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  1. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago braced for more demonstrations Monday, with protesters vowing to march to the Boeing Corp....

  2. WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitt Romney was at his New Hampshire vacation home on a summer night in 2006 when 26 tons of...

  3. RAMPUR SINGHARA, India (AP) — The daily trip to high school was expensive, long and eventually, too much for Indian...

  4. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago braced for more demonstrations Monday, with protesters vowing to march to the Boeing Corp....

  5. NEW YORK (AP) — The death of the only man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing has left some victims' relatives...

  6. BERLIN (AP) — A German official says Berlin continues to oppose the idea of jointly-issued bonds for the eurozone,...

  7. JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — It was a label they sought both to embrace and avoid, a refrain overheard in whispers or uttered...

  8. NEW YORK (AP) — Broadcast television networks are determined to make you laugh. The resurgence of situation comedies...

  9. NEW YORK (AP) — It was on the streets of her Harlem neighborhood in the 1940s that teenager Althea Gibson began...

  10. NEW YORK (AP) — The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends...

  11. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A governing party official appeared to have scored a first-round win in the Dominican...

  12. BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese conglomerate announced Monday it will buy a major U.S. cinema chain, AMC Entertainment...

  13. TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear agency arrived Monday in Tehran on a key mission that could lead to...

  14. NEW YORK, May 18 (Reuters) - Ailing U.S. law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf is considering a bankruptcy filing as new debtholders...

  15. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When equipment manager Steve Vucinich told Josh Donaldson he might want to change something to...

  16. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two young men were arrested Friday in the killings of two University of Southern California...

  17. BEIJING (AP) — A blind Chinese activist whose escape from a rural village set off a diplomatic tussle between...

  18. CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — For a welcome, President Barack Obama acknowledged his Group of 8 guests with a joke, a...

  19. NEW YORK (AP) — In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the first time, CEO...

  20. Today is Saturday, May 19, the 140th day of 2012. There are 226 days left in the year. On May 19, 1962, actress...

  21. MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's army announced Friday that it had detained a fourth high-ranking officer during a...

  22. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of former and would-be soldiers in Haiti refused government orders to disband and...

  23. SAO PAULO (AP) — The Rio de Janeiro state government said Friday it will apologize to Brazilian President Dilma...

  24. HOUSTON (AP) — Adrian Beltre homered and drove in two runs and Michael Young broke out of a slump with two hits and...

  25. CAMP DAVID, Md. (AP) — Leaders of the largest industrialized countries are displaying strong unity in pursuing both...

  26. In February, a jury convicted DeWeese of conspiracy, conflict of interest and three counts of theft for using public...

  27. MEXICO CITY (AP) — The tortured body of a Mexican police reporter was found on the side of a road in the northern...

  28. CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A three-week prison standoff that pitted armed inmates against troops ended on Friday as...

  29. LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Country music legend Loretta Lynn is three years older than she has led people to believe, an...

  30. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former welterweight champion Andre Berto has failed a doping test, and the promoter of his...

  31. FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — The nation called Ed Ray a hero when he led a terrified group of children to safety after they...

  32. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Friday to impose sanctions on the leaders of last...

  33. SAO PAULO (AP) — The ownership dispute over the land set to be used for the Olympic golf course for 2016 took another...

  34. MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec's provincial government passed an emergency law Friday restricting demonstrations and...

  35. WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says "all options are on the table" in the ongoing congressional investigation...

  36. INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar drivers rarely speak in unison when it comes to big issues. They all want to go faster. ...

  37. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro is planning to meet with San Francisco's lesbian, gay,...

  38. CHICAGO (AP) — Kerry Wood arrived in the majors 14 years ago, a fresh-faced kid with No. 34 on his back, slinging...

  39. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama holds a cash advantage of more than 2-to-1 over Republican challenger Mitt...

  40. ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A convicted rapist on Friday lost his bid to gain more freedom from a Minnesota program that...

  41. WASHINGTON (AP) — In his first visit to the Oval Office, French President Francois Hollande declared he will withdraw...

  42. CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday,...

  43. CHICAGO (AP) — Two days before Chicago hosts a summit of NATO leaders, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the wide-ranging...

  44. WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President George W. Bush plans to return to the White House for the unveiling of his...

  45. CHICAGO (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke away from a large rally and began marching through Chicago streets Friday,...

  46. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage seafood restaurant heralded its grand opening Friday by mimicking Alaska...

  47. BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The founder of a South Texas cargo airline testified in his own defense on Friday, the...

  48. MADRID (AP) — Concern grew for the stability of Spain's place in the fragile eurozone economy after reports of a rise...

  49. WOLFFORTH, Texas (AP) — City council candidate Bruce MacNair watched the coin rise into the air Friday. His opponent,...

  50. WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — The two sides of Mary Richardson Kennedy's grieving family faced off in court Friday, just...

