A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wednesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killings of 24 Iraqis. ...more

June 5, 2008

A jury on Tuesday convicted an Atlanta police officer of lying to investigators after a drug raid that resulted in the death of a 92-year-old woman, but cleared him of two more serious charges. ...more

May 21, 2008

Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Wednesday that the Justice Department has elevated its inquiry into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes to a formal criminal investigation headed by a career federal prosecutor. ...more

January 3, 2008

NEW YORK George Mitchell insisted naming names was the right decision and said he was prepared for Roger Clemens and others to deny they used performance-enhancing drugs. ...more

December 15, 2007

Investigators used SunPass records and a Jamaican woman's memory for detail to file rape charges against an immigration agent who insisted he drove her only from one detention center to another. ...more

November 20, 2007

Bernard Kerik, a protege of Rudy Giuliani who once led the nation's largest police department, pleaded not guilty Friday to a wide-ranging indictment charging him with "selling his office" and lying to cover up the scheme. ...more

November 10, 2007

Eight days into her college career, Plant High School graduate Mary Grace Taaffe died from injuries in a wreck that occurred while she drove under the influence. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - Eight days into her college career, Plant High graduate Mary Grace Taaffe died from injuries suffered in a crash in which she drove under the influence. On Sunday, investigators charged Florida Gulf Coast University students Nicholas Charles Herrig, 19, and Kevin Michael Curtin, 19, with misdemeanor charges of hosting an open house party. Taaffe left the party minutes before her crash. Different charges are pending against partygoers Tyler Fry, Brian Cochran and Brett Griffin, a release states. The three "gave false statements to law enforcement" about what they knew about the party and crash, an investigative report released today states. ...more

October 1, 2007