Sheen pleads not guilty in domestic violence case
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AP - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty to domestic violence charges on Monday, nearly three months after his wife told Colorado police in a 911 call he put a knife to her throat and threatened to kill her.
Sheen domestic violence trial set for July 21
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AFP - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of domestic violence and was ordered to stand trial July 21 during a brief court appearance in an Aspen, Colorado, court.
Charlie Sheen pleads not guilty to assaulting wife
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Reuters - Actor Charlie Sheen pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges of assaulting his wife, who had previously asked for the case to be dropped.
Feds urge judge not to delay Blagojevich trial
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AP - Prosecutors urged a federal judge Monday to turn down ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's request to delay his corruption trial, saying public interest in the case warrants a speedy resolution.
Dentist pleads guilty to dumping waste in NJ ocean
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AP - A Pennsylvania dentist has pleaded guilty to dumping medical waste into the ocean, causing numerous beach closures in New Jersey.
Judge faces election after unpopular decision
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AP - The judge didn't believe the father was a threat and denied the mother's plea to keep him away from their 9-month-old son. It was a seemingly routine ruling in a busy family law court called on too often to referee passionate fights between broken young families over the care of babies.
Appeals court upholds conviction in Miss. killings
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AP - A federal appeals court has upheld the 2007 conviction of a reputed Ku Klux Klan member in the kidnapping of two black men who were abducted and killed in rural Mississippi in 1964.
New Florida case thwarts Calif. molester's release
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AP - The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's allegations that he bought her as a child in Asia and subjected her to years of sexual abuse while molesting her young friends.
SF police probe more hate crime BB-gun shootings
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AP - Prosecutors who have charged three cousins with a hate crime for shooting a San Francisco man with a BB gun because they thought he was gay said Friday they're considering charging the suspects in 11 similar shootings.
Two main Galleon defendants seek separate trials
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Reuters - Accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant want separate trials on charges they were involved in what prosecutors describe as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States.