The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Florida Wednesday rejected an appeal from a widow who sued a gun company after her husband, a middle school teacher, was gunned down by a student while entering...
Bloomberg is reporting that US Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman William Donaldson is stepping down on June 30.3:15 PM ET - The SEC has posted a press release detailing the departure of Donaldson later this month....
AP is reporting that United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has fired suspended UN staffer Joseph Stephanides for his role in the UN oil-for-food scandal .1:25 PM ET - Stephanides is the first UN staffer to be...
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced on Tuesday that Iraq has officially asked for UN help in drafting a new permanent constitution . Annan acknowledged a letter from Hajim N. Al-Hasani,...
Two US citizens accused of conspiring to support al-Qaida were denied bail on Tuesday in separate federal courts. Tarik Shah of New York and Dr. Rafik Abdus of Florida were both arrested in a government sting operation...
After assurances from her lawyer that she would attend a scheduled September trial in Serbia on abuse of power charges, Serbian authorities have cancelled an international arrest warrant for Mirjana Markovic , the wife of former Yugoslav president...
Florida Governor Jeb Bush Tuesday signed into law House Bill 1041 , providing for increased state oversight of clinics that provide second-trimester abortions. Bush said the law is about increasing safety standards and...
Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sentenced Tuesday to nine years in jail for fraud and tax evasion, will appeal the verdict but his lawyers say they do not expect the appeal to be considered until...
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer on Tuesday formally appealed the March California Superior Court ruling that the state's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. That order was stayed in anticipation of this appeal. Reuters...
The author of the Vanity Fair article that on Tuesday revealed the long-secret identity of "Deep Throat" is a San Francisco lawyer who first learned in 2002 that the Watergate leaker was former FBI deputy director W. Mark Felt...
