Charge Dropped in Toilet Clogging Case
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SHELBY, Mont. - A criminal charge accusing a college student of intentionally clogging a toilet at a border crossing was dismissed after a prosecutor said there was no permanent damage or monetary loss...
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Prosecutors dropped a criminal   securities fraud charge against former New York Stock Exchange   specialist Kevin Fee, who had been slated to go on trial   October 3, court documents showed.
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GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania - A case of funny money has ended happily for a woman who had been charged with passing a bogus $200 bill with President George W. Bush's picture on it.  Prosecutors in Pennsylania's Westmoreland County dropped all charges Friday against Deborah L.
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By LUBNA TAKRURI WASHINGTON - A judge ruled Monday in favor of a dry cleaner that was sued for $54 million over a missing pair of pants. The owners of Custom Cleaners did not violate the city's consumer protection law by failing to live up to Roy L.
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A federal-court decision in a California utility case boosts arguments made by local utilities clamoring for refunds from the defunct energy trader Enron.
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By LUBNA TAKRURI WASHINGTON - A customer who believes he was mistreated by a dry cleaner has dropped the pants from his suit. Roy L. Pearson, who filed a $67 million lawsuit against the dry cleaning business that lost his pants, has lowered his demand.
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Some householders will face legal action for unpaid water charges within seven weeks, the BBC learns.
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Business & money: Ill-judged comments saw deluge of customers reclaiming bank charges, says lawyer
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A drainage company is fined Â£16,000 after a pensioner was paralysed when he fell down an uncovered manhole.
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THE Environment Court has fined a farm a record $35,000 for illegally discharging effluent.   Plateau Farms owners Frank, Alan and Elizabeth Crafar pleaded guilty to effluent discharge on one of their Reporoa farms.
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By Anthony Mccartney, Tampa Tribune, Fla.  Jun. 22--TAMPA -- Hillsborough County is poised to raise its fees for residential trash collection for the first time in years.   Currently, customers in unincorporated areas pay $170 for pickup and disposal services.
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The D.C. administrative law judge who sued his neighborhood dry cleaners for $54 million over a pair of lost pants found out yesterday what he's going to get.
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By Chris Bowman, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Feb. 27--Rancho Murieta's failure to expand its sewage treatment capacity to keep up with growth has brought a state fine of $200,000 against the eastern Sacramento County golf course community.
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Identical kit not identical A court case over Currys' terms and conditions has exonerated the retailer over its refusal to honour a price promise. The shop argued that a tumble dryer offered for sale was different to an identical model in another shop which came with a vent kit.â¦
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BURLINGTON, Iowa - A psychiatrist who police say smeared excrement on dollars bills used to pay a parking ticket has been fined $250.
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Federal prosecutors in Boston on   Wednesday said they had charged an electrical contractor who   had worked on the city's troubled "Big Dig" tunnel contract   with overbilling for work on the project.
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The nation&#39;s largest defense contractor will take a $110 million charge against its fourth quarter earnings after losing a court bid to salvage at least some of the money it pumped