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Son Spends Inheritance to Prove Father Killed Wife
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A former pediatrician has been convicted for the death of his wife thanks to his son’s willingness to spend his entire inheritance proving his father’s guilt. So reports People.com.
Read more...Mom Faces Charges for Playing on Cell Phone While Her Three Kids Drown
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Police have arrested a 30-year-old Texas woman whose three children drowned in a pool because a witness said she was likely on her cell phone when it happened. So reports USA Today.
Read more...Siblings Sent to Juvie for Refusing to Speak to Dad
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Stating that three siblings were behaving as if they’d been “brainwashed” by their mother, a Michigan judge placed the children in juvenile detention for failing to maintain a relationship with their father. So reports The Detroit News.
Read more...Mom Pleads Guilty to Killing Her Kids That Cops Found in Freezer
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Thirty-six year-old Mitchelle Blair of Detroit pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of two of her children. She did not have a plea deal with prosecutors. So reports the Associated Press.
Read more...NYC Jury Awards Woman $18M in Sexual Harassment Suit Against Venture Capital CEO
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A Manhattan federal court jury awarded $18 million to a Swedish woman in a sexual harassment suit she’d filed against Benjamin Wey, the owner of a venture capital and private equity firm. So reports NBC News.
Read more...HIV Vaccine Researcher Sentenced To Prison for Fraud
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A scientist who tampered with blood samples to make it seem as if a potential HIV vaccine actually increases immune defense against the disease that can cause AIDS has been sentenced to 57 months in prison. So reports The New York Daily News.
Read more...TV Personality Sherri Shepherd To Pay Child Support Unless Judge Finds She Was Defrauded
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Actress and talk show host Sherri Shepherd has entered into a settlement agreement with her ex-husband, providing that she will pay $4,100 a month in support for a child that was born to a surrogate. So reports TMZ.
Read more...Man Gets Up to 40 Years in Prison for Sending Romantic Rival Poisonous Card
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A Pennsylvania man who sent a birthday card laced with the deadly poison Ricin to his ex-girlfriend’s new beau has been sentenced to 20 to 40 years in prison. So reports NBC News.
Read more...Jury Awards $500K to Patient Whose Docs Maligned Him While He Was Anesthetized
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A jury awarded $500,000 to a Virginia man whose cell phone recorded his doctors ridiculing him while he was anesthetized and undergoing a colonoscopy. So reports the Washington Post.
Read more...Calling a Woman a ‘Whore’ Isn't Disorderly Conduct: PA Court
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A panel of Pennsylvania court judges reversed the disorderly conduct conviction of a man who made “reprehensible” comments to his neighbor when she was standing 10 feet away from him. So reports the Daily News.
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