Woman 'confesses role' in British student's murder in Perugia

The American woman flatmate of a 21-year-old British student found murdered in Italy is said to have "crumbled" under police questioning today and revealed more information about the death.

Amanda Knox, 20, was one of three people taken into custody at 7am today by Italian police investigating the killing of her fellow student and flatmate Meredith Kercher, who was found dead in her locked and blood-smeared bedroom last Friday with a deep wound in her throat.

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The man who sued God: weird law

A meticulous collector of amusing and curious anecdotes from the world of law, Professor Gary Slapper's Case Notes column has long been a staple of The Times' Law section. From next week, his collection of legal oddities will be on display in a new column, Weird Cases. As a taster, we asked him to select 20 of his favourite bizarre disputes, prosecutions and lawsuits from the archive. 1.
The Times - Nov 5, 2007

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Paint makers win verdict: Milwaukee boy ingested lead, but other factors harmed him, jury finds

Nov. 6--The lead paint industry won a major victory Monday when a Milwaukee County Circuit Court jury found that its products were not the cause of a young man's mental retardation. The battle in Wisconsin, however, appears far from over, and the nationwide implications of the verdict appear to be far from settled. Peter Earle, one of the lawyers who brought the lawsuit against the industry, ... Read more here.
Knight Ridder Tribune Business News - Nov 6, 2007