Berlusconi acquitted on soccer corruption charge

Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was today acquitted under the statute of limitations of charges of false bookkeeping in the 1992 transfer of a footballer to the team he owns.

Berlusconi, a billionaire media magnate, was cleared by a Milan court because the statute of limitations of 4 1/2 years had run out, said lawyer Ennio Amodio.