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The New York Senate voted Tuesday night to expel a senator convicted of a misdemeanor charge of assaulting his girlfriend, a resolution the lawmaker assailed as an injustice to the people who elected him.

Nevada officials on Tuesday outlined drastic cuts to the state's Medicaid program that include plans to ration adult diapers, eliminate denture and hearing-aid programs, and force personal care assistants to buy their own disposable gloves.

Rap star Lil Wayne has gotten a temporary reprieve from jail - for dental surgery.

Investigators looking into the cause of an explosion that killed five people at a Connecticut power plant under construction were interviewing survivors on Tuesday, and crews were working to ensure the badly damaged building was safe.

A student dubbed a "wannabe suicide bomber" has had his conviction quashed by appeal court judges.

9 6:47 am Tweet This! http://mync.com/site/47935/ A three-judge panel in North Carolina will hear arguments in the case of a convicted murderer whose guilt has been questioned.

President Barack Obama is pushing lawmakers to restart a stalled overhaul of the U.S. health-care system by inviting Republican and Democratic lawmakers from the House and Senate to a half-day meeting on Feb.

Former child television star Gary Coleman pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge related to a domestic violence incident last April.

The attorney for a federal drug agent acquitted of framing 17 suspects in a 2005 sting in Ohio says the agent hopes to return to regular duty soon.Defense attorney Joel Kirkpatrick also said Monday that Agent Lee Lucas expects to be cleared in civil claims filed by victims of his paid informant's made-up evidence.Lucas was acquitted Friday in ...

Actor Charlie Sheen and his wife are due in court Monday amid domestic violence allegations.

It's been more than a decade since "Amy," as she's known in court papers, was first sexually abused by her uncle.

A man has pleaded guilty to several child sex offences. Man found with 16,000 child porn images Admitted 'fetish for young boys' Gagged boys, took photos A FORMER Melbourne schoolteacher tied and gagged young boys then took photos of them, all for his sexual gratification, a court has heard.

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative would lose more than one-third of its designated funding under President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal.

State and federal officials are scrambling to determine what caused the deaths of three children in this Central California farming town, which shares a ZIP code with the largest hazardous waste treatment site west of the Mississippi.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson has flatly rejected the idea that MPs accused of fiddling their expenses should be able to use parliamentary privilege as a "get out of jail card". Mr Johnson insisted it was vital that the three Labour MPs and one Tory peer charged with false accounting should be treated exactly the same as any other members of the ...

Chadron police have arrested a 25-year-old man suspected of child abuse and sexual assault.

Auburn police say they know the driver who hit an avid bicyclist in August but the man hasn't been charged because the victim is unable to speak and make his wishes known.

San Antonio police announced Saturday that they are investigating the case of an Arizona baby missing for more than a month as a kidnapping and homicide, allowing them to search for a dead body.

A law that took effect last month that was intended to reduce inmate overcrowding by allowing early releases at state prisons and county jails is sowing confusion throughout California.

Authorities say a Casper woman was assaulted at her front door, raped at knifepoint in her living room and left bound on the floor, and they say one of the men charged in the brutal attack claimed that he thought it was invited.