Hockey Murder-For-Hire Trial Starts
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A woman charged with helping Mike Danton try to arrange a murder for hire was an unknowing "pawn" in the pro hockey player's plans to have his agent killed, her lawyer told jurors Tuesday.
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The trial of five men and a company accused of manslaughter in relation to the Hatfield rail crash begins.
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Humorous advice on how to treat visiting Canadians and a serious note from the newspaper Conrad Black once owned marked the start of the former press lord's fraud trial on Wednesday.
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A New Zealand man goes on trial on the remote Norfolk Island, charged with the first murder there in 150 years.
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VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canuck star Todd Bertuzzi will go on trial in Vancouver provincial court on Jan. 17, 2005 for his on-ice attack on another player last season.
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There were times, early during the 2002-03 season, that the rink at Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, had as many as 15 forwards and 12 defensemen battling for real estate during practice.
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A Russian grocery worker accused of killing 49 people in woodland near Moscow goes on trial.
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A couple are going on trial this week charged with staging a fake drowning incident in order to claim $1m.
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The murder trial of actor Robert Blake, accused of killing his wife, is due to begin in Los Angeles.
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REGINA (CP) - A murder suspect arrested after allegedly getting into the Saskatchewan Roughriders' locker-room with a knife made his first court appearance Monday.
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The NHL, as Marc Savard calls it, is now a special-teams league. So it's no coincidence that yesterday at Ristuccia Arena, as the hours ticked away until tomorrow's season opener against the Florida Panthers, the Bruins spent much of practice working on man-up and man-down situations.
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The case began loudly in February 2006 when New Jersey authorities announced a former hockey star and a state trooper had been charged with running a gambling ring that had ties to organized crime.
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Nicklas Backstrom and 26 other prospects will begin competing Saturday for a spot in the Capitals' training camp, which begins Sept. 14.
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The trial is due to start of a man accused of murdering 29 people in Northern Ireland's worst atrocity.
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A man accused of murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing is due to go on trial in Northern Ireland.
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An Englishman went on trial Monday accused of sending miniature bottles of vodka contaminated with caustic soda to public figures as part of a campaign by pro-independence Scottish "terrorists".
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The NHL players' association is taking its case public.