Legal Wranglings of the Week, Pt, 1 Jim and Randall take a fun look at some newsworthy legal stories. Among the top items: the case of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens; hundreds of patients and staffers at three Chicago-area hospitals may have been exposed to tuberculosis by a contagious health-care worker; and the FTC has sent warning letters to 71 companies it says were running suspicious ads for loan modifications.
Legal Wranglings of the Week, Pt, 2 A Rochester, NY man was charged with second-degree murder in the death of a 17-year-old who was breaking into a car, the Miami tax evasion trial of Brazilian race car driver Helio Castroneves is wrapping up, Chris Brown pleads not guilty to beating up Rhianna, and tawdry details are emerging in the divorce case of Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons.
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