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Casey Anthony, the young woman accused of murdering her 2-year-old daughter using duct tape and chloroform, was sentenced to four years in prison this morning. Unfortunately, the three years that she has already spent behind bars will be counted. Court officials said that Anthony will be released from the Orange County Jail July 13.

Casey Anthony's different reactions in the courtroom, laughing, staring, sobbing.

Legendary former Manhattan Prosecutor Robert Morgenthau came to the defense of his handpicked successor Cy Vance Jr.’s handling of the Dominique Strauss Kahn case in a statement Thursday, saying he was confident Vance will make a principled decision whether or not to proceed with the case.

Amazon took a bite out of Apple Thursday as a federal judge ruled the online retailer is free to call its app store an app store.

James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son, has said that his father's tabloid will fold for good at the end of the week.

James Murdoch announces that blighted tabloid News of the World will close for good.

James Murdoch, Rupert Murdoch's son, has said that his father's tabloid will fold for good at the end of the week.

A suspected ETA member, the Basque militant was arrested in Cambridge, England and will be tried in London on Thursday

The military must immediately halt its Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy of dismissing openly gay service members, a three-judge panel 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled on Wednesday.

Technology giant Apple said more than 15 billion applications have been downloaded from its App store and paid over $2.5 billion to developers.

The mother of a British soldier killed while on duty in Iraq said those involved in the hacking scandal should be brought to court.

After a month-long trial Casey Anthony was acquitted for killing her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Caylee Anthony -- a verdict that surprised and shook the entire nation.

The US military was ordered a halt on the policy of discharging gay service members by the federal court on Wednesday. The order came citing the impending demise of don't ask, don't tell and the Obama administration's increasing criticism of anti-gay laws.

Casey Anthony will know today if she will still have to spend more months inside prison or gets to enjoy the free life immediately. The sentencing procedure will start at the Orange County courthouse at 9 AM. Will there be revenge attacks on her? Will she be accepted back by her parents into the family? Will she continue her party-loving ways? Or even, will she do an OJ Simpson and accept guilt sometime later?

Egyptians are protesting military trials this week, with the largest protest slated to erupt Friday.

amas authorities in Gaza have arrested a male hairdresser for cutting a woman's hair, according to a report on BBC.

A federal appeals court initiated an order Wednesday blocking the don't ask, don't tell policy in the military today. The 9th U.S. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said that the process of repealing the policy is well underway, and the preponderance of the armed forces are expected to have been trained by mid-summer on new procedures.

The City Council of Chicago has agreed to today Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ordinance which allowed gun ranges to operate in the city, but with restrictions.

Kenneth Thompson, the lead attorney for Dominique Strauss-Kahn's accuser, has asked the District Attorney to step down from the case which he believes has been mishandled, and wants a special prosecutor appointed, the International Business Times has learned.

The U.N. court has ruled that The Netherlands are responsible for the deaths of at least three people in the 1995 Srebenica Massacre

Congressional Republicans lambasted President Barack Obama for his decision to try a Somali man accused of supporting terrorist groups in civilian court, thus affording him the legal protections of U.S. citizens.