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Former tennis sensation Jennifer Capriati will be inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in July.

A federal court on Friday sentenced Tarek Mehanna to 17 years in prison, prompting an impassioned speech from the American Muslim charged with disseminating jihadist propaganda on the Internet.

The two men who were suspected of a shooting spree in Tulsa, Okla., are facing murder and hate crime charges in a District Court. Jacob England, 19 and Alvin Watts, 33, have been charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of shooting with intent to kill and five counts of malicious intimidation or harassment.

Four men are on trial for alleged plans to attack a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

The World Tomorrow will feature interviews with politicians, revolutionaries, intellectuals, artists and visionaries. Its host remains under house arrest in Britain, fighting extradition to Sweden on sex charges.

Mitt Romney has attacked President Barack Obama's record on gun control during a speech to the National Rifle Association, echoing dire warnings issued by NRA president Wayne LaPierre. But the president's record offers scant evidence to support such ominous rhetoric.

Jury selection began on Thursday in the trial of the former presidential candidate, who faces a possible 30-year prison term for violating campaign finance law.

A Japanese woman, nicknamed the Black Widow, has been sentenced to death for murdering three former lovers in 2009.

A federal appeals court in California ruled that a ban preventing public broadcasters from airing public issue and political advertisements was unconstitutional.

The defendants are the first to be charged with committing a hate crime in violation of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act.

Rupert Murdoch's Times of London is facing a claim for exemplary damages after admitting hacking into the email of an anonymous police blogger to expose his identity, lawyer Mark Lewis told Reuters on Friday.

Alabama's tough new immigration law has faced a torrent of criticism, and Alabama lawmakers are debating new legislation that supporters say will address those concerns.

George Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin, making his first court appearance April 12 at the Seminole County Correctional Facility in Sanford, Fla., where he is being currently being held.

Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortion.

According to a recent report by Nikkei.com, a Japanese couple based in Tokyo has received 600,000 yen, which is about $7,400 in compensation after suing Apple over a burning iPod Nano accident.

A divided federal appeals court struck down a federal ban on political advertising on public TV and radio stations, a decision that could open the public airwaves to campaign ads for the November elections.

Michael Anthony Prozer III turned out to be a millionaire scam artist after federal prosecutors charged with mail, wire, and bank fraud. He pleaded guilty to the charges.

Zimmerman will be arraigned on second-degree murder charges on May 29.

Pennsylvania's state court issued an injunction against the state's latest hydraulic fracturing legislation, days before it was scheduled to take full effect.

A letter sent to Mel Gibson from ex-film collaborator and screenwriter, Joe Eszerthas has hit the web, revealing not only more about Gibson's rage issues, but his continued death threats to ex-girlfriend, and mother of his child, Oksana Grigorieva. According to Kris Herzog, owner of the Navy SEAL Bodyguard Group, The Bodyguard Group of Beverly Hills and former bodyguard for Mel Gibson and Oksana, Gibson has said on numerous occasions that he was going to kill Oksana.

Chris Dodd, a former U.S. senator who heads the Motion Picture Association of America, said there will be another push for some kind of anti-piracy legislation after the 2012 elections.