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| Tennis ref Lois Goodman reinstated after murder charge is dismissed | Tennis ref Lois Goodman reinstated after murder charge is dismissed |
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| A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence. | A tennis referee whose career was almost ended by a charge that she murdered her husband with a coffee cup has been reinstated after the charge was dismissed for lack of evidence. |
| Lois Goodman's attorneys said Friday in Los Angeles that the US Tennis Association approved her to resume judging matches in 2013. The organization confirmed her reinstatement. | Lois Goodman's attorneys said Friday in Los Angeles that the US Tennis Association approved her to resume judging matches in 2013. The organization confirmed her reinstatement. |
| She was suspended after her arrest last August while preparing to work as a line judge at the US Open. | She was suspended after her arrest last August while preparing to work as a line judge at the US Open. |
| Prosecutors dropped the murder case November 30, saying they had received additional information and were unable to proceed because of insufficient evidence. | Prosecutors dropped the murder case November 30, saying they had received additional information and were unable to proceed because of insufficient evidence. |
| Goodman had been accused of bludgeoning her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee cup. She said she was innocent, and her lawyers suggested Alan Goodman died in an accidental fall. | Goodman had been accused of bludgeoning her 80-year-old husband to death with a coffee cup. She said she was innocent, and her lawyers suggested Alan Goodman died in an accidental fall. |
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