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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's lawyer asked a judge Tuesday to throw out a libel lawsuit filed by a Hollywood stuntwoman who alleged the former actor groped her on film sets. Judge Robert L. Hess took under submission two motions to dismiss Rhonda Miller's lawsuit. "Arnold Schwarzenegger never should have been sued in this case," lawyer Martin Singer said in court. "It was an absolute lie. Pure fabrication. Why would this woman come forward 13 years after the alleged event, the day before the election, with a press conference?" Miller, 53, claims Schwarzenegger and his campaign defamed her...

Judge considers motion to dismiss lawsuit against Cheney, Halliburton [actual headline] DALLAS - Halliburton Co. asked a federal judge Tuesday to throw out a lawsuit charging that the company and Vice President Dick Cheney, its former chief executive, misled investors by changing the way it counted revenue from construction projects. A lawyer for Judicial Watch, a public interest group that filed the lawsuit on behalf of three small investors, said the company tried to polish its financial reports beginning in 1998 by booking revenue on cost overruns before it was certain of getting paid. Halliburton shares dropped sharply when the...

Barbara Curley stands next to photos of her son, Jeffrey Curley, at her home in Cambridge, Mass., in 1998. Jeffrey was kidnapped and killed in October 1997. BOSTON — A group that promotes sex between men and boys asked a federal judge yesterday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the parents of 10-year-old Jeffrey Curley, who was murdered by one of the group's members. Curley was killed on Oct. 1, 1997. Salvatore Sicari, of Cambridge, was convicted of first-degree murder in the case, while Charles Jaynes, of Brockton and Manchester, N.H., was convicted of second-degree murder and kidnapping. Last...