Woman Who Accused Barkley Withdraws
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The woman who accused Charles Barkley of groping her at a nightclub withdrew her police complaint.
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Darrell Hair withdraws legal proceedings against the Pakistan Cricket Board.
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A lawsuit accusing Hillary Rodham Clinton's chief strategist of illegally intercepting e-mails has been withdrawn and the legal battle between him and former associates has been resolved, the parties said Wednesday.
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A court on Monday threw out a defamation suit against Brigitte Bardot, ruling that the former film star turned animal rights campaigner was provoked into calling the host of Radio Courtesy "a little jerk."
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FORT HOOD, Texas  - The U.S. government dropped  the main charge on Saturday against a female soldier who posed  in front of a pyramid of naked Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
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Prosecutors on Thursday withdrew charges against a celebrity photographer accused of planting a listening device outside Nicole Kidman's mansion.
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The prosecution drops its case against Turkish novelist Elif Safak,  who was accused of insulting "Turkishness".
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The criminal case against Kobe Bryant case collapsed Wednesday as prosecutors said they had no choice but to drop the sexual assault charge because the NBA star's accuser no longer wanted to participate.
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Attorneys for country singer Mindy McCready filed a motion Tuesday to withdraw her guilty plea in a probation violation case because of new evidence.
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Prosecutors moved Friday to drop the murder case against a man freed after nearly a decade in prison, but stopped short of saying he was exonerated by the DNA evidence that led a judge to overturn his conviction.
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Los Angeles Sparks forward Chamique Holdsclaw, who flirted with retirement in 2004 when she was a member of the Mystics, walks away from the WNBA for good on Monday.
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District Attorney Mike Nifong was disbarred Saturday for his "selfish" rape prosecution of three Duke University lacrosse players &#151; a politically motivated act, his judges said, that he inexplicably allowed to fester for months after it was clear the defendants were innocent.
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MANNHEIM, Germany - Prosecutors yesterday reduced charges against a US military policewoman accused in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal as a set of pretrial hearings wrapped up at an American base in Germany.
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The coroner due to hear the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales withdraws from the case.
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In a surprise move in his first appearance since taking over as his own lawyer, Anthony Pellicano, the embattled Hollywood private investigator, withdrew his request for a hearing into allegations that the F.B.I. and federal prosecutors violated his constitutional rights by using his former girlfriend to elicit confidential information, The Los Angeles Times reported. In withdrawing the request, Mr. Pellicano, who is facing trial on wiretapping and conspiracy charges, told Judge Dale S. Fischer of United States District Court, âI donât believe I had any chance of prevailing.â The accusation of prosecutorial misconduct was a crucial element in the defense of the lawyers who previously represented Mr. Pellicano. Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the United States Attorneyâs Office in Los Angeles, expressed satisfaction with the withdrawal and said, âWe have always believed that the motion was unfounded.â The judge plans to begin the trial on Feb. 27.
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The senior officer heading the probe into bloody suicide bombings targeting former Pakistan premier Benazir Bhutto has withdrawn from the case following her objections, officials said.
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CHELSEA, Vt. - A prosecutor has dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. "Prosecuting a woman for `staring' at a police dog is absurd," said her lawyer.