Quebec Crown erred in seeking &#36;10-million fine, says lawyer for Hells Angels
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MONTREAL (CP) - Crown prosecutors have performed accounting contortions to try to secure a multimillion-dollar fine against two Hells Angels members convicted of trafficking drugs, a defence lawyer suggested Tuesday.
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The NHL fined one of the owners of the Atlanta Thrashers $250,000 for saying the league would use replacement players next year if a new collective bargaining agreement isn&#39;t reached, The Associated Press has learned.
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A French legal inquiry into the July 2000 Concorde crash near Paris has placed much of the blame on the American carrier, Continental Airlines.
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LOS ANGELES &#151; The city's top prosecutor's office got Paris Hilton jailed for violating probation by driving with a suspended license and then condemned her early release.
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Cardinals manager Tony La Russa angrily confronted baseball disciplinarian Bob Watson on Wednesday, right after finding out St. Louis reliever Julian Tavarez was fined &#36;10,000 for throwing over the head of a Houston hitter.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The country's top civil servant says former prime minister Jean Chretien wasn't legally accountable for the way federal sponsorship money was spent.
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MONTREAL (CP) - A Quebec City businessman was given a suspended sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to two charges of paying for sex with minors.
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Jamie Gold apologized for his previously undisclosed antics during the $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Texas Hold âEm tournament â antics that might have resulted in penalties if he had been caught.
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An attorney for a man police allege shot nine people to death in the Phoenix area said Friday that his client is innocent and was shocked to hear about the new recommended charges.
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MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. -- Former NHL player Rick Tocchet pleaded guilty Friday to running a sports gambling ring, but might not have to serve any jail time.
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Sacramento guard Cuttino Mobley was fined &#36;10,000 by the NBA on Tuesday for his protest after referees did not call goaltending on his last-minute shot during a loss to Dallas.
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A Canadian oil-field worker, stunned to  get a C$85,000 ($83,700) cell phone bill, has had the charges  reduced to C$3,400, but is still fighting them.
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Lawyers for the embattled Yukos oil giant requested a new judge Monday as Russia's Tax Ministry sought to enforce &#36;1.4 billion in fines and penalties on a &#36;4.1 billion back tax bill for 2001 through the courts.
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The French commissioner, Jacques Barrot, is facing criticism for failing to disclose a conviction for embezzlement. Mr Barrot, the Transport Commissioner, was given an amnesty for his conviction four years ago.
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BC&#39;s top lawman yesterday rejected a demand for an inquiry into Todd Bertuzzi&#39;s plea bargain. &quot;The prosecutors on the file acted in a way that was appropriate and consistent with the requirements of law and justice,&quot; said BC Attorney-General Geoff Plant.
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Louisiana taxpayers paid more than $360,000 for the failed prosecution of the owners of a nursing home where 35 people died during Hurricane Katrina, according to documents obtained Friday by The Associated Press.
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TORONTO (CP) - Credit Suisse First Boston Canada Inc. has been fined $1.35 million for failing to provide timely reporting of off-market trading of more than nine million shares of BCE Inc.