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Oklahoma State Senator Mary Easley discusses a new law that strengthens penalties against drunken motorists during a news conference in Tulsa on Thursday.

Reading about how the Michael Jackson and Jon and Kate Gosselin families plan to handle their respective custody arrangements has been interesting.

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said yesterday that Aqua-Leisure Industries would recall about 4 million floating baby pool toys that pose a drowning risk.

No personal watercraft on July 4 Personal watercraft, wet bikes, motorized surfboards and similar devices will be banned on Lake Austin on July 4, police said Wednesday.

Intoxicated motorists with children in their cars now can face a felony child-endangerment charge.

A federal judge has sentenced 42-year-old Arthur Henry White, formerly of Henderson, to two life terms in prison on two charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.

The road to wedded bliss usually ends in the couple declaring their undying love before a judge or, in a religious setting, a man - or woman - of the cloth.

Law enforcement officers chased a man through Denton and Grayson counties Tuesday before he ran out of gas in northern Cooke County, according to a Denton County sheriff's report.

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case interpreting the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.A Read the article here A .A The case, Abbott vs.

Tylar James Hokanson, 22, of Northfield, was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of his 18-month-old stepson, Nicholas Miller.

LOS ANGELES ? As the family of Michael Jackson finalized plans for a public event to memorialize the pop singer on Tuesday morning at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, the Jacksons on Thursday faced a potential custody battle with the ...

"Organised criminals are only too ready to target officers and try to infiltrate our organisation a ' that's an emerging trend, trying to place people into the service as officers or members of staff" Det Supt Moffat By Monique Cleaver A senior officer retiring from the police next week has spoken of his pride in the service.

Deborah Rowe, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson and the mother of two of his children, has not reached a final decision on whether to seek custody of the children, a lawyer said Thursday. Attorney Eric M. George made the disclosure on a telephone ...

The Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw have made a counteroffer to the provincial and federal governments as part of the ongoing treaty process.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. It was the first legal move ...

Two-year-old Daniel Slutsky was being cared for by a co-owner of a day care facility.

LOS ANGELES -- The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. It was the first legal move from ...

A day care co-owner opened her minivan late Wednesday afternoon to find the body of 2-year-old Daniel Slutsky inside, according to police.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. It was the first legal move ...

Intoxicated motorists with children in their cars now can face a felony child-endangerment charge.

Michael Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe is reportedly considering whether to fight for custody of the couple's two children. The BBC News website asked Professor Scott Altman, an expert in family law from the University of Southern California, to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. - Authorities said Thursday they have revoked the license of a Baton Rouge day care center where a 3-year-old girl was left in a sweltering van a day earlier and later died.

LOS ANGELES - A law enforcement official says the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home. Diprivan is an intravenous anesthetic drug widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. Also known as Propofol, it's very ...

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LOS ANGELES ? The future of Michael Jackson's children was thrown into question Thursday when his ex-wife emerged and won a delay in a custody hearing while she decides whether she wants to raise her two offspring. Also Thursday, Jackson's public ...

Oklahoma State Senator Mary Easley discusses a new law that strengthens penalties against drunken motorists during a news conference in Tulsa on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES -- A law enforcement official said today that the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson?s home. Diprivan is an intravenous anesthetic drug widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. Also known as ...

The process is at the fourth of five stages, where the three parties work to sign an agreement-in-principle on the general terms of land and cash to be offered.

CRESTLINE -- Haylee Donathan will be placed with a foster family -- not with her grandmother -- when she returns from California. The 4-year-old has been at Polinsky Children's Center in San Diego since June 23, when her mother, Candace Watson, and ...

The Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw have made a counteroffer to the provincial and federal governments as part of the ongoing treaty process.

A law enforcement official says the powerful sedative Diprivan was found in Michael Jackson's home. Diprivan is an intravenous anesthetic drug widely used in operating rooms to induce unconsciousness. Also known as Propofol, it's very unusual to have ...

Linda D. Elrod Five Decades of Family Law Sanford N. Katz The author moves decade by decade through the last fifty years, tracing the important family law developments and U.S. Supreme Court and family law court decisions that have shaped the period.

Some single mothers in Carroll County may be missing out on child support payments they should receive. Why? Misinformation about how the law treats situations where a father refuses to acknowledge his child. Here?s the scene: Mom and Junior are ...

Experts say not is being done to protect children in Kazakstan's state schools from abuse, including by violent teachers.

A young girl with skin covered in racist markings. A mother testifying in shackles. A father talking about interracial breeding and Norse gods. Weeks of often startling, sometimes strange testimony at a child custody hearing involving two alleged ...

CASA and hundreds of CASA volunteers throughout the state successfully advocated for improvements in the child welfare system this legislative session.

From - where else ? - the Guardian : No national administration would allow paedophiles a say in setting child welfare policies.