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Jurors in the murder trial of Phil Spector last night told the judge that they had reached an impasse in their deliberations, raising the prospect of a mistrial being called as soon as today. A mistrial would essentially leave the wildly eccentric music producer a free man. At a hearing at Los Angeles Superior Court, […]

The securities lawyer William S. Lerach agreed to plead guilty today to a criminal conspiracy charge in connection with a class-action scheme involving his former firm, now known as Milberg Weiss, the United States attorney’s office in Los Angeles said. Mr. Lerach, 61, who has long been under investigation by federal authorities, will enter his

Britney Spears may be losing her fan base, but now, as her latest misadventures spill into Los Angeles Superior Court, the tabloids are asking: could she also lose her kids? Like many divorcing moms, Spears is trying to hammer out a permanent custody arrangement with her ex, dancer Kevin Federline, the father of her two

In choosing his new attorney general, President Bush departed Monday from one of his more unshakable core values: the known commodity. Instead, the White House, seeking consensus over confrontation, tapped former New York federal judge Michael Mukasey to helm the troubled Justice Department. Mukasey, 66, would take over an agency that’s seen an exodus of

The arrests of two Severna Park residents on dogfighting charges were unusual, but officials say they were not the first signs that the blood sport takes place in Anne Arundel County. Animal control officers occasionally pick up strays suffering from injuries, scars and other marks typical of dogfights, but when ownership is not clear, police

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the long-awaited federal trial of former superstar Miami attorney Louis Robles, who was charged with mail fraud in the alleged theft of $13.5 million in clients’ settlement money. The trial is expected to last four weeks before U.S. District Judge Alan Gold. Neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys

President Bush has decided to nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York who has presided over some high-profile terrorism trials, as his next attorney general and is expected to announce the selection Monday, according to several people familiar with the decision. Should the Senate confirm him, Mr. Mukasey (pronounced mew-KAY-see) would

1. Jack Straw Former Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary, replaced Lord Falconer of Thoroton as Lord Chancellor and Justice Minister when Gordon Brown became Prime Minister; 4616 mentions in the UK national press in the past year. 2. Lord Goldsmith, QC Former Attorney-General who attracted controversy for his advice to Tony Blair on the Iraq

Kate McCann will be quizzed by British detectives within the next 48 hours and will again be asked: Did you kill Madeleine and what did you do with the body? Kate, already under unimaginable pressure, will be grilled by officers from Leicestershire Police on behalf of Portuguese detectives. She will face detailed interrogation on the