Attorney offers to help Upton rail group

Four months after meeting with the Planning Board and some concerned residents, an attorney specializing in land use and planning law said he will help the town get answers about activity at the Grafton & Upton Railroad.

Law says no underage drinking allowed on property

ENID — With warmer weather, spring break and end-of-school parties approaching, local prevention specialists and law enforcement officers are reminding the public it’s now against state law to allow underage drinking on your property.

Law enforcement: Child sex abuse investigators needed

Area law enforcement officers agree with child-advocacy groups that more investigators are needed to fight the scourge of sexual predators who target children.

NH jury chosen in Rwanda genocide case (AP)

AP - The trial of a woman charged with lying about her role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide is expected to transport jurors back nearly two decades to a roadblock outside a family owned hotel where prosecutors say the defendant decided who would live and who would die.

Law Office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC Announces Investigation of CH Energy Group, Inc.

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Feb 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Law office of Brodsky & Smith, LLC announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of CH Energy Group, Inc. ("CH Energy" ...

Attorney General Concerned Over Google's New Privacy Policy

Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway has joined the attorneys general of 35 other states in expressing concern over Google's new privacy policy. The policy is scheduled to automatically to into effect for all users of Google products and services on March 1, 2012. The attorneys general said the policy change threatens the privacy of those users of various Google products who wish to keep ...

Ex-lacrosse player at UVA convicted of murdering (Reuters)

Reuters - A jury on Wednesday found former University of Virginia lacrosse player George Huguely V guilty of second-degree murder in the 2010 death of his ex-girlfriend, and recommended he serve 25 years in prison.

Lesbian federal worker wins health benefits case (AP)

AP - A federal judge in San Francisco ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government cannot deny health benefits to the wife of a lesbian court employee by relying on the 1996 law that bars government recognition of same-sex unions.

Attorney General challenges lawyers to March Against Hunger

Attorney General Greg Zoeller is calling on attorneys and the Indiana Bar Association to help end hunger. Attorney General Greg Zoeller is calling on attorneys and the Indiana Bar Association to help end hunger.

District attorney to investigate home where CPS seized 11 children

District attorney to investigate home where CPS seized 11 children Houston Chronicle Copyright 2012 Houston Chronicle. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 10:22 p.m., Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Liberty County prosecutors announced Tuesday they plan a criminal investigation into what happened inside a small brick house that ...

Judge strikes down law mandating sale of (Reuters)

Reuters - A federal judge declared on Wednesday that a Washington state rule requiring pharmacists to dispense emergency contraceptives against their religious beliefs is unconstitutional.

Grandmother, stepmother charged with running girl to death (Reuters)

Reuters - Two Alabama women were accused of murder on Wednesday for allegedly killing a young girl by forcing her to run for three hours without stopping, authorities said.

Texas man gets life in prison in torture case (AP)

AP - A Texas man who kidnapped his former neighbor and tortured her while holding her captive nearly two weeks was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison.

Union sues to block Indiana's right-to-work law

Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation.

Union sues to block Indiana's right-to-work law (AP)

AP - Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation.

Restitution gap in massive credit card scheme case (AP)

AP - Attorneys for a Canadian man convicted in what investigators said was one of the largest credit card schemes in U.S. history tediously denied Wednesday that he owes nearly $750,000 in restitution by challenging dozens of his alleged victims one-by-one in court.

Report: Maryland man at Gitmo reaches plea deal (AP)

AP - The U.S. has reportedly reached a plea deal with a former Maryland man held at Guantanamo accused of joining al-Qaida and participating in a series of post-Sept. 11 terror plots.

Conn. mom pleads guilty in school residency case (AP)

AP - A Connecticut woman who was homeless has pleaded guilty to fraudulently enrolling her son in the wrong school district.

California Attorney General reaches accord on privacy issue

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris of California said on Wednesday she reached an agreement with six major companies to provide consumers with greater privacy disclosures. Her agreement with the six largest companies in the mobile device market - Amazon, Apple, Google , Microsoft, Research In Motion, and Hewlett-Packard - bound the companies, as well as developers on ...

Michigan man pleads guilty in explosives case (AP)

AP - A Michigan man accused of buying and hiding more than 4,000 pounds of explosives with enough potential firepower to equal the Oklahoma City bombing has pleaded guilty to one count, though his attorney insisted Wednesday that his client had no violent intentions.

Ex-mine official charged in fatal W. Virginia blast (Reuters)

Reuters - The former superintendent of the West Virginia coal mine where 29 workers died in a 2010 explosion was charged on Wednesday with felony conspiracy for tipping off employees to safety inspections and concealing dangerous violations, authorities said.

