President Barack Obama says he cannot "govern out of anger" just because of public outrage over bonuses paid at financial institutions kept afloat by taxpayer dollars. ...more

March 23, 2009

Medical marijuana users and dispensary owners in California have held their breath for years — fearful they would be targeted for prosecution by the federal government. ...more

March 21, 2009

A first-of-its-kind study has found that forensic experts gave flawed testimony in the trials of 82 men wrongfully convicted of rape or murder in the 1980s. ...more

March 20, 2009

Prosecutors said Tuesday they want more evidence from police before determining whether to press charges against Chris Brown, who's accused in a domestic dispute that reportedly involves pop superstar Rihanna. ...more

February 10, 2009

As Arthur G. Nadel made his way to New York on Thursday under the watchful eye of U.S. marshals, the clock ticked away on the 30-day time limit faced by prosecutors to indict the man accused of a hedge fund swindle before they would have to set him free. ...more

February 6, 2009

On buttons, posters and Web sites, the image was everywhere during last year's presidential campaign: a pensive Barack Obama looking upward, as if to the future, splashed in a Warholesque red, white and blue and underlined with the caption HOPE. ...more

February 5, 2009

Through volunteer efforts around Florida and Sun City Center, crooks and con artists have been foiled and victims of area frauds and scams have gotten back anywhere from $500 to $500,000. ...more

February 4, 2009

In 1892, a Massachusetts court ruled that a policeman's speech rights had not been violated by a law forbidding certain political activities by officers. State Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote: "The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he has no constitutional right to be a policeman." ...more

November 29, 2008

Federal prosecutors have identified 22 current investigations into civil rights-era crimes that could be affected by a federal appeals court's decision to overturn a conviction in a 1964 kidnapping case. ...more

October 23, 2008

1991: University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied it. ...more

October 7, 2008