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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- A federal judge has halted three tree-cutting projects in Arizona and New Mexico that environmentalists contend could harm the Mexican spotted owl.

A federal judge will hear arguments in Occupy Augusta's request to remain in a park near the Maine State House without a permit.

A federal judge in Oklahoma City is expected to hear arguments about whether members of the Occupy OKC protest group can continue camping in a city park.

A federal judge has thrown out a key section of an Interior Department rule that declared global warming is threatening the survival of the polar bear.

A federal judge on Friday approved a pair of sweeping settlements that require the government to consider endangered protections for more than 800 animal and plant species.

A U.S. federal judge ruled Friday that Roger Clemens must face another trial on charges of lying about drug use, although the judge criticized prosecutors' mishandling of evidence during a July mistrial and questioned the fairness of making the former star pitcher pay to defend himself twice.

A federal judge rejected ex-baseball star Roger Clemens request to throw out perjury charges against him and says he must face another trial.

The state of Alaska filed notice on Friday that it will appeal a federal judge's ruling upholding the listing of polar bears as a threatened species.

A federal judge is upholding a decision by government scientists that global warming is threatening the polar bear's survival.

The NFL cleared the way for some basic football operations to begin at 8 a.m. EDT Friday, five days after a federal judge declared the lockout illegal and nearly seven weeks after it began.