When most patients go to a pharmacy to fill a new prescription, they don't think twice about turning over the note from their doctor. ...more

August 20, 2008

A federal appeals court on Thursday ordered Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles to stand trial in El Paso on immigration fraud charges. ...more

August 15, 2008

ATLANTA (AP) - A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a key section of a ruling that a Florida tomato grower failed to provide adequate housing for migrant workers. ...more

August 10, 2008

ATLANTA - A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

A federal appeals court on Wednesday invalidated part of a Florida law requiring public school students to recite the Pledge of Allegiance, but the panel declined to rule on whether the rest of the statute is constitutional. ...more

July 24, 2008

A federal appeals court on Monday threw out a $550,000 indecency fine against CBS. ...more

July 21, 2008

A federal appeals court ruled Friday in favor of environmentalists seeking protection for the endangered North Atlantic right whale, giving those activists a victory in a long-running fight to prevent collisions of the giant mammals with ships. ...more

July 19, 2008

A federal appeals court on Friday threw out a major component of the Bush administration's effort to reduce unhealthy levels of soot and smog in Eastern and Midwestern states, a decision that environmental groups worry will delay action on air pollution well into the next administration. ...more

July 12, 2008

He thinks of her every time he gazes at the painting - a blazing orange sun she drew a few years after the tragedy. It is the only splash of color in his tiny K Street office and it gives him great joy, and a stab of sorrow. ...more

June 27, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court has struck down a Louisiana law that allows the execution of people convicted of a raping a child. In a 5-4 vote, the court says the law allowing the death penalty to be imposed in cases of child rape violates the Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment. ...more

June 25, 2008