Welcome to Monday. I hope you do not find the day too taxing. Here are a few news items to take into account. — English litigator in phone-hacking case had working-class upbringing. — Byrd the bailiff has been Judge Judy’s ...

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Baltimore Police Officer Samuel Ocasio was convicted Thursday for his part in a wide-ranging towing scheme in the city that could land him behind bars for 25 years. Ocasio, 36, of Edgewood, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District ...

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LONDON — The editor of Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper told a media ethics inquiry Monday it is possible illegal phone hacking took place at the tabloid, which was edited for almost a decade by CNN celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan. The ...

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LONDON — Witnesses continued to chip away at News International’s claims that it didn’t know phone hacking was widespread at its News of the World tabloid, with a former legal advisor for the company testifying Tuesday that he knew years ...

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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A new judge was assigned to handle Jerry Sandusky’s child sex-abuse charges on Wednesday as a lawyer for a boy who accuses the former Penn State assistant football coach of abuse took aim at his televised ...

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WASHINGTON — Prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence former Prince George’s County Councilwoman Leslie Johnson to a year or more in jail, saying she was part of a corrupt culture. Johnson, the wife of former Prince George’s County Executive ...

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WASHINGTON — A former lobbyist who was a rising star under Jack Abramoff’s tutelage was sentenced Wednesday to nearly two years in prison for giving public officials meals and event tickets. Kevin Ring argued up until his emotional sentencing hearing ...

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Maryland housing officials say lenders have filed an average of 15,000 intent notices per month against homeowners since January, indicating a new wave of foreclosures may soon hit the state. The disclosure came Thursday after a national report from RealtyTrac ...

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NEW YORK — A group of News Corp. shareholders have sued the media conglomerate over a phone-hacking scandal at its now-closed News of the World tabloid in London. The lawsuit accuses News Corp. of large-scale governance failures surrounding the British ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wilmington told a federal bankruptcy judge Friday that the diocese’s reorganization plan is fair and just for all creditors, including victims of priest sex abuse, and that he doesn’t expect ...

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