Court finds NYC cable TV news anchor guilty of attempted assault of his wife. Cable television newsman Dominic Carter, an influential reporter on New York politics, was convicted Friday of an attempted assault on his wife.

Connecticut man pleads not guilty for role in fight that led to deadly UConn stabbing. A man who allegedly was with the man charged with killing University of Connecticut football Jasper Howard, has pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge.

Pennsylvania woman allegedly passes drug-filled balloon to prison inmate while kissing him. A western Pennsylvania woman has been ordered to stand trial on charges she passed a drug-filled balloon to a state prison inmate while kissing him. State police said guards at the State Correctional Institution-Mercer became suspicious when an inmate appeared to swallow something after a prolonged kiss with a visitor on Oct. 19.

Plea bargain reached in case against woman accused in Wal-Mart altercation. A black school teacher charged with assaulting white police officers, resisting arrest and disturbing the peace has agreed a plea deal with prosecutors convicting her of two misdemeanor counts.

2 former judges granted partial judicial immunity in NE Pa. kids-for-cash kickback lawsuit. Two former county judges accused of taking millions of dollars in kickbacks to send juveniles to private detention facilities are partially immune from civil lawsuits, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled Friday.

CA judge rules there's enough evidence to try late porn mogul's son in ex-girlfriend's death. The son of a late San Francisco pornography mogul will stand trial on accusations that he crushed his ex-girlfriend's skull with a baseball bat.

Prosecutors on Saturday were expected to request life in prison for an American student and her former boyfriend accused of killing a young British woman in Italy.

US prosecutors to drop manslaughter case against Blackwater guard in deadly '07 Iraq shooting. The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.

Italian prosecutors on Saturday demanded life imprisonment for American student Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito for the 2007 murder of Briton Meredith Kercher.

PERUGIA, Italy (Reuters) - An Italian prosecutor asked for a life sentence on Saturday for American university student Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito in the murder trial of Briton Meredith Kercher.

Prosecutors request life in prison for American suspect at Italy murder trial. Prosecutors on Saturday asked an Italian court to hand down life sentences to an American student and her ex-boyfriend for their alleged roles in the fatal stabbing of a young British woman during a drug-fueled sex game.

Life sentence of Swede convicted of California double murder is reduced to 45-year term. A Swedish woman who was sentenced to life for a double murder in California will be released in 2011, a Swedish court ruled Monday.

A doctor was jailed for six years on Monday for spiking his pregnant lover's drinks in a failed bid to abort their unborn child.

Scotland Yard makes arrest after its longest serial rapist investigation. In one of Britain's longest running hunts for a serial rapist, Scotland Yard detectives charged a 52-year-old man Monday with a string of nearly a dozen assaults and burglaries.

Former Michael Jackson doctor due in Vegas court after falling behind on $14K child support. A lawyer for the physician being investigated in Michael Jackson's death says he'll ask a judge in Las Vegas to let his client make minimum child support payments for now, because he can't get work.

Official says US to attend annual war crimes court meeting as observer for first time. The United States will attend an annual meeting of the International Criminal Court, a body it has so far refused to participate in, the U.S. envoy for war crimes said Monday.

Otty Sanchez got six weeks in a state mental hospital after she was found wandering around a drug store last year, shopping for an imaginary trip to China.

A man charged with killing his dementia-plagued father by dragging him into the ocean has reached a plea deal, his attorney said Thursday, in a case that illuminated the stresses faced by those who care for people with Alzheimer's disease.

Probation for SC Maserati driver who plowed speeding sports car into man's house, killing him. A South Carolina man has been sentenced to three years probation for plowing his speeding Maserati into a house, killing a man inside.

Trial in Texas delayed for former Air Force nurse accused of killing 3 terminally ill patients. The trial of a former Air Force nurse accused of killing three terminally ill patients has been delayed.