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Florida teen fights expulsion and criminal charges for same sex relationship

Most high school seniors are excitedly preparing to put on their cap and gown and looking forward to the future right now.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Gay/Lesbian, Family, Teenagers

Fri May 17, 2013

TwinCities

Cancer, rape fraud case bowls over Mich. community

Carol Connell remembers well the gift she gave Sara Ylen, a friend seemingly forced to bear too much misery.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Port Huron, MI

The Miami Herald

GOP hopes IRS scandal will snag health care law

Political scandals have strange ways of causing collateral damage, and Republicans are hoping the furor over federal tax enforcers singling out conservative groups will ensnare their biggest target: President Barack Obama's health care law.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Tax, US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Representative Michele Bachmann, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Davis

KCCI-TV Des Moines

'Days of Our Lives' actor allegedly sold cocaine

Soap opera actor Dylan Michael Patton faces a judge Thursday on charges he sold cocaine out of his Los Angeles home.

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Related Topix: Soap Opera, Days of our Lives, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Dylan Patton, Criminal Defense Law, Los Angeles County, CA, Emmy Awards

Lincoln Daily News

Problems surface over Ariz.'s 2007 immigration law

The immigration debate in Arizona reached a boiling point in 2007 when the state passed a groundbreaking law targeting those often blamed with fueling the nation's border woes: Employers who hire immigrants living in the U.S. illegally.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, Criminal Defense Law

WBAY-TV Green Bay

2nd-degree murder conviction in Honolulu shootings

HONOLULU - A jury on Thursday convicted a Wahiawa man of second-degree murder and other charges in a 2011 shooting rampage through Honolulu that killed a mother of 10 and wounded two other people.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law

Rome News

Police: 2nd suspect arrested in parade shooting

A second suspect has been arrested in the shooting that injured 20 people at a parade on Mother's Day, police said Thursday afternoon.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law

Thu May 16, 2013

WCAX-TV Burlington

Fire destroys Perkinsville home

Firefighters are still working to determine what caused the fire, but they're saying that it does not look suspicious.

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Related Topix: Perkinsville, NY, New York, Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law

MyEyeWitnessNews.com

Idaho man gets prison time for killing zoo monkey

An Idaho man convicted of breaking into a Boise zoo and brutally beating to death a Patas monkey will spend up to a year in state prison, where he'll take part in a treatment program.

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Related Topix: State Prisons, Prison, Criminal Defense Law

KLTV Tyler

Lawyer: Ohio kidnap suspect will plead not guilty

The man accused of keeping three women in captivity for about a decade will plead not guilty but it's uncertain if he can receive a fair trial anywhere, a member of his defense team said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Cuyahoga County, OH

WTLV

Man accused of killing ex-girlfriend's fetus

Federal authorities say the son of a Tampa-area fertility doctor is accused of tricking his girlfriend into taking an abortion drug to kill her unborn child.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Prison, Criminal Defense Law

WTVF Nashville

Witness: Thomas Sat Silently In Chair

A woman who was in the house where a young Knoxville couple was taken after being carjacked has testified defendant George Thomas did not take part in the crime.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

WFLX-TV West Palm Beach

Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

One after another, the charges have tumbled out - allegations of sexual assaults in the military that have triggered outrage, from local commanders to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, Fort Hood, TX, Criminal Defense Law

Wed May 15, 2013

KTMF

APNewsBreak: Deal reached in Catholic lawsuit

A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Bishop Robert Finn by a girl who was 2 years old when Kansas City priest Shawn Ratigan took pornographic photos of her has tentatively been settled for $600,000, a Minnesota attorney representing the girl said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Criminal Defense Law

KHQ-TV Spokane

Judge declines to nix '79 NYC child-killing case

A man charged with murder decades after one of the nation's most infamous child disappearances can go to trial, a judge ruled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Maple Shade, NJ, Criminal Defense Law

KMIZ

O.J. Simpson takes stand in bid for new trial

Wearing a blue prison uniform, O.J. Simpson testified Wednesday that his former attorney advised he could use some force to reclaim personal items from sports memorabilia dealers as long as he didn't trespass.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law

Seattle Times

Some may see lower rates under Obama health law

Some Washington residents may see lower insurance premiums under President Barack Obama's health care law, with proposed plans released Tuesday countering concerns expressed by the insurance industry just a year ago.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, King County, WA

ChannelOne

Justice investigating IRS targeting of tea party

The Justice Department is investigating the Internal Revenue Service for targeting tea party groups for extra scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday, widening a probe that includes investigations by three committees in Congress.

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Related Topix: Tax, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, Barack Obama, Criminal Defense Law

Crain's Chicago Busines

89 charged in Medicare fraud busts in 8 cities

Nearly 100 people, including 14 doctors and nurses, were charged for their roles in separate Medicare scams that collectively billed the taxpayer-funded program for roughly $223 million in bogus charges in a massive bust spanning eight cities, federal authorities said Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Medicare, Health, Medicine, Nursing

Tue May 14, 2013

Northwest Florida Daily News

Tougher drunken driving threshold recommended

States should cut their threshold for drunken driving by nearly half- from .08 blood alcohol level to .05_matching a standard that has substantially reduced highway deaths in other countries, a federal safety board recommended Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law