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The United States is accusing units of Fresenius Medical Care, the word’s biggest provider of kidney dialysis, of fraudulently billing a government health insurance program. The Justice Department on Tuesday joined a civil whistleblower suit alleging that two U.S. units ...

Grandview man indicted for child pornography charges A federal grand jury indicted Robert Edward Hall, 57, of Grandview, on Tuesday for possessing and receiving child pornography over the Internet. Hall will be detained in federal custody without bond until his ...

President George W. Bush named a 20-year veteran prosecutor as acting deputy attorney general, the U.S. Justice Department’s second-highest position. Craig Morford, U.S. attorney in Nashville, Tenn., will replace Paul McNulty, who announced in May that he is quitting. Morford, ...

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Northern Trust Corp. and 70 other lenders will pay $149.2 million to settle an Enron Corp. lawsuit seeking the return of debt repayments it made five weeks before filing bankruptcy. Enron Creditors Recovery Corp. on Wednesday announced ...

Mariane Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, sued a group of terrorists in a U.S. court for their alleged role in the abduction, torture and murder of her husband more than five years ago. Pearl filed ...

Judge Gary M. Gaertner Sr. gives a wry laugh at the irony of his situation. He chairs the state’s Commission on Retirement, Removal and Discipline of judges, although he personally thinks 70 is too young an age at which to ...

The St. Louis Board of Aldermen’s decision to hire attorney Denise Watson-Wesley Coleman as its clerk and legal counsel is groundbreaking three times over. Coleman, 61, will be the first African-American and the first woman to hold the position as ...

Joining a suit filed in federal court here, the United States is accusing units of Fresenius Medical Care, the word’s biggest provider of kidney dialysis, of fraudulently billing a government health insurance program. The Justice Department on Tuesday joined a ...

Congressional proposals to curb corporate fraud prosecutions could jeopardize investors and embolden companies to “defy” the government, U.S. Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty said. McNulty, soon to leave the Justice Department and his job heading President George W. Bush’s task ...

Mariane Pearl, widow of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, sued a group of terrorists in a U.S. court for their alleged role in the abduction, torture and murder of her husband more than five years ago. Pearl filed ...

NETeller, a payment processor for gambling Web sites, will pay the U.S. $136 million in a deal to avoid prosecution, just weeks after its founders admitted illegally transferring billions of dollars overseas. As part of the deferred prosecution agreement, NETeller, ...