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Two arrested after immigrants found stashed in Texas houses
Thu,3 May 2012 05:52 PM PDT
Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Two men face charges of harboring illegal immigrants after authorities found 115 migrants inside three small South Texas houses, some of whom had not had access to food or water for days, federal court records published on Thursday showed. Police responded to an emergency call on Wednesday from an immigrant inside one of the stash houses. The home was bound with padlocks and chains from the outside, with bars covering the windows, said Oscar Trevino, a police spokesman in Edinburg, about 15 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Full Story | Top |
Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab
Thu,3 May 2012 04:46 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks. Lockheed beat out General Dynamics Corp, which previously ran the center, to win the contract in January, but the award was held up by a protest filed with the General Accountability Office. ...
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Two arrested after 115 immigrants stashed in Texas
Thu,3 May 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Two men face immigrant harboring charges after authorities found 115 undocumented people inside three small South Texas houses, some of whom did not have access to food or water for days, according to federal court records published on Thursday. Police responded to an emergency call on Wednesday from an illegal immigrant inside one of the stash houses. The home was bound with padlocks and chains from the outside, with bars covering the windows, said Oscar Trevino, a police spokesman in Edinburg, about 15 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Full Story | Top |
Amy Senser Found Guilty in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case
Thu,3 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT
Good Morning America -  Amy Senser, the wife of a former NFL star, was today found guilty in two of three felony counts related to criminal vehicular homicide.Senser was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to promptly report an accident, but was acquitted on the third felony charge of gross negligence. She was also convicted of misdemeanor careless driving.The 45-year-old showed little emotion as the verdicts were read. She stared straight ahead. Jurors looked tense at the conclusion of the highly publicized trial in Hennepin County District Court, in Minnesota. ...
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Former Development Contractor Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison and $10,000 Fine
Thu,3 May 2012 02:46 PM PDT
PR Newswire - KABUL, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Afghan Special Anti-Corruption Tribunal Court sentenced Din Mohammad Ramin, a former employee on a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to three years in prison and a $10,000 fine for soliciting and receiving a kickback of approximately $5,000. Full Story | Top |
9/11 plot suspects head back to court at Guantanamo
Thu,3 May 2012 09:51 AM PDT
Reuters -  MIAMI (Reuters) - The last time Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was in the top-security courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay naval base more than three years ago, the admitted architect of the September 11 attacks was trying to confess, plead guilty and achieve martyrdom. Before the judge could determine whether the murky rules allowed defendants to plead guilty and be executed, something that is not allowed in regular U.S. courts-martial, President Barack Obama pulled the plug on the Guantanamo tribunals. ...
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Three arrested during climate protest
Thu,3 May 2012 08:32 AM PDT
AFP -  Police arrested three people Thursday as hundreds demonstrated against rising fuel prices and climate change outside a London conference attended by energy company bosses.
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Cyber-attack shuts UK crime body's website
Thu,3 May 2012 07:50 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ... Full Story | Top |
Kuwait close to death penalty law for blasphemy
Thu,3 May 2012 07:25 AM PDT
Reuters - KUWAIT (Reuters) - Kuwaiti lawmakers endorsed a legal amendment on Thursday which could make insulting God and the Prophet Mohammad by Muslims punishable by death, in a second reading that brings the proposal a step closer to passing. The plan still needs approval by Kuwait's ruler before it becomes law and follows a high-profile case of suspected blasphemy on Twitter which caused an uproar in the Gulf state. The draft now includes a new clause which will mean the death penalty will only be applied if the person stands by their actions when questioned by a judge. ... Full Story | Top |
Cyber-attack shuts crime body's website
Thu,3 May 2012 07:08 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ... Full Story | Top |
Trial postponed for fugitive Iraqi VP
Thu,3 May 2012 05:04 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case that has touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide.
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Trial to start for fugitive Iraqi VP
Thu,3 May 2012 02:24 AM PDT
Associated Press - An Iraqi court was set to begin trying the country's fugitive Sunni vice president Thursday on accusations of terrorism that have touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide. Full Story | Top |
San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested
Wed,2 May 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in riot gear raided a vacant San Francisco building before dawn on Wednesday, arresting 26 people and taking the structure back from demonstrators who seized it the night before for use as a commune after a May Day march. The building, owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, was the site of a previous failed attempt by protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement to take over the vacant structure a month before. ...
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