More than two years after he was arrested - and after two courts have since ruled in his favor - the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 6, 2009

More than two years after he was arrested – and after two courts have since ruled in his favor – the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 5, 2009

Nearly three hours of deliberations on Tuesday failed to produce a verdict in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

April 1, 2009

Nearly three hours of deliberations today failed to produce a verdict in the federal explosives trial of Youssef Megahed. ...more

March 31, 2009

Jury deliberations are expected to begin today in the federal explosives trial of former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed. ...more

March 31, 2009

Prosecutors wanted a federal explosives trial to be about terrorism; for the defense, it came down this afternoon to rocket science. ...more

March 26, 2009

Trying to show that the devices at the center of a federal explosives trial were dangerous, prosecutors today presented an expert witness who testified they could easily be assembled into an incendiary device. ...more

March 24, 2009

What prosecutors describe as dangerous explosives were actually harmless, homemade model rockets, a defense attorney told jurors as the trial of former University of South Florida student Youssef Megahed opened Wednesday. ...more

March 19, 2009

A federal judge this afternoon began the tedious process of winnowing the pool of potential jurors into those who will hear testimony in the case of Youssef Megahed, a former University of South Florida student charged with transporting explosives. ...more

March 16, 2009

Lawyers for Youssef Megahed want a judge to determine whether something improper happened when a grand jury indicted the former University of South Florida student on charges of illegally transporting explosives. ...more

February 3, 2009