Mich. Democrat Ex-Chair Cleared of Charge
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A judge threw out a solicitation charge against the former state Democratic Party chairman Friday, ruling that sheriff's deputies did not have the authority to stop his car.
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An Iraqi-born American citizen was acquitted Friday of being an informant for former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but was convicted of immigration violations.
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Former Mayor Marion Barry was acquitted Wednesday of drunken driving and other offenses stemming from his arrest last year near the White House.
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The Medicaid fraud prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman and a top aide ended Tuesday when a judge threw out the conspiracy charge at the heart of the case and prosecutors dropped a remaining count.
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Prosecutors dropped murder charges Tuesday against a Texas man who spent 17 years on death row for a crime he may not have committed.
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A judge on Monday dismissed a woman's attempt to get a restraining order against U.S. Rep.-elect Keith Ellison, with whom she claimed to have had an extramarital affair.
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A U.S. Marine company commander who led the unit that killed as many as 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha, Iraq, has had all criminal charges against him dismissed nearly two years after the shootings occurred.
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A man who claimed to have lured drug dealers to his remote western Missouri cabin, killed them and spread their remains across the property was cleared of a murder charge Wednesday after experts determined most of the fragments were not human.
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A corruption case in Malaysia ends with a top executive going free after a court dismisses charges against him.
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U.S. prosecutors on Friday dropped criminal securities fraud charges against a former New York Stock Exchange floor trader, after dropping a similar charge against another defendant late last month.
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The first person to be arrested as part of a 10-month probe into alleged corruption in the funding of political parties will not face charges.
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Malaysia&#39;s highest court has cleared the way for an appeal that could erase newly freed former deputy leader Anwar Ibrahim&#39;s criminal record and allow him back into politics.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A jury yesterday acquitted a leader of a paramilitary group accused of killing thousands, after a 14-hour murder trial that angered human rights groups and provoked criticism of the new US-backed government.
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The president of Eastern Michigan University was dismissed last night, following a scandal involving the universityâs handling of the rape and murder of a student.
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Prosecutors dropped terrorism charges Tuesday against two Michigan men who were arrested after buying large numbers of cell phones, saying they couldn't prove a terrorism link.
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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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The only officer charged in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing, his attorney said Thursday