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Today's Crimes and Trials: Bin Laden evidence readied at detainee trial in NY Activists hail stay of execution in California Woman pleads not guilty in Wash. in acid hoax case Armstrong team staffer testifies to grand jury New trial sought in Oregon Islamic charity case Judge dismisses 2 charges in Anna Nicole drug trial 2nd suspect in NJ college shooting arrested in Pa. Guantanamo civilian trial set to start in New York Judge Vaughn Walker to Retire Gunfire at UT highlights colleges' response Charges dropped against widow in attorney's death Conrad Black's lawyers seek to toss out fraud conviction U.S. judges weigh ex-mogul Conrad Black's appeal Lawsuits to undo key parts of health-care law move forward, so far CA officials ask appeals court to allow execution ND man pleads not guilty in human-trafficking case Suspect in Yale doctor killing ruled incompetent US judge stays execution in California Real estate agent slaying suspect arrested in NC 'Bueller' actor pleads guilty in sex offender case Bin Laden evidence readied at detainee trial in NY Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:20 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors plan to give Osama bin Laden a starring role in the terrorism trial of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be tried in civilian courts, a test case in the debate over whether suspects scooped up in the war against terrorism can be prosecuted like everyone else. Full Story Top Activists hail stay of execution in California Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:00 pm PDT AFP - Death penalty opponents Wednesday hailed a federal judge's ruling postponing the execution of a convicted sex killer, but denounced the legal "chaos" surrounding capital punishment in the state. Full Story Top Woman pleads not guilty in Wash. in acid hoax case Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:23 pm PDT AP - Her face red and blotchy, the woman who splashed acid in her face in what was a bizarre hoax made a brief court appearance Wednesday and was ordered by a judge to live in a mental health facility while she awaits trial. Full Story Top Armstrong team staffer testifies to grand jury Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:02 pm PDT AFP - Allen Lim, an exercise physiologist for Lance Armstrong's Team Radioshack, has appeared before a federal grand jury charged with looking into doping in professional cycling. Full Story Top New trial sought in Oregon Islamic charity case Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:23 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors in the trial of the Oregon leader of an Islamic charity branch used appeals to provoke prejudice and emotion that included waving the Quran in the air and throwing it on the table in front of jurors, his lawyers say in a request for a new trial. Full Story Top Judge dismisses 2 charges in Anna Nicole drug trial Wed, 29 Sep 2010 05:04 pm PDT Reuters - A judge on Wednesday dismissed two charges against Howard K. Stern, the former lawyer and boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith, in a trial over whether he and two doctors wrongly supplied prescription drugs to the model and TV actress. Full Story Top 2nd suspect in NJ college shooting arrested in Pa. Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:11 pm PDT AP - A man charged with shooting five people, killing one, at an off-campus party near Seton Hall University over the weekend pleaded not guilty during his first court appearance on Wednesday, hours before authorities in Pennsylvania arrested a second man accused of providing him with a gun. Full Story Top Guantanamo civilian trial set to start in New York Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:02 pm PDT Reuters - Jury selection began on Wednesday for a Tanzanian charged in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Africa, the first detainee from the Guantanamo Bay military prison to go on trial in a U.S. civilian court. Full Story Top Judge Vaughn Walker to Retire Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:52 pm PDT The Advocate - U.S. district chief judge Vaughn R. Walker, who in a landmark August decision ruled Proposition 8 unconstitutional, will retire from the bench in February, the court has announced. Full Story Top Gunfire at UT highlights colleges' response Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:19 pm PDT AP - Yet another campus shooting, this one at the University of Texas in Austin, provided a terrifying test of how colleges respond at a time when universities nationwide have bolstered efforts to prevent bloodshed and respond decisively. Full Story Top Charges dropped against widow in attorney's death Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:09 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors who received an unexpected autopsy result dropped a murder charge Wednesday against a woman who had been accused of killing her ailing husband as a result of a botched at-home medical procedure. Full Story Top Conrad Black's lawyers seek to toss out fraud conviction Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:51 pm PDT AFP - Lawyers for deposed media baron Conrad Black urged a US appeals court Wednesday to toss out his convictions on fraud and obstruction of justice charges in the wake of a recent Supreme Court ruling. Full Story Top U.S. judges weigh ex-mogul Conrad Black's appeal Wed, 29 Sep 2010 12:45 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. judges reviewing former media mogul Conrad Black's conviction on Wednesday questioned whether jurors found him guilty of depriving shareholders of his "honest services" or of being a thief. Full Story Top Lawsuits to undo key parts of health-care law move forward, so far Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:38 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 23. Within minutes, 14 state attorneys general filed lawsuits in federal courts in Virginia and Florida challenging the constitutionality of the law's "individual mandate," which will require nearly every American to buy health insurance or face annual fines. Full Story Top CA officials ask appeals court to allow execution Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:12 am PDT AP - Government lawyers have asked a federal appeals court to let California carry out its first execution in nearly five years. Full Story Top ND man pleads not guilty in human-trafficking case Wed, 29 Sep 2010 08:15 am PDT AP - A man tied to what federal authorities say is the largest human-trafficking case ever prosecuted in U.S. history has pleaded not guilty to federal charges. Full Story Top Suspect in Yale doctor killing ruled incompetent Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:26 am PDT AP - A Connecticut judge has ruled that an unemployed doctor is not competent to stand trial for murder in the killing of a Yale University physician he once worked with. Full Story Top US judge stays execution in California Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:13 am PDT AFP - A US judge granted a stay of execution Tuesday for a convicted sex killer whose planned death this week would have ended a nearly five-year moratorium on the death penalty here. Full Story Top Real estate agent slaying suspect arrested in NC Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:06 am PDT AP - A fugitive task force has arrested a man in North Carolina being sought in the fatal shooting of an Ohio real estate agent whose body was found in a vacant home he was trying to sell. Full Story Top 'Bueller' actor pleads guilty in sex offender case Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:04 am PDT AP - The actor who played the principal in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" will serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to failing to update his sex offender registry info. Full Story Top

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