Attorney general: Sandusky dismissal premature without ‘facts’
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: case, centre county, football, jerry sandusky, joe paterno, Penn State, pittsburgh, sexual abuse, trial
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PITTSBURGH — State prosecutors say a defense motion asking a judge to dismiss child sexual-abuse charges against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is premature because there are no “facts” in the form of sworn testimony on which to base the request. Sandusky’s attorney asked a Centre County judge last week to dismiss [...]
Huguely wants conviction set aside
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: charlottesville, errors, george huguely, grand larceny, judge edward hogshire, Jurors, lacrosse, motion, murder, new trial, university of virginia, yeardley love
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A former University of Virginia lacrosse player convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend is appealing his conviction. Attorneys for George W. Huguely V filed a motion Friday in Charlottesville Circuit Court asking that his second-degree murder conviction be set aside for the May 2010 beating death of Yeardley Love, 22, of suburban Baltimore. [...]
N.J. judge: Texter not liable for driver’s car crash
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: accident, David and Linda Kubert, death, driver, Kyle Best, Law, lawsuit, liability, new jersey, Shannon Colonna, State Superior Court Judge David Rand, Stephen Weinstein, text message
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — A woman who texted her boyfriend while he was driving cannot be held liable for a car crash he caused while responding, seriously injuring a motorcycling couple, a judge ruled Friday in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the country. A lawyer for the injured couple [...]
Baltimore police arrest suspect in Craigslist robberies
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, buyers, coins, craigslist, david brown, dirt bikes, jewelry, police, robberies, sellers
Baltimore police have arrested a suspect in four robberies in which the victims were Craigslist users looking to buy coins, jewelry and dirt bikes. A police spokesman says investigators found 26-year-old David Brown on Friday as he used a public computer at a city library. Police accuse him of organizing four robberies in which would-be [...]
Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta pays $105 million to settle U.S. lawsuit
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: atrazine, chemicals, contamination, herbicide, lawsuit, maker, pollution, Southern District of Illinois, Syngenta, u..s district court, united states, water supply, weed killer
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. — Swiss chemicals maker Syngenta’s agreement to pay $105 million to settle a nearly 8-year-old lawsuit over one of its popular agricultural herbicides could help reimburse nearly 2,000 community water systems that have had to filter the chemical from its drinking water, a plaintiffs’ attorneys said Friday. The proposed deal, announced [...]
Upper Marlboro woman guilty in crash that killed U.S. Senate candidate
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 25, 2012
Tags: christy littleford, conviction, fatal car accident, green party, natasha pettigrew, Prince George's County, sentencing, trial, upper marlboro
UPPER MARLBORO — A driver who struck and killed a Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010 has been convicted of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. Forty-three-year-old Christy Littleford of Upper Marlboro faces up to 10 years in prison for the early morning crash that killed 30-year-old Natasha Pettigrew. Prosecutors [...]
Conaway faults courthouses’ safety, upkeep 
BY: Ben Mook
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Baltimore City Circuit Court Administrative Judge Marcella A. Holland, City Law Department, clarence m. mitchell jr. courthouse, clerk, Clerk of Court Frank M. Conaway Sr., courthouse east, courts, maryland, mayor stephanie rawlings-blake
Calling conditions at Baltimore’s two circuit courthouses “deplorable,” Clerk of Court Frank M. Conaway Sr. sent a letter to Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake asking for help making the long-sought fixes to the aging facilities. Conditions at the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. Courthouse and at Courthouse East directly across the street have been the subject of many [...]
Aaron Spelling’s widow sues Annapolis auction house over dolls
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: aaron spelling, antique dolls, auction, breach of contract, candy spelling, lawsuit, madame alexander, stuart holbrook, theriault's
WASHINGTON — The widow of TV producer Aaron Spelling is suing a Maryland auction house that sold part of her extensive collection of antique dolls, claiming it owes her money and failed to return unsold items. Candy Spelling filed the lawsuit against Annapolis-based Theriault’s at the end of April. The lawsuit, which was filed in [...]
Manning seeks dismissal of 10 counts in WikiLeaks case
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: army, bradley manning, capt. joshua tooman, classified, david coombs, Defense Department, documents, information, motions, secret internet protocol router network, staff sgt. robert bales, wikileaks
HAGERSTOWN — An Army private charged in the biggest leak of government secrets in U.S. history is seeking dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts he faces, contending they are either unconstitutionally vague or fail to state a prosecutable offense. Pfc. Bradley Manning’s civilian defense attorney, David Coombs, posted the documents late Wednesday on his [...]
Supreme Court: Families cannot sue over loan discount fee
BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 24, 2012
Tags: 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, clause, discount fee, double jeopardy, freeman family, Inc., Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, lawsuit, loan, loan discount fee, mortgage, Quicken Loans, Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, smith family, sonia sotomayor, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that three families cannot sue a mortgage company for allegedly charging them a loan discount fee without giving them a lower interest rate. The high court’s decision tosses out lawsuits filed in 2008 against Quicken Loans, Inc., in Louisiana by three families who claimed they paid the [...]
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