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Former FBI Bomb Investigator Arrested on Child Pornography Charges
Mon,14 May 2012 03:48 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - A former FBI Supervisory special agent who worked on some of the bureau's most high profile terrorism and bombing cases including the Unabomber case, the USS Cole bombing, the Oklahoma City bombing and the1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks, has been arrested... Full Story | Top |
Testimony ends in Steve Powell's voyeurism trial
Mon,14 May 2012 02:49 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Testimony in the voyeurism trial of Steve Powell, the father-in-law of missing Utah mother Susan Powell, came to an abrupt end Monday as prosecutors rested their case and defense attorneys declined to call their own witnesses.
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Rally urges light sentence in Rutgers hate crime case
Mon,14 May 2012 01:49 PM PDT
Reuters -  TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - More than 300 supporters of a former Rutgers University student rallied outside the New Jersey statehouse on Monday to urge leniency at his sentencing for hate crimes after he spied on his roommate's gay tryst. Dharun Ravi, 20, faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on May 21 in Middlesex County Court for hate crimes for invading the privacy of Tyler Clementi, 18. Clementi committed suicide in September 2010 just three days after learning that Ravi had used a computer-mounted camera to see his encounter with an older man, identified only as "M.B. ...
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Mass. court warns jurors about online comments
Mon,14 May 2012 01:44 PM PDT
Associated Press - For decades, Massachusetts judges have told jurors to refrain from going on the Internet to do research about cases they are weighing, but now judges are being told they need to do more to stop jurors from posting information about cases on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites. Full Story | Top |
John Edwards' lawyers begin presenting defense
Mon,14 May 2012 12:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  After weeks of testimony about John Edwards' illicit affair and the money used to cover it up, his defense attorneys opened their case Monday by digging into the details of federal campaign finance law.
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Anti-war protesters target Obama Chicago office, 8 arrested
Mon,14 May 2012 12:28 PM PDT
Reuters -  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Anti-war protesters converged on President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters on Monday but only got as far as the elevator before eight people were arrested, in the first of many protests expected around the NATO summit this weekend. Roughly 125 demonstrators gathered at the downtown Chicago building housing the Obama offices as morning commuters streamed into work. Eight were arrested for trespassing, Chicago police spokeswoman Laura Kubiak said. ...
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NATO protesters arrested in Chicago's downtown
Mon,14 May 2012 08:55 AM PDT
Associated Press - Police have arrested several anti-war protesters who rallied outside President Barack Obama's Chicago campaign headquarters in a prelude to much larger demonstrations expected during the upcoming NATO summit. Full Story | Top |
Sea Shepherd says its founder arrested in Germany
Mon,14 May 2012 06:11 AM PDT
Associated Press - An environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen says its founder has been arrested in Germany for extradition to Costa Rica for allegedly interfering with a shark fishing boat. Full Story | Top |
Sea Shepherd's Canadian leader Paul Watson arrested in Germany
Mon,14 May 2012 06:07 AM PDT
Associated Press - FRANKFURT - The Canadian founder of an environmental activist group known for its confrontations with whalers and fishermen has been arrested in Germany for extradition to Costa Rica, where he is wanted for allegedly endangering a fishing boat in 2002, German prosecutors said Monday. Full Story | Top |
Blind China activist Chen says arrested nephew a scapegoat
Sat,12 May 2012 11:24 PM PDT
Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - Blind Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng said on Sunday that a nephew, arrested on charges of attempted murder, was the victim of vengeance by officials incensed at Chen's escape, which cast a global spotlight on his 19 months in house arrest. Chen confirmed reports that his nephew Chen Kegui was arrested on charges of attempted homicide over a confrontation that erupted after officials in their home village found Chen Guangcheng had escaped, defeating a seemingly impenetrable barrier of guards, video surveillance and walls. ... Full Story | Top |
Two arrested in Stevie Wonder extortion plot
Fri,11 May 2012 05:38 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Stevie Wonder's nephew has been arrested and charged with an extortion scheme against the singer, Los Angeles prosecutors said on Friday. Alpha Lorenzo Walker, 38, was arrested on May 2, along with another alleged conspirator, Tamara Eileen Diaz. The pair had threatened to reveal information they claimed would be embarrassing to the "Superstition" singer unless he met their demands, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office said. Celebrity website TMZ. ...
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Judge won't delay Pennsylvania politician's prison term
Fri,11 May 2012 01:42 PM PDT
Reuters - HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - A judge on Friday denied a request by former Democratic Pennsylvania legislative leader William DeWeese to delay his prison term for using state employees to campaign for him for free. In rejecting the request, Dauphin County Judge Todd Hoover ordered DeWeese, 62, to surrender to the state Department of Corrections on Monday as previously scheduled to begin serving his 30- to 60-month sentence for corruption. ... Full Story | Top |
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