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In a remarkable and near-amusing turn of events, Stanley Kubrick's movie 2001: A Space Odyssey has come to the rescue of Samsung in its patent dispute with Apple which will decide the fate of four key Samsung products, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1.

A Southern California woman was arrested on Monday for tossing her 7-month-old son from the fourth floor of a Southern California hospital over a parking structure railing.

Casey Anthony, the Orlando mother who was acquitted of killing her two-year-old daughter must serve a year's probation in Florida, after being convicted of check fraud charges, a Florida court appeals ruled on Tuesday.

Flushing Meadows reportedly felt aftershocks from the earthquake, originated in Richmond, Virginia, measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale, even as the authorities suspended play at the nearby New Haven Open tennis tournament in Conneticut.

A California woman tossed her 7-month-old baby from the fourth floor of a hospital parking garage, police say.

U.S. tech giant Hewlett-Packard Co has filed a case against AU Optronics, saying the Taiwanese company conspired to fix the prices of thin film liquid crystal display panels, court documents show.

A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday, leaving him free to return to Franceand rebuild a shattered career.

Four hundred people were killed and 2,000 injured in three days of fighting between the rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces in the capital, but the anti-government fighters tore through Moammar Gadhafi Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli with little resistance.

A lawyer representing the Kentucky man who testified against Dr. John Patterson in the Shelby County Circuit Court, the doctor who amputated Seaton's penis without asking his permission, told jurors on Monday his client doesn't feel like a man.

New York and New Jersey politicians are demanding that any new government in Tripoli extradite to the United States a Libyan official convicted in Britain for the December 1988 bombing of a U.S.-bound airliner.

A U.S. judge on Tuesday set a September hearing on the tobacco industry's request to block Food and Drug Administration requirements for new graphic labels and advertising that warn consumers about the risks of smoking.

An Indianapolis law firm has filed a pro bono class action lawsuit against the state of Indiana on behalf of the victims of the recent state fair stage collapse.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.

A New York Supreme Court judge dismissed charges against former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in May.

A New York judge dropped all criminal sexual assault charges against ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Tuesday after prosecutors lost faith in the credibility of his accuser.

The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who hoped to be the next French president, collapsed because what prosecutors believed was strong testimony deteriorated into a fabric of lies.

The rape charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn will be officially dropped on Tuesday at a Manhattan court hearing scheduled for 11:30 a.m.

Different reports suggested that Nato allies deployed their forces and intelligence services in Libya secretly in order to pave path for rebel forces to Tripoli.

A son of Muammar Gaddafi, previously reported captured, made a surprise appearance with jubilant supporters in Tripoli overnight, urging loyalists to fight off rebels who say they control most of the Libyan capital.

The International Criminal Court in The Hague said Tuesday it had never received official confirmation from the Libyan rebels that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been captured.

Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, one of Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's seven sons, appeared in Tripoli early Tuesday morning, greeting supporters in the face of the rebel presence in the city.