Investigators are examining allegations that Dominique Strauss-Kahn may have been involved in a rape at a Washington hotel in 2010, a spokesperson at the prosecutor’s office in Lille said on Friday.

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New Sex Allegations Against Dominique Strauss-Kahn

A young Prince George’s politician who seemed to embody Maryland’s crisis of conscience over approving same-sex marriage was charged Friday with stealing campaign funds , in part to pay for her wedding. Del. Tiffany T. Alston , 34, a little-known freshman state lawmaker before this spring, is charged with writing herself checks and cashing them to pay for at least $3,560 in expenses for her wedding day. According to the Office of the Maryland State Prosecutor , she also wrote herself checks to help pay the salary of an employee in her law firm. Read full article > >

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Md. delegate faces charges of theft from campaign funds

Could a homeless drug addict really be a reliable witness in a murder trial? Amanda Knox’s family and defense team were pleased Saturday during the appeal trial of her murder conviction, when the prosecutor’s key witness Antonio Curatolo gave a…

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Amanda Knox’s Great Day in Court

Police arrested a 19-year-old suspect Sunday morning in the fatal shooting of a New Jersey police officer, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said.

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Police Arrest Suspect in N.J. Police Officer Murder

Former TV chef Juan-Carlos Cruz faces nine years in prison after pleading “no contest” Tuesday to a charge of soliciting two homeless men to kill his wife, the prosecutor said.

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TV chef: ‘No contest’ in murder plot

Saudi Prince Abdulaziz bin Nasser al-Saud is on trial in Britain for allegedly beating to death a servant in a London hotel-and the prosecutor alleges that bite marks show there was a “sexual element” to the crime. The 32-year-old victim, Bandar…

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Saudi Prince on Trial for Killing