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Sitting in a federal courtroom Friday in a jail-issue jumpsuit, the diminutive Jean Brown stood accused of beating a member of an international drug ring, which she allegedly ran, so hard that one of his eyes was dislodged from its socket. Prosecutors...

The following cases were resolved in Clark Circuit Court Dec. 6 with Judge Jean Chenault Logue presiding. — Anthony Ray Lee, probation violation, probation revoked, sentenced to four years. — Anthony Ray Lee, probation violation, probation...

BOYLE DISTRICT COURT Cases handled recently in Boyle District Court, listed by name, charge, fine and jail sentence, where applicable, include the following. Court costs also were assessed in most cases. Ages and addresses are listed if available....

'The Lawyer's Lawyer' By James Sheehan. Center Street, 416 pages, $22.99 The vagaries of legal ethics, a defendant's rights and a high-profile murder combine for an epic-like plot that spans 12 years in the life of defense attorney Jack Tobin....

Five Acres' Festive Holiday Open House was alive and well this season. The event was canceled last year because of the strong winds in Pasadena. On Wednesday (Dec. 5), Five Acres staff more than made up for their year off. The grounds of the Altadena...

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Men’s College Basketball--Pittsburgh at Rutgers, 10 a.m. (ESPN2); Wake Forest at Duke, 11 a.m. (ESPNU); Purdue at Michigan State, 11 a.m. (Big 10 Network); Texas at Baylor, 1 p.m. (ESPNU); Ohio State at Illinois, 1:15 p.m....

|TV SPORTS| |SATURDAY| Soccer--Premier League, Manchester City at Newcastle, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2); Women’s National Teams, Exhibition, United States vs. China, 6 p.m. (NBCSN) Men’s College Basketball--East Carolina at North Carolina, 11 a....

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who canceled an overseas trip this week due to a stomach virus, suffered a concussion after she fainted, the State Department said Saturday. Clinton, who has said she plans to step down...

WASHINGTON -- The poet Carl Sandburg supposedly was asked by a young playwright to attend a rehearsal. Sandburg did but fell asleep. The playwright exclaimed, "How could you sleep when you knew I wanted your opinion?" Sandburg replied, "Sleep is an...

With the glitz and glamour of winning a state championship and playing in a national all-star game out of the way, it’s time for numerous top-dog college-football prospects to get down to business. One of the most coveted prospects in Florida,...

NILES -- A South Bend-area woman will have to wait a little while longer to see what will happen with the criminal contempt charge brought against her for swearing inside Niles South County Courthouse in early December. Larue Ford, 49, appeared with her...

The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Matthew Smothers, 42, of the 200 block of Mayberry Drive, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. A door was stolen from a construction site Wednesday in the...