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(AP) - Rihanna's attorney says the singer would testify against Chris Brown if called as a witness in her boyfriend's assault case, the AP reports. Donald Etra, who is representing the 21-year-old Barbados native, said today that Rihanna would be required by law to testify if prosecutors subpoena her. Etra appeared in... More »

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(Newser) - It looks like California's ban on gay marriage will stand. Based on their questions today during arguments over Proposition 8, justices on the state's Supreme Court seem inclined to uphold the voters' decision in November, reports the Los Angeles Times. However, the justices also appeared willing to allow same-sex marriages... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • court • Proposition 8 • Bill Maher Grid

 Franken 
 Moves to 
 Dismiss 
 Coleman 
 Lawsuit 

Coleman hasn't met his burden of proof, he says

Mar 5, 09 11:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Al Franken asked judges today to dismiss a lawsuit that has bogged down Minnesota’s US Senate vote recount, saying Republican opponent Norm Coleman didn’t prove his claim that 2000 absentee ballots were improperly rejected. Since resting their case, Coleman’s lawyers have focused on using Franken’s witnesses... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

Usher to Brown: Quit Living It Up, Show Some Remorse

'Show some remorse, man,' he urges

Mar 4, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - A stunned Usher yesterday blasted the luxurious lifestyle and high-spirited smiles of Chris Brown relaxing in Miami just weeks after he apparently viciously beat girlfriend Rihanna, reports the New York Daily News. "Come on, Chris, have a bit of remorse, man," said Usher. "The man's on... More »

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domestic violence • court • assault • Rihanna • Usher • Chris Brown • court appearance

 Coleman Team: 
 'Set Aside' This 
 Election 

GOP defense rests most of case; now it's Franken's turn

Mar 3, 09 8:35 AM CST
(Newser) - A lawyer for Norm Coleman suggested the election should be "set aside" in a letter to the court reviewing Minnesota’s US Senate election results, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “Some courts have held that when the number of illegal votes exceeds the margin between the candidates—and it... More »

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court • Norm Coleman • Minnesota • Al Franken • Senate race • ballots • Election 2008

'Vaccine Court' Denies Families' Autism Claim

MMR vaccine and thimerosal don't combine to cause autism, panel finds

Feb 12, 09 11:41 AM CST
(Newser) - A special court has ruled that a common vaccine did not cause autism in three children, CNN reports. Three test-case families who claimed the vaccine for measles, mumps, and rubella in combination with the preservative thimerosal caused their children’s autism were denied compensation by the panel, which ruled that... More »

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autism • vaccination • vaccine • Department of Health • court • compensation • Michelle Cedillo

Flu Gone Wild: Vid King Busted For Missing Court Date

Francis 5 hours late for tax-evasion hearing

Feb 3, 09 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The flu has sleaze-meister Joe Francis going a bit wild himself, his lawyer tells E! Online. The Girls Gone Wild producer was arrested yesterday after he was five hours late to a Los Angeles court for a tax-evasion hearing. Francis is accused of hoarding $20 million in bogus deductions. More »

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Girls Gone Wild • Joe Francis • tax evasion • court • arrest • bench warrant

Judge Limits Distribution of Caylee Images

Accused mom Casey appears for motion on autopsy photos

Jan 8, 09 4:44 PM CST
(Newser) - Accused murderer Casey Anthony headed back to a Florida jail after her first public appearance since October at a court hearing today, the Orlando Sentinel reports. At the hearing, held to determine restrictions on photos and X-rays of the corpse of Anthony’s daughter Caylee Marie, a judge granted defense... More »

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crime • murder • court • Casey Anthony • Caylee Anthony • hearings • child • court appearance

Matt Dillon Clocked at
106 mph

Crash star faces
possible 3 months
in Vermont jail

Jan 1, 09 8:21 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Matt Dillon was arrested for speeding after a police radar caught him zooming northbound on a Vermont highway at 106 mph, reports Reuters. The Crash star was driving a rented 2009 Chevy Impala in a 65 mph zone. Dillon, 44, faces up to three months in jail and a... More »

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Vermont • court • speeding • jail • actor • New Yorkers • Matt Dillon

 Britney's Dad 
 Gets a Raise 
 to Watch Her  

LA court raises James Spears' monthly salary by more than 50 percent

Dec 24, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Some fathers take care of their kids for free, but Britney Spears can’t seem to pay her dad enough: A Los Angeles court this week raised Jamie Spears' monthly salary from $10,000 to $16,000, plus $1,200 in expenses, Us Weekly reports. Dad was awarded permanent legal... More »

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music • Britney Spears • court • salary • father • conservatorship • celebrity parents

 Saudi Girl, 8, Can't 
 Divorce Husband, 58: Court 

Case must wait until girl hits puberty; she still lives with mother

Dec 22, 08 2:10 PM CST
(Newser) - An 8-year-old Saudi girl will remain married to her 58-year-old husband after a court struck down her mother’s request for a divorce, the Daily Mail reports. The hard-up father, who is divorced from the mother, signed a contract in August and received a dowry of about $7,400. The... More »

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Saudi Arabia • divorce • Islamic Sharia law • court • arranged marriage • dowry • minor • marriage contract

 'Pumpkin Streaker' 
 Cops a Plea in Colo. 

