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Court holds cameras should have been allowed at murder trial04/22/96 TENNESSEE--Television cameras should have been allowed at a January murder…

Navy professor reassigned, then reinstated after criticizing Academy04/22/96 MARYLAND--A U.S. Naval Academy professor who was removed from his classroom in…

UPDATE: PENNSYLVANIA04/08/96 After 23 years of litigation, the Philadelphia Inquirer in early April settled a libel suit filed by Richard…

UPDATE: TEXAS04/08/96 A former grand juror who talked to a Houston Chronicle reporter was held in contempt in late March…

UPDATE: SINGAPORE04/08/96 Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew in late March revived a libel suit against American educator Christopher Lingle…

CNN, NBC comply with subpoena for outtakes in Whitewater trial04/08/96 ARKANSAS--CNN and NBC News in early April decided not to…

White House asks Justice to investigate State Department leak04/08/96 WASHINGTON, D.C.--The White House in late March said it has asked…

Gag order overturned in school desegregation case04/08/96 LOUISIANA--A gag order forbidding the East Baton Rouge School Board and its employees…

San Francisco enacts laws to curb newspaper theft04/08/96 CALIFORNIA--The San Francisco Board of Supervisors in early March unanimously passed legislation…

Death row inmate sues NPR over cancellation of commentary04/08/96 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Death row inmate and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed suit in…