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Lawyers for the woman who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault have explored a deal in which they would scuttle the criminal case in exchange for a monetary settlement in the civil lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years, saying it should not be responsible for repairs because the flaw predated its bankruptcy.

When the storied West Memphis Three walked to freedom 18 years after they were imprisoned for allegedly killing three 8-year-old boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, there were crowds of people outside the prison offering them support, and chanting that justice was finally done. Were they really innocent?

Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. aka West Memphis Three are now free men. Nearly after two decades, the trio, imprisoned for murdering three eight-year-old boys in Arkansas in 1993, walked out of a courtroom on Friday proclaiming their innocence.

The West Memphis Three -- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. -- who spent almost two decades in prison for the killing of three young boys, were freed by the court on Friday. The three men were tried and convicted of the murders of three boys in West Memphis, Arkansas, on May 5, 1993. During the trial, the prosecution put forth the idea that the only purported motive in the case was that the slayings were part of a satanic ritual.

Lindsay Lohan has sued rapper Pitbull over the lyrics of the latest party hit song Give Me Everything.

California has broken up what it called a ring of law firms that fraudulently induced struggling homeowners nationwide to pay thousands of dollars each to file mass lawsuits against their mortgage lenders.

Women who were part of a massive class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc will have until the end of October to file individual lawsuits against the company, a judge ruled.

Three men jailed for the Satanic 1993 slayings of three 8-year-old boys in Arkansas walked free on Friday after nearly two decades of proclaiming their innocence from behind bars.

The West Memphis 3 gets freed with an unusual plea deal where they get to maintain their innocence.

The royal fashion icon joined Prince William in the surprise visit.

The Gallagher brothers, who stormed British pop in the 1990s when they were together in rock band Oasis, have taken their increasingly bitter war of words to court.

As U.S. Vice President Joe Biden built trust with China in Beijing's corridors of power, goodwill between the two nations unravelled Thursday night on a nearby basketball court, where players traded kicks and punches and even a chair was thrown.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Friday said China had nothing to worry about concerning the safety of its vast holdings of Treasury debt, while China's Premier Wen Jiabao gave a ringing endorsement of the resilience of the debt-ridden U.S. economy.

Singapore billionaire Peter Lim has made a significant investment in UK-based sports car maker McLaren Automotive, the company said.

German composer Robert Schumann's tale of a fairy-like creature's quest to enter paradise opened an Oriental-themed Edinburgh International Festival this weekend to the acclaim of the critics.

Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik made his second court appearance on Friday as relatives of the 69 people he gunned down last month arrived on the island where the massacre took place.

Advocates of tighter border control disapprove of new ruling.

If convicted, each woman faces up to 18 months in jail and a $3,500 fine.

Former Austrian skiing coach Walter Mayer has been given a prison sentence after being found guilty of supplying doping substances to athletes, a court official said Thursday.

Oslo mass killer Anders Breivik will make his second court appearance Friday as relatives of the 69 people he gunned down gather on the island where they died, ahead of a national day of remembrance.