Casino Executive's Slaying to Be Retried
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Even in this city of sin, the tawdry trial of a former stripper and her secret lover accused of murdering a former casino executive for a treasure of buried silver was a decadent distraction until guilty verdicts brought the case to a close in May 2000.
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The man serving a life sentence for the murders of a mother and her daughter is to begin his second bid at the Court of Appeal to overturn his conviction.
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Alleged Afghan warlord Faryadi Zardad is to face a retrial in the UK on torture and kidnap charges.
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SINGAPORE - Card games are a common pastime at traditional Chinese funerals, but criminals are reportedly paying off grieving relatives to run their gambling operations at wakes.
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The nation's largest lottery winner blamed his granddaughter's recent death on a drug overdose and said he wants the friends he says gave the drugs to her to be put in jail.
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Independent experts are to re-examine evidence from Northern Ireland's worst atrocity after the acquittal last month of the main suspect, the British-run province's police watchdog said Thursday.
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Police are awaiting the results of a post-mortem on a man who died following a "disturbance" at a Butlins resort.
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A killer whose life was spared last year when Illinois' governor emptied out death row could again face a death sentence &#151; this time in Missouri &#151; if convicted of murdering his boss in St. Louis.
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Rolling the dice at a craps table or  wagering a paycheck playing poker may not be the most rational  use of money, but one casino operator is hoping investors will  find its stock a better bet.
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Questions have been renewed over the role of a businessman who some have considered a likely suspect in the murders of a Long Island couple.
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Defense lawyers for the man convicted in the 1988 murders of racing legend Mickey Thompson and his wife want a new trial, saying they were unfairly barred from presenting evidence about other possible suspects.
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A murder investigation is expected to begin after the death of a man in County Monaghan.
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A dead Sicilian Mafia boss who once helped lead a drug ring out of New York pizza parlors may get the last laugh back home in Italy.
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A "distressed" gunman on a balcony at the New York-New York casino opened fire on gamblers below early Friday, wounding four people before he was tackled by off-duty military reservists. A fifth person was hurt in a crush of people fleeing the casino.
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Police are to reinvestigate the death of a man whose body was found in 2001 at the home of Michael Barrymore.
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A member of the gang who kicked to death Garry Newlove may appeal against his conviction, his solicitor says.
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Actor Kevin Costner returns to court in a bid to win sole ownership of a casino in the US.