Student, one of 12, will do community service, avoid sex-offender status

Dec 19, 08 2:05 PM CST
(Newser) - A University of Colorado student who ran through a pedestrian mall naked except for a pumpkin on her head on Halloween agreed yesterday to a plea deal, the Boulder Daily Camera reports. The 20-year-old will do 6 months of probation and 8 hours of community service, and will not have... More »

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crime • nudity • court • University of Colorado • Colorado • Halloween • public nudity • Boulder • pumpkins

 Blinded Woman 
 Wins Eye-for-Eye 
 Islamic Justice 

Iranian court orders acid be dropped in attacker's eyes

Dec 15, 08 3:36 AM CST
(Newser) - An Iranian judge is applying Islamic law to give a blinded woman the eye-for-an-eye justice she seeks. A jilted suitor who poured acid on the woman—blinding and disfiguring her—will have the chemical dropped into his eyes, the Washington Post reports. Some officials say it may deter similar crimes... More »

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Iran • women • violence • court • justice • corporal punishment • acid

Congratulations, You've Been SuperServed!

Legal notifications on Facebook OK with Aussie supreme court

Dec 12, 08 3:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Australians can add legal judgments to the list of goodies their Facebook “friends” can send them. In what appears to be a global first, a Supreme Court judge today ruled that notices of default judgments—cases that don’t require defendants to appear—may be served on Facebook, the... More »

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Australia • email • Facebook • court • court cases • defendants

 Court Sticks It to Sarko  
 Over Voodoo Dolls 

Stab-able president a cult success in France

Nov 28, 08 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - An appeals court in France essentially told the nation's president to lighten up today. The court rejected a bid by Nicolas Sarkozy to ban voodoo dolls made in his likeness, the International Herald Tribune reports. It ruled that the dolls can continue to be sold, only now they must have... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • appeal • court • judge • doll • voodoo

Judge Demands White House Turn Over Wiretap Memos

He'll determine if their public release would jeopardize national security

Nov 2, 08 7:16 AM CST
(Newser) - A federal judge has ordered the Justice Department to turn over legal memos related to the government's policy allowing warrantless wiretapping, reports the Los Angeles Times. The memos must be turned over by Nov. 17 for review by US District Judge Henry Kennedy, who will determine if releasing them would... More »

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Department of Justice • White House • court • wiretap • warrantless wiretapping • US District Court • federal wiretap

(Newser) - If California’s gay marriage ban passes, “legal chaos” will ensue for those who tied the knot since it became legal to do so in June, lawyers warn. With no court precedents, experts are left guessing whether those marriages would remain valid, the Los Angeles Times reports. Ultimately,... More »

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California • gay marriage • law • court • marriage rights • California Supreme Court • Proposition 8

Husband-Killer Gets Custody of 3 Daughters

Says she and former in-laws now 'love each other'

Sep 19, 08 7:33 PM CDT
(AP) - A woman convicted of killing her minister husband 2 years ago was granted permanent custody of their three daughters today and said she has resumed a cordial relationship with the grandparents who fought to take the children away from her, the AP reports. A judge in Huntingdon, Tenn., returned full... More »

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crime • murder • court • Tennessee

Alleged Simpson Victim Gets Sick in Courtroom

Fromong testifies for hours before pointing
to chest and leaving

Sep 15, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first witness in OJ Simpson's robbery-kidnapping trial cut proceedings short by complaining of chest pain and leaving the courtroom, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bruce Fromong, 54, who says he has had four heart attacks since the robbery, testified for hours before pointing to his chest and walking out.... More »

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celebrity trials • robbery • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • trial • court • Bruce Fromong

Craig Pushes
to Withdraw Guilty Plea

Senator skips court hearing, which centers on mail-in document

Sep 10, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Larry Craig's lawyers asked a state appeals court today to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea to disorderly conduct charges. The prosecutor argued that the senator, who did not appear today, waived his right to a trial by using a mail-in form to enter a plea after being busted... More »

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Minneapolis • court • Larry Craig • disorderly conduct • Minneapolis airport • political scandal

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