Suspect in Capitol bomb sting waives court hearing (AP)

AP - A Virginia man charged with plotting a suicide bombing inside the U.S. Capitol as part of an FBI sting will remain in jail while he awaits trial after he waived his right to a detention hearing Wednesday.

Houston Attorney: Bobby Brown Bailed on Whitney Funeral Over Seating Snafu

Now it's time for Whitney Houston's family's time to get out its version of events about Bobby Brown's abrupt exit from his ex-wife's funeral early last Saturday. In...

Police: 2 Ga. children reported missing found safe (AP)

AP - Two young children who police say were kidnapped from the side of an Atlanta-area interstate early Wednesday are safe but authorities are looking for the man who took them and later dropped them off with friends, authorities say.

Union suing to block Indiana right-to-work law

Union members went to federal court Wednesday to ask a judge to block Indiana's new right-to-work law from being enforced, the first lawsuit and latest conflict over the divisive legislation.

Report: Crime at US public schools on the decline (AP)

AP - Violent crime at the nation's schools is declining, and students and schools are reporting less bullying and gang activity.

Prosecutor, Goldman overreached: programmer's lawyer

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Kevin Marino may be the lawyer of the moment, after persuading a U.S. appellate court panel last week to overturn the criminal conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group computer programmer. The U.S. Court of Appeals moved with rare and unprecedented speed in reversing Sergey Aleynikov's conviction on a charge of stealing trade secrets, just hours after Marino appeared ...

Prosecutor, Goldman overreached: programmer's lawyer (Reuters)

Reuters - Kevin Marino may be the lawyer of the moment, after persuading a U.S. appellate court panel last week to overturn the criminal conviction of a former Goldman Sachs Group computer programmer.

Attorney says deputies have wrong woman in jail

The attorney for a woman arrested after officials said she did not send her child to school said deputies have the wrong woman. Eyewitness News reported Monday that deputies arrested Elizabeth Marrero after the state attorney's office said her daughter missed nearly two full years of school. However, Marrero's attorney said she does not have a daughter. The state attorney's office is now ...

High court torn over law banning lies about medals

Free speech cases before the Supreme Court often lead justices to consider far-fetched scenarios, and Wednesday's argument over a law making it a crime to lie about having received top military honors was no exception.

In Speech, Top Pentagon Lawyer Defends Targeted Killing Program

Jeh Johnson said there's no difference between today's high-tech strikes and past actions like targeting an airplane carrying the commander of the Japanese Navy in 1943.

Trial opens in Calif for alleged drug gang members (AP)

AP - Two members of a breakaway Mexican drug gang dissolved their victims' corpses in vats of acid in a gruesome display of Mexican cartel tactics played out on U.S. soil, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

Woman tries to hire hit man to kill fur-wearer: FBI (Reuters)

Reuters - An Ohio woman who likened freeing lab animals to liberating Holocaust survivors was being held in custody Wednesday on charges she used Facebook to try to hire a hit man to kill a person at random for wearing fur, prosecutors said.

W.Va. mine boss charged with fraud in deadly blast (AP)

AP - Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia coal mine explosion that killed 29 men are working their way up the corporate ladder with criminal charges.

California Attorney General Reaches Deal on App Privacy

California’s attorney general, Kamala D. Harris, said on Wednesday that the state had reached an agreement with Amazon.com, Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Research in Motion to strengthen privacy protections for smartphone owners who download mobile applications.

Ark. man pleads not guilty in death of teen (AP)

AP - A convicted rapist accused of killing a 16-year-old girl he met online pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder Wednesday, several days after authorities found the girl's body in a blue, plastic barrel in western Arkansas.

High court torn over law banning lie about medals

The Supreme Court appeared sharply divided Wednesday over a law that makes it a crime to lie about having been awarded top military honors.

Onit Joins Legal Cloud Computing Association (LCCA)

HOUSTON, TX-- - Onit, a leading provider of business productivity and process management apps, today announced it has joined the Legal Cloud Computing Association , a consortium of leading cloud computing ...

Prosecutor: Glock lawyer used role to steal money

A Georgia prosecutor told jurors Wednesday that a former attorney for gun manufacturer Glock Inc. was essentially running the company's U.S. operations and used his position to steal millions from his employer.

SAC’s Cohen Hid $5.5 Million From Ex-Wife, Lawyer Argues

Steven Cohen, the billionaire founder of SAC Capital Advisors LP, hid $5.5 million from his ex-wife during their 1990 divorce, her lawyer argued before a federal appeals panel in a bid to reinstate her lawsuit.