Chicago Boy Wrongly Accused of Murder Gets $2 Mln
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One of the youngest-ever accused  murderers, a 7-year-old boy who was wrongly charged with a  girl's death in 1998, was paid $2 million to settle his  family's lawsuit by Chicago's city council on Tuesday.
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Three adults and a 15-year-old girl were charged Wednesday in connection with two shocking discoveries police made when they found a missing 2-year-old: a severely burned and blood-streaked 11-year-old boy, and the body of his mother, buried in the back yard.
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A "watershed moment" has been reached with a boy's killing in an apparent case of mistaken identity, say police.
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The state of Maryland has paid $200,000 to the parents of a slain 9-year-old boy to settle their claim that the killer, a convicted sex offender, was wrongly freed from prison five days before the murder. But the boy's mother may seek more, her attorney said.
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The U.S. government has agreed to pay $2 million to an Oregon lawyer who was wrongfully arrested as a terrorism suspect because of a bungled fingerprint match and has issued an apology for the "suffering" inflicted on the attorney and his family.
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NEW YORK  _ A Brooklyn woman was arrested on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of her 1-year-old son, who allegedly died at a Manhattan homeless shelter in February 2000, police said.
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The auditor was the vice president of a company that received more than $1.2 million in payments.
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Fremont Investment Advisors has agreed to pay $2.1 million in restitution and $2 million in civil penalties to end federal and state mutual fund timing cases, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said yesterday.
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A service is accused of $200 million in false charges for dishonest online sellers and telemarketers.
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Michael Jackson allegedly staved off a child molestation accusation in 1990 with a &#36;2 million payment to the son of an employee at his Neverland Ranch, according to a television report.
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A state judge has ordered the Boston law firm of Rubin and Rudman to pay $7.2 million plus as much as $2.1 million more in attorneys fees to settle charges that it negligently misrepresented the status of legal proceedings against its client, West Lynn Creamery, during negotiations to sell the dairy in 1998.
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A man who served 27 years in prison before his murder conviction was overturned was awarded &#36;1.4 million Wednesday, Maryland's largest award for a wrongful conviction.
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Francisco Rodriguez owes more than $10,000 in back child support payments in a paternity case involving a 15-year-old girl who, according to DNA results and the girl's mother, is not his daughter.
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A black man accused of killing a white teen during a racially charged confrontation outside his home was convicted of second-degree manslaughter Saturday.
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The federal government has agreed to pay an Oregon lawyer $2 million to settle part of a lawsuit he filed after the FBI misidentified a fingerprint and wrongly arrested him in the 2004 Madrid terrorist bombings.
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LOS ANGELES - Michael Jackson allegedly staved off a child molestation accusation in 1990 with a $2 million payment to the son of an employee at his Neverland Ranch, according to a television report.    The television news magazine by "Dateline NBC," which reported the payment in a segment to be broadcast Friday night, did not disclose its source of information...
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A jury on Thursday awarded more than &#36;4.4 million to a high school girls basketball coach who was accused of molesting a student but was never charged with a crime.