Judge drops remaining charges in HP case
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A Santa Clara County judge dismissed the remaining charges against three defendants in the Hewlett-Packard Co. boardroom spying case Thursday, calling their conduct a "betrayal of trust and honor" that nonetheless did not rise to the level of criminal activity.
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BOSTON -- Charges will be dropped against two former New York Yankees ballplayers who allegedly assaulted a Fenway Park groundskeeper in a bullpen fight during one of last year&#39;s American League Championship Series games between New York and Boston.
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A Long Island politician has dropped a federal lawsuit that had claimed the search engine company Google Inc. profits from child pornography.
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The charges against two former New York Racing Association employees, the retired jockey Braulio Baeza and Mario Sclafani, were dismissed Monday by a Saratoga County judge.
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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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A judge has dropped criminal charges against the daughter of Peru's fugitive ex-President Alberto Fujimori that carried a sentence of five years in prison.
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The judge in the murder trial of Phil Spector on Wednesday abandoned the idea of presenting the deadlocked jury with a reduced charge of manslaughter against the music producer.
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Prosecutors say Hewlett Packard "lost its way" after charging its ex-chairman and four others in a spying probe.
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SAN FRANCISCO - A military judge on Wednesday dropped an espionage charge against a Muslim interpreter accused of spying at the camp for terror detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, all but resolving a case that once carried the potential for the death penalty.    The judge's acceptance of the plea deal in the case of Senior Airman Ahmad Al Halabi marks the third Guantanamo spy case to fall apart this year, despite vows by Attorney General John Ashcroft and military officials to prosecute the men for jeopardizing the nation's security...
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 6 -- A federal judge Thursday dismissed all charges against a Chinese American woman accused of using a sexual affair with an FBI agent to gain unauthorized access to classified documents.
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A federal judge dismissed former CIA operative Valerie Plame's lawsuit against members of the Bush administration Thursday, eliminating one of the last courtroom remnants of the leak scandal.
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A US military judge drops charges against a Canadian terror suspect at Guantanamo Bay, citing new laws.
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Prosecutors on Thursday dropped charges against one of two men accused of shooting five Duquesne University basketball players, but filed charges against two additional suspects.
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Fresno County prosecutors dropped assault charges Wednesday against a 15-year-old autistic boy accused of shoving his special-education teacher and throwing two chairs against a wall.
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A judge dismissed charges against a New Brunswick blogger after he was arrested while reporting at a protest.
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A judge has dismissed charges against a war protester who was arrested during a visit by President Bush last spring.
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Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman Patricia Dunn, a former company lawyer, and three outside investigators wereÂ charged Wednesday in CaliforniaÂ on felony charges related to the conduct of an investigationÂ to track down news leaks from the HP board that allegedly broke state law.