WASHINGTON, April 29 (UPI) -- A Washington judge says emotional pain and the loss of a plum job warranted $491,000 in damages to a transsexual.

WASHINGTON, April 3 (UPI) -- Don't look now but it is raining lawyers; or to be more precise, lawsuits. Just consider what has happened in the past two weeks.

HARTFORD, Conn., Oct. 8 (UPI) -- Members of a hung jury say there wasn't enough conclusive evidence to convict a former Hartford, Conn., newspaper editor of the murder of a man he'd just met.

WASHINGTON, July 17 (UPI) -- A federal judge ruled Thursday that Osama bin Laden's former driver should be tried by a military tribunal before he appeals the court's constitutionality.

WASHINGTON, April 15 (UPI) -- A federal jury in Washington deliberated for less than a day before returning a guilty verdict Tuesday against the so-called D.C. Madam.

WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- A federal judge in Washington Monday sentenced a top female leader of a Colombian rebel group to nearly 17 years in prison for cocaine trafficking.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A petition by Osama bin Laden's driver to challenge his detention in Guantanamo Bay has been dismissed by a federal judge in Washington.

SYDNEY, April 20 (UPI) -- Fear is the worst enemy in the fight against bioterrorism and infectious diseases such as bird flu, an Australian scientist has told a conference. Dr. James Robertson of the Australian Federal Police told a Sydney forum on infectious diseases and internat

WASHINGTON, March 29 (UPI) -- Members of a secret U.S. intelligence court told a U.S. Senate committee that a White House-endorsed warrantless spying program should be to court oversight.