A Maryland woman with Asperger syndrome will not have to pay almost $340,000 in student loans she accumulated over the course of her almost 20-year pursuit of higher education, a judge has ruled in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Maryland. Asperger, ...

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An Atlanta woman who nearly killed a Baltimore stripper after illegally injecting automotive-grade silicone into her buttocks, pleaded guilty Wednesday to using an adulterated and misbranded product. Kimberly D. Smedley, 45 — who is not a licensed medical practitioner of ...

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BUFFALO, N.Y. — A Maryland man has pleaded guilty in a turtle trafficking case in New York. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Buffalo says 57-year-old Michael Johnson of Chestertown ran a turtle meat processing facility in Millington in 2007 and ...

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The U.S. attorney’s office in Memphis is suing FedEx over the company’s use of battery-powered, refrigerated cargo containers. A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office for West Tennessee says the government is seeking to recover $1.55 million ...

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Maryland’s U.S. Attorney’s Office recovered more than $126.7 million in civil and criminal cases in fiscal 2011, more than doubling the amount taken in the year before. The recovery marked an all-time high for the Maryland office, according to U.S. ...

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A presidential historian charged with conspiring to steal documents from U.S. archives — including papers signed by Abraham Lincoln — is seeking court permission to sell an Andy Warhol print, other artworks and inaugural medals to cover his living expenses. ...

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Federal prosecutors say a Millersville man is facing sentencing for fabricating military and academic credentials to get jobs as a teacher and trainer. A judge will sentence William Hillar on Tuesday in Baltimore. Prosecutors say Hillar falsely claimed to be ...

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GREENBELT — The U.S. Attorney’s office says a Lusby man has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $630,000 from the sale of Navy scrap metal. Prosecutors said Monday that 46-year-old Christopher M. Hill pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in ...

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WASHINGTON — Johnson & Johnson has tentatively agreed to settle a single misdemeanor criminal charge related to a multi-year government investigation into the marketing of its psychiatric drug Risperdal. The company said Monday in a regulatory filing that the agreement ...

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