DOVER, Del. — A Delaware judge has approved a $139 million cash settlement between News Corp. and shareholders in a lawsuit over the British phone hacking scandal and the media conglomerate’s purchase of an entertainment company run by News Corp. ...

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DOVER, Del. — State officials say more than 1,800 drivers were cited for distracted driving during a law enforcement campaign. The Delaware Office of Highway Safety said Tuesday that law enforcers conducted the campaign between Nov. 7 and Nov. 20. ...

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DOVER, Del. — The American Civil Liberties Union is warning that the Capital School District’s proposed cyber-bullying policy could be unconstitutional. The ACLU sent a letter to a lawyer for the school board Monday asserting that the policy would violate ...

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DOVER, Del. — A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has authorized the Tribune Co. to pay up to $45 million dollars in bonuses to managers this year. The judge issued an order Friday in response to Tribune’s request to continue ...

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DOVER, Del. — A federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s decision that had put a scheduled Friday execution in Delaware on hold. Thursday’s decision by the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia came just hours before the ...

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DOVER, Del. — A federal judge says a former Delaware death row inmate can’t get back a Playboy magazine that was seized from him. Robert Gattis claimed in a 2008 lawsuit that officials violated his constitutional rights and prison policy ...

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DOVER, Del. — A white Widener University professor who claimed that the black dean of the law school tried to oust him because of his conservative political views has settled a lawsuit against university. Larry Connell had claimed that Linda ...

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DOVER, Del. — Clerk’s office in Delaware’s three counties reported only minor problems as they began processing applications for same-sex civil unions. A new law authorizing same-sex civil unions took effect Jan. 1, but officials did not begin taking applications ...

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DOVER, Del. — A convicted killer who faces execution in Delaware later this month has filed a petition for clemency with the state Board of Pardons. Robert Gattis is scheduled to be executed Jan. 20 for the 1990 shooting death ...

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DOVER, Del. — The state Board of Pardons on Thursday rejected a commutation request from a killer who kidnapped and robbed a man, then tied him to a tree and left him to die. James Waller was sentenced to life ...

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