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A criminal defendant does not have to be charged with a conspiracy offense to be found guilty of an offense committed by a co-conspirator, a divided panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday. This is the ...

Several St. Louis-area developers responsible for polluting streams and lakes with runoff from three construction sites will adhere to a strict compliance program at future construction projects, clean up past pollution and pay one of the largest environmental penalties of ...

Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, N.J., was indicted on charges of “enriching himself” at city expense, using municipal credit cards to take lavish trips with eight female companions. James, 71, was charged with running up $58,000 in credit ...

Ford Motor Co., the second-biggest U.S. carmaker, isn’t liable for the paralysis and brain damage of a woman who was injured when her pickup truck rolled over, a St. Paul, Minn., jury found. Sheila Robeck was injured when her family’s ...

Court TV, the cable-television network known for covering trials, will become TruTV on Jan. 1 and add reality programs to its mix of crime shows to establish a new brand. Oil prospectors, bounty hunters and feuding neighbors will be featured ...

A bankruptcy judge delayed action on a settlement that would give the father of murder victim Ronald Goldman most of the proceeds from O.J. Simpson’s unpublished book about the slaying of Goldman and Simpson’s former wife. U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge ...

A judge told Lewis “Scooter” Libby to begin serving a term of supervised release, while saying he was “somewhat perplexed” that President George W. Bush said the prison sentence he ordered for Libby was excessive. U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton ...

Ameriquest Mortgage Co., Washington Mutual and nine other mortgage lenders charged blacks more than whites for subprime home loans, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People claims in a lawsuit. Blacks are about one-third more likely than whites ...

A U.S. appeals court denied a request by Internet broadcasters to delay higher music royalty rates, a decision that may force some to shut down. The new rates, approved earlier by a government-appointed board, will take effect Sunday, the Digital ...

Spanish authorities ordered to port an Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. ship as a dispute over a treasure-filled wreck escalated. The country’s Civil Guard police boarded the Ocean Alert in international waters and ordered it to the Spanish port of Algeciras, ...