Hosni Mubarak, former Egyptian president, was sentenced to life in prison by the Egyptian court on Saturday for complying in the killings of 850 demonstrators during the January 2011 peaceful protests, which ultimately ousted him from power.
A lawyer for former Senator John Edwards attacked the credibility of the government's star witness on Tuesday, getting Andrew Young's wife to admit that her husband drank heavily when served as a top campaign aide to Edwards.
The 25-year-old former campaign treasurer for New York City Comptroller John Liu, and one of his fundraisers, both pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to fraud charges for violating contribution limits.
A convicted Oklahoma killer who was spared execution once but asked for a new trial and was sentenced to death a second time was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday.
