WASHINGTON — Former baseball star Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress when he denied using performance-enhancing drugs as a fast-balling pitcher. The trial in U.S. District Court in Washington was lengthy, ...

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A Baltimore man acquitted of setting a pit bull puppy on fire has been sentenced to eight years in a separate case. Travers Johnson, one of two brothers acquitted this month of animal cruelty, pleaded guilty Monday to attempted second-degree ...

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State Sen. Ulysses S. Currie remained calm and poised Tuesday in the hall outside the federal courtroom where a jury had just acquitted him of all charges in a corruption scandal. He thanked his legal team, called the verdict a ...

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A woman who claims she was roughed up and insulted during a wrongful arrest on drug charges can proceed with part of her lawsuit against the officers and the Baltimore Police Department, a judge ruled Monday. Judge Emanuel Brown allowed ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Lawmakers across the nation are proposing the so-called Caylee’s laws that would make it a felony for parents who do not promptly report a missing child. The measures come after Casey Anthony was acquitted of murder in ...

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A federal judge in Greenbelt has acquitted the former GlaxoSmithKline lawyer accused of lying to the government about off-label marketing of one of the pharmaceutical company’s drugs. Judge Roger Titus said Tuesday there was not sufficient evidence in the case ...

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In his first trial as Baltimore City state’s attorney, Gregg L. Bernstein convinced the jury but not the judge. On Tuesday — one day after a city jury found two Baltimore policemen guilty of misconduct in office for picking up ...

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