NOMINEES FOR FEDERAL JUDICIARY TESTIFY AT CONFIRMATION HEARING IN WASHINGTON
Richard Jones (L), nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Washington, and Sharion Aycock, nominee to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, are sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 19, 2007. (UPI Photo/David Brody)
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 29 (UPI) -- Texas officials, while considering an appeal of a judge's ruling on the state's bilingual education program, also say the program will be revised.
NEWARK, N.J., July 29 (UPI) -- Sharpe James, the former mayor of Newark, N.J., was sentenced Tuesday to 27 months in prison for helping his girlfriend buy city property.
WASHINGTON, July 29 (UPI) -- A woman from India claims she was held as a slave, raped and beaten by a Kuwaiti diplomat stationed in Washington.
NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) -- Former NBA referee Tim Donaghy was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in New York to 15 months in prison for his role in betting on NBA games.
LEXINGTON, Ky., July 28 (UPI) -- Families of victims of the 2006 Comair crash in Kentucky are scheduled to get their day in court and say they have heart-wrenching tales to tell.
