On one hand, the Obamas insist on raising their young daughters away from spotlight; on other, they carefully use them to bolster the president's political image.

Federal judge provisionally throws out convictions of Missouri woman whose online hoax was followed by a teenage girl's suicide.

Statute clarifies when and how city councils, county commissions, school boards can meet behind closed doors in executive session.

Swedish author's Catcher in the Rye 'sequel' mirrors classic too closely, federal judge finds; parody argument also rejected.