a suspected drunken driver.

An 18-year-old high school student stockpiled bomb-making materials in his bedroom and wrote about wanting to blow up his school, target individuals he hated, rape women and "become the world's most infamous sociopath," authorities said.

Galen Kipe hasn't smoked a cigarette in more than three months. He couldn't kick his habit of 17 years with nicotine patches or gum.

Police investigating a home burglary in Russellville found a surprising clue - a cell phone that got left behind.

Georgia State University researchers have created an online calculator for small businesses interested in whether they qualify for tax credits under the new federal health care law.

Attorneys for former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman have asked a federal appeals court to dismiss all charges against him in a federal government corruption case.

Ian Benardo arrives to the American Idol Season 6 Finale held at the Kodak Theatre on May 23, 2007 in Hollywood, California.

The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial said Tuesday he doubted prosecutors can prove key charges against two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of the late Playboy model.

WASHINGTON a " Federal regulators are warning credit rating agencies that they could face civil fraud charges for giving inaccurate ratings to investments.The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the warning Tuesday in a report on its investigation into a possible violation of the law by Moody's Investors Service, one of the three big rating ...

The Vatican will determine whether to defrock a priest accused of fathering a child with a high school graduate, a relationship that became public after the girl's parents captured the couple on a video camera secretly set up in the parents' basement.

The 20-year-old daughter of former mayor and presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani is on track to get her cosmetics-store shoplifting case dismissed with a day of community service after a judge agreed Tuesday to prosecutors' offer to resolve the case.

In this Aug. 20, 2010 file photo, Orlando Bloom is shown during a photocall for "The Three Musketeers" in Munich, southern Germany.

Some states suing to toss out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are also lining up to claim a share of its subsidies for the medical costs of retired employees.