Judge tosses coin for tug-of-love child
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When the separated parents of a five-year old Italian boy could not agree whose house he should  stay at over Christmas, a judge settled the dispute by tossing a coin, an Italian newspaper has reported.
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The old saying that crime doesn't pay seems especially true for a teenager who allegedly stole a lottery ticket but was forced to hand it over after discovering it contained the jackpot win.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - A Florida judge added more uncertainty to the paternity battle over Anna Nicole Smith's baby on Friday when he said he wasn't sure he had jurisdiction over the case.
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The father of a 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody battle did not abandon her despite failing to contact her for months, a judge ruled Thursday.
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Description: A federal judge awards the parents of an American teen, shot in Jerusalem by Palestinian gunmen, $156 million in damages.
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MCDONOUGH, Ga. - Rhiannon Barnes may be the luckiest 15-month-old ever. Or maybe her baby sitter is the fortunate one. While playing with a thrift store book bought earlier in the day for 25 cents, Rhiannon uncovered $1,300 in cash stuck between the pages.
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FARMINGTON, Mo. - An woman is accused of stealing the gavel from the judge overseeing her case. Tammy Lynn Price, 28, was charged Tuesday with misdemeanor stealing for an incident that happened in October.
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Mary Winkler convinced a jury she was physically and emotionally abused by her preacher husband before she shot him to death. Now, after a short jail sentence, she is trying to persuade the courts to let her have her children back.
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Voting rights are not denied to those who use punch-card ballots, a federal judge ruled in the nation's first trial to challenge the system blamed for woes in Florida in the 2000 presidential election.
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A judge denied a 94-year-old woman's attempt to force the Massachusetts Lottery Commission to pay her entire &#36;5.6 million winnings up front on grounds she otherwise won't live long enough to collect it all.
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A judge ordered a new round competency evaluations in the Elizabeth Smart kidnapping case Friday after the suspect broke out in a Christmas hymn at a court hearing.
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A judge is offering traffic violators a choice: pay a fine or make a &#36;100 donation to a tsunami relief charity.
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JEANNETTE, Pennsylvania - You could say it was the purr-fect ending a 14-year-old boy wanted. A judge on Monday dismissed a harassment charge against the teenager, who was accused of repeatedly &quot;meowing&quot; at his neighbor, 78-year-old Alexandra Carasia.
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In most courtrooms, even the most notorious defendant can count on a few basic rights. In Judge Henry R. Bauer&#39;s courtroom in Troy, NY, however, that was not always possible, the state&#39;s highest court found yesterday.
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More than 20 years ago, federal Judge Bruce Van Sickle issued a landmark decision that led to the release of hundreds of mentally retarded people from two North Dakota institutions. Now, 87 years old and stricken with Alzheimer's, the retired judge is himself at the center of a legal fight to remove him from an institution.
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With just 78 cents in his savings account and &#36;44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down &#36;1 on a lottery ticket. Good thing he wasn't pinching pennies: He won a &#36;149 million lottery jackpot.
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A 5-year-old Cuban girl at the center of an international custody dispute should be returned to her father, unless separating the child from her Miami foster parents would cause her extreme harm, a judge ruled Thursday.