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  • FTC sues DirecTV, alleges hidden fees and deceptive ads

    FTC sues DirecTV, alleges hidden fees and deceptive ads

    National News 03/12/2015

    The government is taking the nation's biggest satellite TV provider to court, accusing DirecTV of misleading millions of consumers about the cost of its programming. The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that its complaint charges DirecTV Inc. ...

  • Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine

    Philippine court enters not guilty plea for US Marine

    National News 02/25/2015

    A Philippine court entered a not guilty plea Monday for a U.S. Marine charged with murdering a transgender Filipino, allegedly after he discovered her gender when they checked into a hotel. Marine Pfc. Joseph Scott Pemberton refused to enter a plea i...

  • Court says Chuck Yeager can sue Utah gun safe company

    Court says Chuck Yeager can sue Utah gun safe company

    National News 02/16/2015

    A federal appeals court says record-setting test pilot Chuck Yeager can sue a Utah gun safe company that named a line of safes after him. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Tuesday that the 91-year-old can sue Fort Knox Security P...

  • Court revives copyright lawsuit against singer Frankie Valli

    Court revives copyright lawsuit against singer Frankie Valli

    National News 02/16/2015

    A federal appeals court on Tuesday revived a copyright lawsuit against Frankie Valli and fellow "Four Seasons" band member Robert Gaudio over "Jersey Boys," the popular musical about the band.   Donna Corbello sued Valli and Gaudio in 2011 for c...

  • Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court

    Brother of murder victim attacks defendant in court

    National News 02/04/2015

    The brother of a murder victim has been arrested after authorities say he attacked his sister's killer in Onslow County court. Authorities say 26-year-old Alfonso Law of Acworth, Georgia, has been charged with contempt of court, assault on a governme...

  • Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider

    Two justices once open to cameras in court now reconsider

    National News 02/04/2015

    Two Supreme Court justices who once seemed open to the idea of cameras in the courtroom said Monday they have reconsidered those views, dashing even faint hopes that April's historic arguments over gay marriage might be televised. In separate appeara...

  • Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president

    Panama high court OKs corruption probe of ex-president

    National News 01/30/2015

    Panama's Supreme Court voted Wednesday to open a corruption probe against former President Ricardo Martinelli, a move likely to rally popular support in a nation where the politically powerful rarely face justice for misdeeds. A statement from the co...

  • High court rejects military contractors appeals

    High court rejects military contractors appeals

    National News 01/20/2015

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away three appeals from military contractor KBR Inc. that seek to shut down lawsuits over a soldier's electrocution in Iraq and open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan. The justices offered no comment in allowin...

  • Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping

    Indian court charges Uber driver with rape, kidnapping

    National News 01/13/2015

    A New Delhi court charged an Uber cab driver on Tuesday with rape, kidnapping and criminal intimidation in a case that has renewed a national fury over chronic sexual violence in India. Authorities are still investigating whether Uber should also be ...

  • Suspect in trooper shooting case heads to court

    Suspect in trooper shooting case heads to court

    National News 01/05/2015

    A man who eluded police for 48 days after allegedly shooting to death a state trooper and wounding another is due in court for a preliminary hearing which could decide whether his case goes to county court for trial. A Pennsylvania district judge mus...

  • US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing

    US Supreme Court takes case, but plaintiff missing

    National News 12/31/2014

    When the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to take Bobby Chen's case involving a run-down Baltimore row house razed by the city, it looked past the fact he was too poor to pay the court's filing fee and had no attorney. But now Chen can't be found, something...

  • Court sides with POM Wonderful in beverage fight

    Court sides with POM Wonderful in beverage fight

    National News 12/31/2014

    A federal appeals court has sided with juice maker POM Wonderful in a lawsuit over another beverage company's use of the term "pom." The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday reversed a lower court ruling that denied POM Wonderful's request fo...

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