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Media & professional: Prosecutors drop one count of money-laundering against tycoon.
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The Justice Department has dropped all criminal charges against a Chinese national accused of selling technology made by his Silicon Valley employer to a Chinese cruise missile laboratory, court records show.
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A black teenager whose prosecution over the beating of a white classmate in a Louisiana school prompted a big civil rights protest walked free from court on bail last night after a prosecutor dropped an attempt to try him on adult charges.
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South African police have dropped charges against a businessman accused of involvement in an international nuclear smuggling network.
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CHELSEA, Vt. - A prosecutor has dropped charges against a woman who was arrested for staring at and making faces at a police dog. "Prosecuting a woman for `staring' at a police dog is absurd," said her lawyer.
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A US judge has dismissed the racketeering case against media tycoon Lord Black brought by Hollinger International.
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Defense lawyers at Conrad Black's criminal fraud trial wrapped up their case on Tuesday after the one-time media baron and three co-defendants turned down a last chance to take the stand in their own defense.
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Charges against rapper Foxy Brown are dropped after an agreement is reached with her accuser.
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Charges against the man leading an investigation into alleged corruption by South Africa's police chief Jackie Selebi have been dropped, SAPA news agency reported on Monday.
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Federal prosecutors Friday dropped a charge that an alleged fundraiser for the Palestinian militant group Hamas gave material support to terrorists &#151; a move that stunned defense attorneys.
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A Louisiana prosecutor has dropped an appeal in the case of a 17-year-old accused of assaulting a school mate in a decision that could hasten the release of the youth at the center of civil rights protests.
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JOHANNESBURG -- South African authorities yesterday abruptly dropped criminal charges against a Pretoria man charged last week with possessing components for the construction of nuclear weapons. The move was part of a deal in which Johan Andries Muller Meyer, 53, will cooperate with prosecutors to pursue other targets of the investigation, said a source familiar with the probe. Police arrested ...
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The district attorney dropped a defamation charge against a man accused of driving his ex-boss to suicide, saying the charge was probably unconstitutional.
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Assault charges were dropped Tuesday against former New England Patriots linebacker Ted Johnson and his wife after the couple refused to testify against each other.
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Two months after sexual assault charges against three former Duke University lacrosse players were dismissed, the prosecutor who brought the case is facing charges.
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All charges against a doctor accused of murdering four patients in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina have been dropped, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Prosecutors withdrew charges Thursday against Beanie Sigel after the rapper resolved a dispute over a rental car he had kept long past its return date.