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Dell, the world’s largest personal-computer maker, is being sued by investors who claim the company misstated financial results and concealed an investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The lawsuit accuses Dell of making misstatements on its balance sheet ...

Judicial Commission submits 16th Circuit panel to Blunt Gov. Matt Blunt has received a list of three applicants to fill a judicial opening in the 16th Circuit. The Judicial Commission interviewed 20 applicants for 15 minutes each Wednesday and submitted ...

Three years ago, the bulletproof body armor worn by a Pennsylvania police officer failed when .40-caliber shots penetrated his Zylon vest. Despite shots to the arm and abdomen, the officer survived, but the event triggered a firestorm of finger pointing, ...

In his first visit to a U.S. law school conference, the 14th Dalai Lama will publicly share for the first time his thoughts on how religion, particularly Buddhism, can influence law and bring about social change. The conference, “Law, Buddhism ...

A federal judge questioned how smokers could quantify the damages they suffered from buying “light” cigarettes in the belief they were safer than regular cigarettes. Altria Group’s Philip Morris USA and other cigarette makers misled smokers into thinking “light” cigarettes ...

A defendant convicted of murder 20 years ago doesn’t have a federal constitutional right to post-conviction access to biological evidence for DNA testing, the 11th Circuit has ruled. The defendant was found guilty of capital murder for killing an elderly ...

Texas court to consider reinstating DeLay charge Texas’ highest criminal court said Wednesday it would consider reinstating a conspiracy charge against former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay, which will likely delay his trial beyond November’s midterm election. DeLay, once House majority ...

Couple demands damages for semi crash injuries A Leawood couple is seeking damages for the injuries they suffered this summer in an accident on a crowded section of Interstate 70 near Columbia. Theotis and Deborah Casey sustained “severe permanent and ...

The Jackson County Board of Election Commissioners has asked a judge to remove a question from the Nov. 7 ballot in Lee’s Summit that could ban smoking in bars and restaurants. In a petition for declaratory judgment filed Monday, the ...

When a headcount in front of a smoldering Gravois Refrigeration building turned up one firefighter short, St. Louis firefighter Robert Morrison entered the blaze in search of the missing team member. But once inside the smoke-filled second story, it was ...

Heartland Automotive Services and 239 managers of Jiffy Lube stores have settled lawsuits in which the store managers accused the company of violating federal and state overtime laws. Originally filed as one nationwide opt-in collective action in the U.S. District ...