A six-man, six-woman jury began deliberating Thursday whether music producer Phil Spector is responsible for the death six years ago of an actress in his home.

A Texas woman claims in a lawsuit her 21-year-old son has suffered emotional trauma from being forced to participate in alleged “fight clubs” at a state school for mentally handicapped adults.

There’s probably no way to describe the feeling.

Prosecutors in the Casey Anthony murder case are having their own “show me the money” moment, demanding that Anthony show how she’s paying for an expensive team of lawyers and expert witnesses.

New shoes or not, it’s impossible to rule out the possibility that an actress committed suicide in music producer Phil Spector’s home, his attorney told a jury Tuesday. The music legend is being unjustly retried for the 2003 shooting death of Lana Clarkson, his lawyer said in closing arguments.

A fourth police officer has died as a result of a deadly gun battle Saturday in Oakland, California. Three other officers and the suspect died Saturday after two shootouts that began with a traffic stop and ended with SWAT teams surrounding an apartment building where the suspect was hiding.

In his latest mug shot, Charles Manson’s wild-eyed stare is gone, as is most of his hair. Except for the swastika he carved into his brow during his Los Angeles murder trial, he could be any gray-bearded senior citizen. One of history’s most notorious killers spends most of the time alone.

Twenty state attorneys general announced investigations Friday into the 5 million bonuses paid by insurance giant AIG last week, with Connecticut’s top lawyer issuing subpoenas to CEO Edward Liddy and 11 other executives.

Letters and e-mails expressing the anger, sadness and disbelief felt by the victims of convicted swindler Bernard Madoff were made public in a Manhattan court. One angry investor asked, “What about the public flogging he deserves?”

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has received thousands of e-mails and phone calls on whether he should sign legislation to abolish the death penalty, his office says.