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A drug trial in St. John's came to a screeching halt Tuesday when the Crown moved to stay the proceedings. Michael Kavanagh, 31, was charged with drug trafficking after police found a stash of two kilograms of cocaine in a trash can in a Torbay service station. "Frankly, we are surprised by...

An Ontario teacher accused of trying to kill his wife while the couple vacationed in Jamaica has been remanded to prison there. A judge ordered Paul Martin be held in Clarks Town jail in northwest Trelawny parish until a Feb. 28 hearing. Martin's attorney did not immediately comment on the...

Actor Randy Quaid and his wife, Evi, wait for a taxi outside their lawyer's office in Vancouver in October. It's another missed court date, another arrest warrant for actor Randy Quaid's wife, Evi. The 47-year-old failed to appear for a probation hearing Thursday in Santa Barbara, Calif., and...

U.S. authorities think Anwar al-Awlaki inspired at least two acts of terrorism aimed at Americans. Washington -- A judge threw a "unique and extraordinary" lawsuit out of court Tuesday, leaving open the question of whether the U.S. government can legally target American citizens for death...

Nadia Kajouji is seen in this undated photo provided by her mother, Deborah Chevalier. A former Minnesota nurse pleaded not guilty Friday to encouraging an English man and an Ontario woman to kill themselves, and his attorney asked the judge to dismiss the case. William Melchert-Dinkel, 48, of...

The case is cited as a fuse for the Selma-Montgomery march led by civil rights luminaries such as Martin Luther King Jr. Former Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler, 77, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor manslaughter Monday in a civil rights-era murder case that was a catalyst for the 1965...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2010/11/15/exp.sbt.mel.gibson.abuse.cnn Los Angeles, California -- The judge overseeing the Mel Gibson child custody case ordered a probe into the leak of sealed court documents published on celebrity news website TMZ, a lawyer in the case said. The...

A statutory rape charge against an 18-year-old Michigan man who had sex with a 14-year-old girl has been dropped after the girl committed suicide, according to the Wayne County, Michigan, prosecutor's office. "Our witness was the evidence and her testimony was going to be our evidence in the...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2010/11/03/sayah.iran.stoning.ashtiani.cnn Tehran, Iran -- A woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery has not been executed, Iran's official news agency reported Wednesday, rejecting "Western media" reports that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani had been...

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, who is charged with illegally funneling corporate money to help elect GOP candidates to the Texas legislature. The Republican was indicted in 2005 on charges he illegally sent $190,000 in...

-- An American businessman could face three strokes with a cane for overstaying his visa in Singapore, his legal defense team said Friday. Kamari Charlton, 37, also could face a six-month jail sentence if convicted. Charlton was about to leave Singapore with his pregnant wife when he was...

Beijing, China -- China awaits a verdict in a precedent-setting discrimination case, with an HIV-positive man suing over being rejected for a teaching job, state media said. "I know my case may take a relatively long time, since it is believed to be the first case in China about discrimination...

The lead Mexican investigator in the Falcon Lake case, Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, has been killed, his severed head delivered Tuesday in a suitcase to the Mexican military. "His head was delivered to the army garrison this morning in a suitcase after he failed to report back home last...

Fort Hood, Texas -- Tuesday marks the beginning of the military hearing for Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding 32 in a shooting spree at Fort Hood Army base in Texas. The hearing will determine if Hasan will be court-martialed. Hasan, 40, is...

Under the U.S. Supreme Court: Kennedy key to gay marriage WASHINGTON, Now that a federal judge has blocked California's voter-enacted ban on same sex marriages, his injunction is expected to be favorably viewed by the federal appeals court where the case is headed now. The 9th U.S. Court of...

No verdict in Blagojevich corruption case CHICAGO, The federal jurors deciding the fate of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich called it a day Wednesday about 5 hours after being handed the corruption case. The six-man, six-woman jury began its deliberations at 11:48 a.m. after listening to...

Swedish high court may hear bird case STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Swedish prosecutors are trying to take their case against a man who sold a decades-old stuffed bird on the Internet to the country's Supreme Court. An appeals court agreed with the Upper Norrland District Court that the man violated laws...

Top court ruling limits texting privacy WASHINGTON, (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday supervisors may read an employee's text messages if they suspect work rules are being violated. In a unanimous ruling, the justices rejected an argument of privacy rights when they said the...

Israeli corruption case may be reopened JERUSALEM, (UPI) -- A corruption case involving former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, closed down a year ago, may be reopened in light of new developments, officials say. The Israeli Supreme Court recommended the government prosecutors take a...

Case quits Hawaii congressional primary WAIKIKI, Hawaii, (UPI) -- Former U.S. Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, said Sunday he will drop out of the Democratic primary campaign for a congressional seat captured by a Republican last week. Case, who faced off against fellow Democrat Colleen Hanabusa and...