A Louisiana man accused of helping his father hide the body of a Ku Klux Klan recruit has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice. (www.newsvine.com)

A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Nevada law that bars legal brothels that operate in some of the state's rural areas from taking newspaper, leaflet and billboard ads in Las Vegas, Reno and other places where prostitution is illegal. (www.newsvine.com)

A married couple charged in a hit-and-run crash that killed a University of Southern California student and seriously injured another in a crosswalk near campus pleaded no contest on Thursday. (www.newsvine.com)

Manny Harris had 22 points and nine rebounds to help Michigan defeat Iowa 59-52 on Thursday in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. (www.newsvine.com)

Redshirt freshman Reggie Johnson scored a season-high 22 points against his hometown school and 12th-seeded Miami routed fifth-seeded Wake Forest 83-62 on Thursday in the first round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament. (www.newsvine.com)

A Vermont court has ruled that tobacco giant R.J. Reynolds engaged in deceptive and misleading advertising in promoting its Eclipse brand of "reduced risk" cigarettes from 2000 to 2007. (feeds.boston.com)

Britain's High Court has ordered record company EMI to stop selling downloads of Pink Floyd tracks individually rather than as part of the band's original albums. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

David Kool showed why he's the Mid-American Conference's player of the year, scoring 24 of his 26 points in the second half to rally Western Michigan to a 69-60 win over Central Michigan in the MAC quarterfinals on Thursday. (www.newsvine.com)

Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past No. 3 Syracuse with an impressive second-half surge, beating the top-seeded Orange 91-84 in the quartefinals of the Big East tournament Thursday. (www.newsvine.com)

A second former New Orleans police officer pleads guilty to covering up the deadly shooting of residents after Hurricane Katrina, with a judge calling the plot a "despicable" scheme. (pheedo.msnbc.msn.com)

The ex-campaign manager for former U.S. Rep. Chris Shays pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion and to taking more than $250,000 in campaign money for car repairs, limousine rides, baseball tickets, furniture and other personal uses. (feeds.boston.com)

A Massachusetts sporting club pleaded no contest in the accidental death of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy who shot himself with an Uzi during a 2008 gun fair. (www.newsvine.com)

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A second former New Orleans officer has pleaded guilty in an alleged conspiracy to cover up a deadly police shooting of unarmed residents after Hurricane Katrina. (feeds.boston.com)

Britian's high court sides with famed British rock band and tells EMI no more selling individual song downloads without Pink Floyd's permission. (news.cnet.com)

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was leading the vote count in two Shiite provinces in southern Iraq, according to preliminary parliamentary election results. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's national election began to trickle in on Thursday, showing Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ahead in the country's largely Shi'ite south. (feeds.reuters.com)

Citing a "culture of corruption" that reached the highest levels of the state Comptroller's Office, a former state pension-fund officer pleaded guilty yesterday to steering hundreds of millions of dollars to investment firms that paid kickbacks to former Comptroller Alan Hevesi's top political aide. David Loglisci in Manhattan... (www.nypost.com)

Lorenzo Keeler had 27 points, six assists and five rebounds as Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo rallied for a 73-69 victory over UC Irvine in the first round of the Big West Conference tournament Wednesday night. (www.newsvine.com)

Tyreke Evans recorded his first career triple-double with 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, leading the Sacramento Kings to a 113-90 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. (www.newsvine.com)

Deonta Vaughn made two free throws with 5.9 seconds left then made the game-saving strip just before the buzzer and Cincinnati beat Louisville 69-66 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Big East tournament. (www.newsvine.com)

Deron Williams had 18 points and 12 assists, and the Utah Jazz beat the Detroit Pistons 115-104 Wednesday night. (www.newsvine.com)

New York's former deputy comptroller and chief investment officer pleaded guilty to a criminal charge that he and others essentially sold access to the state's largest pension fund. (feeds.wsjonline.com)

Rookie defenseman Tyler Myers had a goal and three assists and the Buffalo Sabres reclaimed the top spot in the Northeast Division with a 5-3 victory over the Dallas Stars on Wednesday night. (www.newsvine.com)

Luke Harangody had 20 points and 10 rebounds in a healthy performance off the bench, and Notre Dame shut down Seton Hall's high-octane offense for a 68-56 victory in the second round of the Big East tournament Wednesday night. (www.newsvine.com)