WILMINGTON, Del. — Motivated by a yearslong custody dispute, a gunman opened fire Monday morning in a Delaware courthouse lobby just as the building was opening to the public for the day, exchanging shots with police and leaving three people ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Amtrak was forced to briefly suspend rail traffic in the Wilmington area while firefighters worked to control a propane leak in an Amtrak yard on the north side of the city. Authorities said the 500-gallon propane tank ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal appeals court has stayed an injunction against a South Korean company that lost a trade-secrets battle with the DuPont Co. Kolon Industries says the 2-1 decision by the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge has chastised attorneys for two large public employee retirement systems for rushing to court with lawsuits over allegations of bribery involving Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s operations in Mexico. The judge on Monday denied competing motions ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The overseers of a $4 billion charitable trust established by the late Alfred I. duPont have deviated significantly from duPont’s intentions, to the detriment of Delawareans, Attorney General Beau Biden said Monday. In court papers filed ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A federal judge on Wednesday halted the execution of convicted killer Shannon Johnson, saying he wants to hear oral arguments over claims that Johnson is mentally incompetent and should not be executed. The decision by U.S. Chief ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Overriding objections from prosecutors, a Superior Court judge on Monday set bail at $200,000 cash for a former death row inmate accused of killing a liquor store clerk during a 1991 robbery. Judge John Parkins rejected arguments ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A Delaware judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit alleging that billionaire Warren Buffett and directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. failed to take proper action in response stock trades by former Berkshire executive David Sokol before the company’s ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — Tribune Co. creditors are arguing over how recoveries under Tribune’s proposed reorganization plan should be allocated. Many of the arguments at hearing that began Monday revolve around what standing certain junior bondholders have in sharing in any ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — A bankruptcy judge has approved the disclosure statement outlining the Los Angeles Dodgers’ proposed bankruptcy reorganization plan. The judge’s approval came following a hearing in Delaware on Wednesday. The only creditor allowed to vote on the plan ...

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