AP - An American geologist convicted this month of pilfering state secrets has appealed his eight-year prison sentence, arguing the information he collected should not be classified as secret, his lawyer said Friday.

This photo provided by the U.S. Marshals Service shows former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick on Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Kilpatrick, already serving a Michigan prison term, appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit for arraignment on tax and fraud charges, accused of using money from a charity fund for personal expenses. (AP Photo/U.S. Marshals Service)AP - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded poverty Tuesday and was granted a lawyer at public expense to defend him against charges that he spent hundreds of thousands of dollars collected for a charity on himself and his family.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bailed-out insurer American International Group Inc has hired a former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc lawyer as deputy general counsel, overseeing global compliance and regulatory strategies.


AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission is paying $755,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former staff lawyer who accused the agency of blocking his investigation of a prominent hedge fund.
AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission is paying $755,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former staff lawyer who accused the agency of blocking his investigation of a prominent hedge fund.
AP - Creditors poised to take over Philadelphia's two largest newspapers hope to move employees from defined pensions to 401k plans or some mix of both, their lawyer said after a bankruptcy confirmation hearing Thursday.
Tripoli - A Swiss businessman detained in Libya following a dispute between Swiss and Libyan authorities was released Thursday night, his lawyer told the German Press Agency dpa....

A Goldman Sachs sign is seen over their kiosk on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 26, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - An Australian hedge fund is suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc over an investment in a subprime mortgage-linked security that contributed to the fund's demise in 2007.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - An Australian hedge fund is suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc over an investment in a subprime mortgage-linked security that contributed to the fund's demise in 2007.


A forensic officer removes shotgun cartridges from a cupboard inside the house belonging to Derrick Bird in the town of Rowrah, England, Thursday June 3, 2010. Detectives sought a motive behind a taxi driver's murderous rampage across a tranquil part of rural England, which left 12 people dead and 11 wounded before the gunman committed suicide. More than 100 detectives were scrutinizing why Bird, 52, went on a three-hour shooting spree Wednesday in the northwestern county of Cumbria, blasting many of his victims in the face with a shotgun or a rifle.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell).AP - Derrick Bird killed his twin brother and the family lawyer, then traveled the roads he had worked as a taxi driver, shooting people — apparently aiming for their faces — killing 12 in all and wounding nearly a dozen before committing suicide.