A federal judge wants to keep a prosecutor already under investigation for his role in the Ted Stevens case out of a separate congressional corruption trial.
Police in Fort Worth say a top SEC official prosecuting Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford's fraud case has been accused of assaulting an officer.
A federal judge upheld the right of a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter to invoke the Fifth Amendment when he refused in court Tuesday to reveal his sources in a 2004 story about a terrorism prosecutor.
A federal appeals court won't stop a Detroit newspaper reporter from being questioned next week about unidentified sources who helped with a story in 2004.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in Detroit has asked a federal appeals court to intervene in a lawsuit seeking to identify sources who leaked information about a terrorism prosecutor.

The investigation into whether prosecutors broke the law in pursuing their case against former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is being led by a Harley-riding attorney known for his low-key style and experience on both sides of criminal law.

Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's announcement that he would retire after a five-decade career that brought him national recognition set in motion a flurry of jostling among leading contenders for one of the most coveted prosecutor jobs in the nation.
A judge declined to hold a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in contempt Thursday for refusing to reveal unnamed sources but ordered him to attend another deposition for more questions about a 2004 story about a federal terrorism prosecutor.

When Sheriff Rick Walter was a reserve deputy, he discovered slain college student Angela Mischelle Lawless in her idling car along a rural southeastern Missouri highway and was sure at least two people had attacked her.
Maine's former top drug prosecutor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal child pornography charges.
A lawyer urged a judge Wednesday to end a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's claim that he had a Fifth Amendment right to refuse to identify unnamed sources who leaked information about a terrorism prosecutor.
A former federal prosecutor in Puerto Rico is suing the island's female U.S. attorney for allegedly creating what he calls a "girls club" environment in the office.

A lawyer asked a judge Tuesday to declare a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter in contempt for refusing during a court-ordered deposition to reveal unnamed sources who leaked information about a terrorism prosecutor.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter on Monday declined to reveal his government sources for a story about a former terrorism prosecutor.
South Africa's top prosecutor, who was suspended after he pursued corruption charges against the national police chief and the head of the country's governing party, should be fired, the president said Monday.
A man whose conviction in the first terror-related case after 9/11 was thrown out can sue a former federal prosecutor over his handling of the case, a judge said Wednesday.
A former U.S. attorney for Minnesota retaliated against a top prosecutor in her office who reported her for careless handling of classified homeland security reports, a watchdog agency said Wednesday.
A prominent Texas prosecutor who fell from grace after the mistaken release of racist, political and pornographic e-mails found on his office computer will not face charges stemming from the scandal, his replacement said Tuesday.
A sex-crimes prosecutor in California has pleaded not guilty to tying up and raping a colleague while threatening her with an ice pick and a handgun.
A high-profile federal prosecutor — whose office is investigating Wall Street and who toppled New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer — told superiors at the Justice Department on Monday that he is leaving his job.
A federal judge won't block the deposition of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to answer questions about unnamed sources used in a 2004 story about the ethics investigation of a terrorism prosecutor.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter did not appear at a deposition Thursday to answer questions about unidentified sources, and a lawyer wanting his testimony said he would probably seek a contempt citation.
A judge ruled that a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper reporter can be questioned about unidentified sources he used in a 2004 story about an ethics investigation into a high-ranking federal prosecutor who handled a botched terrorism case.

Michael Garcia's predecessors as U.S. attorney in Manhattan took on all five mob families, the titans of Wall Street, Osama bin Laden and even Martha Stewart. So it was largely unnoticed when Garcia wanted to attack public corruption.
New Jersey's top federal prosecutor told a Latino group it's a civil offense — not a crime — for immigrants to live in the country without proper documentation, a comment that a spokesman later said was aimed at a narrowly worded question.