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The chambermaid who accused former IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault admitted that she lied to a grand jury about the events surrounding the alleged attack, according to a letter sent from prosecutors to Strauss-Kahn's defense team.

Only the state's rebuttal and closing arguments remain in the Casey Anthony murder trial -- a case that's had more than its share of doubt-raising data points. Prosecutors have presented ample evidence that Casey Anthony lied repeatedly, and that she is a habitual partier, but whether they have proved beyond a reasonable doubt that she murdered her daughter Caylee remains an open question

Casey Anthony, who is on trial on charges of killing her own two-year-old brutally and letting her body decompose in the car for weeks, laughed and sent flirtatious glances while attending the trial on Thursday.

The sexual assault case against disgraced former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is falling apart as the investigators have found evidence for lies, prevarication and possible criminal links of his accuser, a Manhattan hotel maid.

As the defense rested its case in the murder trial of Casey Anthony, a guilty verdict was given - but not for Anthony.

The defense in the Casey Anthony murder trial rested Thursday afternoon without testimony from the Florida mother about the 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.

The alleged mistress of Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, Thursday testified that George told her Caylee Anthony's death was an accident that snowballed out of control.

Casey Anthony's father took the witness stand on Wednesday and narrated how he tried to kill himself after he realized that he 'failed Caylee'. George Anthony also had an angry exchange with Casey Anthony's lawyer Jose Baez when he made comments that suggested that George could be suspected for the death of two-year-old Caylee.

Casey Anthony's defense team said it plans to rest its case Thursday, but it remains unclear if the Orlando, Fla. woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony will take the stand to testify.

Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, on the witness stand again on Wednesday, testified that he bought a gun in August 2008, planning on using it to force his daughter's friends to tell him what happened to his then-missing granddaughter by gunpoint, Reuters reported.

Casey Anthony's father, George Anthony, revealed Wednesday that he attempted suicide to be reunited with his dead granddaughter Caylee and damaged his daughter's defense by pointing out that she was the last one to see the toddler alive, ABC News reported.

George Anthony, Casey Anthony's father, Wednesday broke down in tears on the stand, denied the defense team's claim that he had sexually abused Casey, and also said Casey was the last person to see Caylee Anthony, Casey's daughter, alive.

It was revealed on Monday that Casey Anthony's attorneys had told the court on Saturday that the murder accused was incompetent to stand trial, bringing to a halt the proceedings of the day.

New revelations by Cindy Anthony on the 26th day of Casey Anthony murder trial have weakened the strong circumstantial evidence against the accused, Casey. Cindy Anthony, Casey's mother, testified in court that she had conducted Internet search on Chloroform in Anthonys' home computer. Cindy also said that the stain on the trunk liner of the car was already there when Cindy and her husband bought it from a used car dealership in Orlando.

From people with serious concerns to people looking for quick money, everyone seems to be suing Facebook. Following are some of the most frivolous litigation filed against Facebook to date.

The attorney for the parents of Casey Anthony is denying media reports which claimed that they believe their grand-daughter is guilty of killing her daughter, Caylee.

Fugitive South Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, wanted in connection with 19 murders, and a person on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List, was captured by federal law enforcement officials at a home in Southern California, ending a 16-year manhunt.

Casey Anthony, who is charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter Caylee, has pleaded not guilty. She has been found contradicting her own statements quite often. Casey's claims prior to the trial, the testimonials of her mother Cindy and father George regarding the death of Caylee and her defense argument during the trial have contradicted each other.

The Casey Anthony murder trial on Wednesday will be a shortened session, according to media reports.

In a strange twist in the tale that could all but nail Casey Anthony conclusively, it emerged that the alleged killer of the toddler daughter could have borrowed a plot from a fellow jail inmate to argue that Caylee Anthony drowned in the pool.

A juvenile act of family violence that culminated in the death of a 2-year-old child from broken skull is likely to record a new chapter in jurisprudence history, with prosecutors intent on considering the accused, a 12-year-old, as an adult. Cristian Fernandez, a 12-year-old boy from Jacksonville, Florida, punched his younger brother to death. In normal course he would be put to trial as a juvenile defender, in which case he will be freed by the time he is in early 20s. However prosecutors say ...

The contents of Bernie Madoff's Wine Cellar were auctioned this week while he serves a life sentence for fraud; all 59 lots found buyers

The Sri Lankan born Hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, the billionaire manager of the Galleon hedge fund, was found guilty on Wednesday on all counts in the largest hedge fund insider trading case in the United States history.

George Speranza, the operator of a marketing company that created and published Internet websites, has pleaded guilty to a perjury charge and admitted that he gave false testimony before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with the SEC's investigation of Spongetech Delivery Systems, Inc.

John Bravata, the founder and chairman of BBC Equities, LLC, has been arrested at JFK International Airport and charged with wire fraud in connection with his solicitation of investor funds for BBC, which Bravata characterized as a real estate investment fund.

United States Attorney Richard S. Hartunian said that Marcel Perry, a/k/a Juxx, a/k/a Jooks, age 23, of Albany, New York, was sentenced on Friday by United States District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe to 111 months' incarceration (Perry was facing a sentence of 130 months but received 19 months credit for time already served), five years of supervised release following his release from incarceration, and a $100 special assessment.

Lakeland-based Francois Piedrahas been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography, followed by a life term of supervised release.

A former employee of the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has pleaded guilty along with her four co-conspirators to unlawfully providing Texas driver’s licenses for cash, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno said.

Two owners of a fraudulent Detroit-area medical clinic, Martin and Joaquin Tasis, and a man who helped them launder the proceeds of the fraud, Leoncio Alayon, were convicted on Friday by a federal jury in Detroit for their roles in a $9.1 million Medicare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) said.