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Reports that professor Jimming Lin and the University of Ottawa was ordered to pay Paul Boudreau money in damages and reimbursement after Lin had plagiarized a Master of Business Administration (MBA) student's paper. Comments from spokeswoman Helen Carty on the case; Decision taken by the court judge; Views of Boudreau on the case.

Reports that law enforcement officials are seeking to place Anthony S. Casso, one of the top Mafia figures in New York City, in prison for life because he breached his cooperation agreement and will not file papers to reward him with leniency for his cooperation. Why Casso will not have the opportunity to beat the charges; Comments from Casso regarding the actions of law enforcement officials; Charges brought against Casso.

Reports that lawyers for sportscaster Marv Albert have asked that sex charges brought against him be dismissed. Reason for this request by lawyers; Details on information found in court papers filed on September 2, 1997 in Arlington, Virginia; Comments made by the defense lawyer Roy Black.

Reports that in Hartford, Connecticut, cousins Jeffrey Colon and Jose Javier Colon were charged for a 1993 drive-by shooting. Who they were accused of killing; Comments made by the police; What court papers had mentioned; Description of their sentences.

Reports that Fresno State University of California basketball players Dominick Young and Chris Herren have sued `The Los Angeles Times' over an article in that paper. Information on the article; Names of the players; Allegations of the lawsuit.

Reports on a July 10, 1997 ruling by Judge Jack B. Weinstein that former mobster, Salvatore Gravano will not be served with papers in a civil suit brought against him by relatives of Mafia boss, Vincent Gigante's murder victims when he appears to testify as the star witness against Gigante. When Gravano is expected to testify in the Gigante's murder trial; Number of gangland murders that Gravano participated in.

Reports that Sears, Roebuck and Company reached a preliminary agreement to settle lawsuits filed against it for pressing bankrupt customers to pay their debts, even though their debts had been wiped out. Contents of the court papers; Views of a Sears spokeswoman on who will mostly be included in the settlement; Details on the agreement.

Reports that on May 19, 1997, Craig Belsole and Dan Eggars, two cadets who were disciplined by the Citadel military school in Charleston, South Carolina, said that some female students were assigned to a unit whose cadets glorified Nazi symbols. Why the two were disciplined; Allegations that Eggars and Belsole made against the Citadel; Details on the court papers that were filed by the two.

Opinion. Discusses the series of articles that were published in The San Jose Mercury News, claiming that the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was involved in the distributing of crack cocaine in Los Angeles, California. Absence of evidence to support allegations made against the CIA; Importance of the CIA to the American government; When editor of the paper made a public apology for the articles which were proven to be false.

Reports that lawyer Wesley Spears who was accused of trying to blackmail basketball star Marcus Camby filed court papers accusing police in Hartford, Connecticut. What the police was accused of; Comments made by lawyers representing Spears; Information on threats made by Spears; Reason for Spears' arrest during January 1997.

Reports that executive J. David Smith of the New York and New Jersey state lotteries received kickbacks from a prominent New York businessman. Details of papers filed by Federal prosecutors in Newark, New Jersey; Information on the amount of kickbacks Smith received from companies controlled by William D. Fugazy; Details of a statement from the Federal prosecutors.

Reports that Daniel F. Todisco, president of Litod Paper Stock Company, was sentenced to 30 days in the Bronx House of Detention for diverting $123,000 of his company's frozen assets to himself through salary raises and payments. Comments from Todisco's lawyer, Joseph R. Benfante.

States that Colin Ferguson of Brooklyn was arraigned on murder charges yesterday. The 35-year-old native of Jamaica is accused of opening fire on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train and killing five people. Evidence that his actions were carefully planned. (Related article on page B8: Accused gunman's past offers portrait of boiling resentment; Excerpts from papers and letter of suspect, page B8.)

States that Mark Jorgensen, a senior executive with the Prudential Insurance Company of America, has filed court papers accusing the company of systematically defrauding institutional investors in one of the real estate funds it manages. He says the company retaliated by stripping him of his responsibilities. Accusations disputed by the company.

Reports that a federal bankruptcy judge ruled invalid a claim of more than $92 million against the Mirror Group Newspapers PLC of London, one remnant of Robert Maxwell's overseas corporate empire that owned `The Daily News' of New York when it was controlled by Maxwell. Other claims also eliminated; Claim that Maxwell used the paper as a `money-laundering device'; Effect of the decision on about 1,800 creditors.

Focuses on Microsoft Corporation's July 1998 filing of its first court papers in defense of the United States Government's antitrust lawsuit against the company. Allegations that were made against the company by the US Justice Department; Denials that were part of the company's formal response to the lawsuit; Details on the preparation of both sides for the trial.

The article focuses on the U.S. Supreme Court case Impression Products v. Lexmark International, No. 15- 1189, which will decide whether Lexmark International, maker of toner cartridges for use in its printers, can use patent law to stop firms from refilling and selling the cartridges.

The article presents news briefs from around the United States. Three environmental groups, namely Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace and the Center for Biological Diversity, have filed a lawsuit against the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush due to the failure of the administration to submit a report on climate change to the U.S. Congress. The first slot-machine parlor was opened in Pennsylvania. The rare 1918 Inverted Jenny stamp used by a voter in Florida is fake.