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Prosecutors in their rebuttal closing argument earlier Monday said the defense's assertion that Caylee's death was an 'accident that snowballed out of control' made no sense. Jurors did not reach a verdict Monday in the Casey Anthony murder trial after deliberating for almost six hours on the prosecution's claim that the woman killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because the toddler interrupted her carefree partying and love life.

Smiling faintly as he walked out of court, former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged serious questions about the credibility of the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault....

The woman who accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault admitted she lied to a grand jury about what happened after the purported attack, prosecutors told Strauss-Kahn's lawyers in a letter.

The judge in the Florida murder trial of Casey Anthony unexpectedly called an indefinite recess Friday morning so the defense could take depositions of witnesses the prosecution plans to call during its rebuttal case....

American student Amanda Knox's bid to overturn her conviction for the murder of her British roommate in Italy may have been given a boost by fresh DNA analysis, Italian news agency ANSA reported Wednesday.

A man convicted of murdering a British exchange student testified that he believes her roommate, Amanda Knox, and her ex-boyfriend killed he ...

The trial of a central Florida mother charged with killing her 2-year-old daughter has resumed, with the judge saying she's mentally competent to continue.

A jury on Monday convicted Rod R. Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois, of trying to personally benefit from his role in selecting a replacement for President Obama in the United States Senate.

The Saturday session of Casey Anthony's first-degree murder trial was scuttled by an unspecified "legal issue" announced by Judge Belvin Perry.

The Florida trial of Casey Anthony, who is accused of killing her daughter, will resume Wednesday, one day after the defense attacked forensics evidence previously offered by the prosecution.