By Carrick Mollenkamp WOLFEBORO, New Hampshire (Reuters) - During the crazy days of the housing bubble in 2006, bankers created a bond called MABS 2006-FRE1. The instrument gave buyers the right to payments on the subprime housing loans of nearly 2,000 borrowers, including Stephen Monzione, a professional wedding photographer in New Hampshire. Six months after the security was issued, a trader ...

The man accused of killing three members of a family in western Wisconsin is due back in court.

BRENTWOOD ? A Salem man who started a marijuana growing operation as a way to raise extra money to pay for an inflated home mortgage received no sympathy from the judge.

Cummins & White, LLP, a well-known diversified, full-service business and insurance law practice, today announced that Erick Becker has joined the firm as a partner and will lead the labor and employment ...

Daniel James Rick, 32, of Minneapolis, was convicted in 2011 of attempted first-degree assault under a statute that makes it illegal to knowingly transfer a communicable disease. But his conviction was reversed last year, when the state Appeals Court found the statute was ambiguous. The state appealed, and oral arguments are scheduled for Tuesday.

An East Texas man is on trial, accused of attacking an elderly couple with a hammer.

A Middlesex Superior Court judge has rejected a lawsuit by an atheist couple and their children who sued the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District and the Acton schools challenging the use of the words âunder Godâ in the Pledge of Allegiance.        

An appeals court rejected a legal challenge to Measure A, Santa Clara County's sales tax boost approved by voters in November.

A man charged with murdering his wife in Boone last year walked free from jail this morning after a judge lowered his bail to $500,000 cash or surety.

When Carol Hunstein ran for DeKalb County Superior Court judge in 1984, her opponent thought so little of a woman winning that he took a vacation while she campaigned.

A coalition of environmental groups has once again asked Franklin Circuit Court to help them in their long-running battle with the Cabinet for Energy and Environment and a coal company which violated provisions of the federal Clean Water Act.

LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Two men facing arson charges in connection with one of three major fires in downtown Lewiston that destroyed nine buildings and displaced more than 180 people are expected to make their first court appearance on Monday or Tuesday.        

A high-profile southern Kentucky murder trial will be featured on a cable show tonight.

A San Francisco man who allegedly arranged a phony Craigslist sale in Daly City then robbed the would-be buyer at gunpoint faces more than 20 years in prison if convicted, San Mateo County’s district attorney said.

Four men are given prison sentences in the US state of Minnesota in connection with the recruitment of fighters for a Somali militant group.

For fans wanting to watch the Astros and Rockets coverage on Comcast SportsNet Houston, there is hope. CSN Houston announced that it was offering a “FreeView,” a free trial of its programming offered to all the major TV service providers.

A former prison employee has been convicted of class-A felony child molesting by a Vigo County jury.

A man with ties to Kingsport and who escaped from a Kentucky prison was spotted in the area Thursday, but was apparently able to continue evading capture.

The renovation of the Corsicana Police Department got a bit more involved than it was originally intended to. An error with some concrete resulted in water flooding city hall, and forcing replacement of carpeting and flooring. As well, the renovations quickly led to renovations of the municipal court, as well.

The former head of a Lenox school for troubled young women and his son and son-in-law are facing prison time and have agreed to pay back the state of Vermont and the U.S. government $3 million for what the U.S. Attorney's Office calls "egregious" tax and health care fraud connected to a Bennington, Vt., school they had operated.

Whether it’s his high-intensity, acrobatic play on the basketball court or his signature fashion sense off it, Oklahoma City Thunder superstar Russell Westbrook has never been shy about showing off his Game.

Gov. John Hickenlooper has spoken with prosecutors, defense attorneys, victims and others as he ponders whether to grant clemency to Nathan Dunlap.

A jury trial is set to begin next month in Solano County Superior Court for a San Francisco man who had been previously convicted of the 2008 gunshot slaying of a Vallejo teen in Fairfield.

One of South Florida’s most well-known legal figures, Roy Black, is no longer on the high-profile DUI manslaughter case of Palm Beach millionaire and Polo Club mogul John Goodman.

The high court's decision to uphold pot club bans could result in an extended period in which it will be impossible to buy medical cannabis in some cities but not in others — unless the legislature intervenes. by David Downs The California Supreme Court upheld on Monday the right of cities and counties to ban medical cannabis dispensaries in a unanimous decision that promises to have major ...

By Emily Lane JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi inmate due to be executed on Tuesday was granted a last-minute reprieve because of overstated evidence, while Texas executed a man convicted of killing another person during a robbery in 2003, authorities said. The Mississippi state Supreme Court granted a stay of execution to Willie Jerome Manning, 44, after federal authorities said ...

Stephanie Mikles, a behavioral specialist for Harford County Public Schools in Maryland, has been indicted for an “unnatural or perverted sexual practice" (video below). According to court records and photographs, the indictment claims Mikles had “sexual intercourse with a dog," reports the Baltimore News Journal . The alleged dog intercourse occurred back in August 2008, according to police ...

Monday May 13, 2013 PITTSFIELD -- A 29-year-old North Adams ex-convict who had been out of prison for less than two months when he knocked out a 60-year-old with a punch is heading back to state prison for a two- to four-year stint after pleading guilty to felony assault and battery. Shane M.

CHARLESTON (JG-TC) — Two people accused of withholding information about the shooting death of Benjamin Newton last month made their first court appearances Monday and were both ordered to return in four weeks.

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A northern New Jersey mother has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for conspiring to distribute heroin with her husband and son in what authorities are calling "a family affair."

Marshall Lee Gore, 49, was convicted in a string of rapes and attacks, including the 1988 murder of exotic dancer Robyn Novick.

The jury in Danny Harmon Jr.'s murder trial deliberated late Tuesday before convicting the 42-year-old for the 1989 second-degree murder of Christine Marie Wood, who was raped then shot before her body and bedroom were...

Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Judge Jeffrey Colbath has decided John Goodman should be retried in connection with the death of Scott Wilson.

A Murray man serving 25 years in a West Liberty prison has died after being stabbed.

BANTAM >> A Superior Court judge has not yet ruled on whether Farmington police will have to return guns that were seized from a former Torrington public safety commissioner after he allegedly threatened to shoot co-workers in December.

Bankruptcies of $5,000 or more filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Northern District of New York

SEATTLE (AP) - Serial killer Robert Yates, whose death sentence has been upheld by the state Supreme Court, is seeking an appeal through the federal court system.

A Mount Kisco man has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison on a money-laundering charge in connection with an oxycodone ring which led to prison for a former Westchester County police officer.

MORGANTOWN -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the legal authority to retroactively veto a water pollution permit for one of West Virginia's largest mountaintop removal coal mines years after it was issued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

This is the world Robert Mendez grew up in: Inner city. Father dead by the time he was 5. Stepfather in and out of prison. Family struggling to make ends meet.

The Chicago law firm is among the defendants accused of promoting what the government later disallowed.