Nov 6th, 2008 · It doesn't look like the Alaska senate race is going to be decided anytime soon. There are still tens of thousands of ballots to count. At this point, incumbent Republican senator Ted Stevens has a slight lead, despite his seven felony convictions.
Sep 8th, 2008 · The latest O.J. Simpson trial gets under way Monday in Las Vegas. The former NFL football star and his alleged accomplices are charged with a dozen felonies, including kidnapping and armed robbery.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick accepted a plea agreement, stepped down from office and will serve jail time. He pleaded guilty to two felony obstruction charges stemming from a scandal involving a cover-up of an alleged affair with his former top aide.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a deal that will force him from office. The guilty plea to two felony charges stems from Kilpatrick's role in the city's $8.4 million settlement of a whistleblower lawsuit brought by two fired police officers.
Sep 4th, 2008 · Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's plea deal brings to an end a seven-months-long ordeal that led to felony charges against Kilpatrick and plunged the city, region and state into political chaos.
Jul 30th, 2008 · The nation's longest-serving Republican senator and a major figure in Alaska politics is facing seven felony counts. Ted Stevens is accused of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor. The 84-year-old Stevens says he's innocent.
Jul 27th, 2008 · In a single week, there have been two remarkable brawls in the sports world. First came a bench-clearing altercation in a WNBA game — the most notable brawl in the 12-year history of the women's professional basketball league. Then a minor-league baseball skirmish ended with the arrest of a pitcher on a felony assault charge.
Jul 23rd, 2008 · A grand jury in Texas has indicted Warren Jeffs and some of his followers on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Why did the sect begin marrying off young women to older men in the first place?