Legal Headlines

  1. As of December 20, 2011, Pennsylvania has passed the Adam Walsh Act and Sex Offenders must now comply with both...

  2. The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) recently announced that, beginning in August, underwriters of municipal...

  3. Speeding or running a stop sign may not be the only reason for getting pulled over in Irmo, South Carolina. Recently,...

  4. An accident in Southern Illinois has claimed the lives of two people. The crash involved a 67-year-old man driving a...

  5. On Friday in Maricopa, Arizona, two vehicles collided with an elementary school bus in a violent multi-car accident...

  6. A member of the Shenendehowa school board has reportedly failed to send his ex-wife more than $60,000 in child...

  7. The death of a 54-year-old man in a town just across the state line has prompted a government investigation at the...

  8. With Chapter 7 bankruptcy fees now said to average about $1,500, many are finding it to be an obstacle toward...

  9. Where do you shop? Depending on where you live in Texas or elsewhere in the nation, you could drive in traffic, have...

  10. The defense team rested its case in the John Edwards trial this week. The defense took three days to present its...

  11. Many Pittsburgh area residents enjoy riding motorcycles both for transportation as well as fun. While the use of...

  12. Abusive and illegal conduct by companies claiming they can settle your debts in return for up-front fees is not the...

  13. Have you ever wondered how pharmacists can read the apparent scribbles doctors write on prescription forms? If you...

  14. In New Jersey, older residents may worry that their retirement security -- including Social Security benefits -- are...

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    Family law is a particularly broad discipline, encompassing issues relating not only to divorce but also to claims...

  16. We recently wrote about the acquittal of former Wisconsin Senator Randy Hopper. In the last two months, Hopper was...

  17. The problem here is that Deutsche Bank lied both to the federal government and to customers when it said it had...

  18. Currently, Missouri law bans texting and driving for motorists 21 years of age and under. However, attempts to expand...

  19. Many California parents who have gone through the process of adoption may commiserate with adoptive parents from...

  20. One of the fascinating things about science fiction movies is the technology that is imagined that seems impossible. ...

  21. In June 2010, a 28-year-old Marine was driving a U-Haul on an Arizona freeway when he lost control of the truck,...

  22. Orange County residents cannot help but notice the increasing financial buzz surrounding Facebook these days. The...

  23. Tax accounting can be a very complicated matter. It might be easy to make mistakes and sometimes, past mistakes might...

  24. Florida residents may have read about the continuing story concerning Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. After news...

  25. As of last week, interstate signs posted by the Tennessee Department of Transportation have displayed that more than...

  26. Atlanta ranked as America's fifth-friendliest city for small businesses recently, paving the way for entrepreneurs...

  27. A sheriff's sergeant in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, is receiving a taste of the other side of the legal system...

  28. A Cape Cod film director was convicted of tax fraud in Massachusetts Superior Court last week. The man illegally...

  29. With summer just around the corner more motorcyclists will soon be hitting the road. May is designated as motorcycle...

  30. What does California offer to immigrants that they can't find in their homeland? For many people, working in the...

  31. After a person is convicted of a sex crime in Michigan, they are often placed on the Michigan State Police Sex...

  32. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the New York State Department of Labor's Division of Safety...

  33. In past posts about marijuana DUI laws, we discussed the legislative proposal that sought to set a THC limit at...

  34. Lately, Facebook has been in the news due to its upcoming initial public offering. Some estimates have suggested that...

  35. About 10 months after a federal judge angrily overturned a murder-for-hire conviction of a Prince William County man...

  36. GREENSBORO, NC: Last summer, ICE Director John Morton released a memorandum emphasizing that ICE needed to exercise more...

  37. Estate planning uses wills, trusts, powers of attorney, health care directives and other documents to make certain that...

  38. On Wednesday, a 32-year-old Florida man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her alleged involvement in a...

  39. Some promising news for Louisiana's economy broke this week, as a poll conducted by Chief Executive magazine shows...

  40. Amid rumors that John Doe #2 in the sexual harassment and sexual battery lawsuit against John Travolta was moving...

  41. In the latest of a long line of blockbuster fraud settlements in the pharmaceutical sector, the United States...

  42. Getting caught with drugs while driving can lead to serious charges. Three people, including a man from the Bronx,...

  43. There is a wide diversity in the United States. There are different beliefs, cultures, nationalities and races. ...

  44. There are several circumstances that contribute to the calculation of alimony, or spousal support, in Massachusetts. ...

  45. The city of Providence is seriously considering its options in the wake of a $20 million budget deficit. Like many...

  46. A bill currently working its way through the U.S. Senate is targeting the growing threat posed by cyber attacks. ...

  47. The recent flurry of national activity surrounding same-sex marriages brings to mind a recent case of ours. Margaret...

  48. So many students across the nation, Arizona included, are forced to take out loans in order to handle the...

  49. Two New Jersey asphalt companies are suing an out-of-state competitor, accusing it of conspiring with several local...

  50. A new report is urging Congress to enact legislation to better protect female farm workers from sexual harassment. ...

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