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The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law that makes it a crime to perform “partial birth” abortions, bolstering the case in support of Missouri’s own ban. The justices, voting 5-4, said the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act is ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a law that makes it a crime to perform “partial birth” abortions, bolstering the case in support of Missouri’s own ban. The justices, voting 5-4, said the 2003 Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act is ...

A House panel is considering granting limited immunity from prosecution to force testimony by a former aide to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales about the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. The House Judiciary Committee will meet today to discuss a proposal ...

Allstate Corp., losing its first jury verdict over Hurricane Katrina damage, was ordered to pay $2.81 million to a Louisiana homeowner who alleged the insurer manipulated an engineering report to reduce its payment. A jury in federal court in New ...

A federal judge who rejected State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.’s proposal to reconsider as many as 35,000 Hurricane Katrina claims in Mississippi said he was “uncertain” about a parallel settlement reached without court approval last month. “While this court ...

Johnson & Johnson, NYU sue Abbott for Humira payments Johnson & Johnson’s Centocor unit and New York University sued Abbott Laboratories, demanding royalties on the company’s top-selling product, the arthritis drug Humira. Centocor, which sells the competing Remicade arthritis medicine, ...

Missouri utility owner Aquila was sued by affiliates of hedge fund Pirate Capital, Aquila’s fourth-largest shareholder, who say a $1.7 billion buyout bid by Great Plains Energy undervalues the company. Four Jolly Roger funds managed by Pirate founder Thomas R. ...

Supreme Court upholds death penalty exclusion The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a Washington County Circuit Court conviction and life sentence of a mentally retarded man, Steven Parkus, on Tuesday. Parkus, was convicted of first-degree murder for killing a fellow inmate ...

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that St. Louis University, despite its public identification as a Jesuit institution, is not “controlled by a religious creed.” The decision makes the school eligible for $8 million in public money, which will help ...

High Court decision paves way for $8 million in public money for arena