Thousands sing at "Idol" trial in Alabama
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More than 8,000 "American  Idol" hopefuls auditioned for the hit talent show in  Birmingham, Ala., on Monday, hoping to follow in the footsteps  of two previous winners who hail from the southern city.
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Rohit Sarang of Bombay, India, was a Chris Daughtry fan but is eager to see if Katharine McPhee or Taylor Hicks is crowned the latest &quot;American Idol.&quot; Leong Ai Syn of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, shares the anticipation.
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LaKisha Jones, fourth-place finisher on "American Idol," was greeted by Gov. Jennifer Granholm and hundreds of other fans Monday at the state Capitol.
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A rally in Jena, La., over the prosecution of six black high school students is attracting national attention.
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Prospective jurors in the trial of the co-owner of a Rhode Island nightclub, where a fire killed 100, were told the trial could last three or four months.  One hundred nine people appeared in Kent County Courthouse, the first of four groups over two days.
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More than 300 potential jurors have been summoned for the trial of a reputed Ku Klux Klansman accused of abducting, beating and dumping two young black men into the Mississippi River 43 years ago.
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Mary J Blige, Missy Elliot and Eve unite to record a song to encourage voters away from President Bush.
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The few spectators who showed up Wednesday for the opening of a world-class corporate trial involving the Walt Disney Co. in Delaware&#39;s Court of Chancery in Georgetown
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CHARLESTON, SC - You had brother Mardy experiencing a rebirth in front of 9,189 ardent Southerners. You had brother Andy bearing testimony about teamwork.
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Chanting slogans and waving signs, thousands of demonstrators -- mostly high school and college students and teachers -- gathered yesterday on the steps of the Supreme Court to support the use of race in programs to maintain school integration.
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Michael Jackson stood and smiled as he faced the first prospective jurors in his criminal trial &#151; a group roughly split between those willing to decide his fate and those hoping to avoid a role in the latest trial of the century.
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The first trial for one of the several thousand lawsuits that Louisiana homeowners filed against their insurers in federal court after Hurricane Katrina gets under way this week.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. Sept. 17, 2004 - Michael Jackson was met with cheers Friday as he came to court to watch the mother of the boy who accused him of molestation undergo questioning by defense lawyers.
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How about an early Christmas party at Michael Jacksonâs expense? Defence attorneys of the 46-year-old singer Michael Jackson will ask the jury in his trial to visit his Neverland Ranch in Santa Ynes, California
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They came with their wraparound shades, hair-styling tools and other items essential for a shot at fame. Thousands of people, many appearing to be teenagers or in their twenties, flooded into the Washington Convention Center this week to audition for Fox's popular "American Idol."
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A seven-member jury was chosen Monday in the first trial for one of the several thousand lawsuits that Louisiana homeowners filed against their insurers in federal court after Hurricane Katrina.
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In a hearing room on the 11th floor of the High Court of Riyadh, two professors and a poet have been standing trial, sometimes drawing overflow crowds of people eager to monitor a case that could alter the pace of political reform in the kingdom.