Tuesday, October 23, 2012

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Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:16 PM PDT

Officer, motorist dead in NY gunfire; man arrested 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:16 PM PDT
Police officers investigate at the scene of a shooting in Bellerose Terrace, N.Y., Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2012. A police officer on New York’s Long Island and another person were killed after shooting erupted Tuesday morning during what a witness described as a routine traffic stop at the New York City limits on Long Island. (AP Photo/Frank Eltman)An ex-convict was arrested on Tuesday on charges he fatally shot a Long Island police officer in broad daylight Tuesday near the Belmont Park racetrack and then killed another driver not far away during a carjacking, authorities said.
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Akin repeatedly arrested at 1985 abortion protests 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 09:18 PM PDT
FILE - In this Aug. 24, 2012, file photo Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., addresses members of the media in Chesterfield, Mo., where he confirmed his plans to remain in Missouri's U.S. Senate race despite a political uproar over remarks he made about rape and pregnancy. A newly published report says Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in 1985. Akin recently acknowledged being arrested once, about 25 years ago, but has declined to discuss additional details. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported on its website Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, that its newspaper archives include at least three accounts of Akin being arrested in March and April of 1985. (AP Photo/Sid Hastings, File)Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in the 1980s, including at least once when police had to carry him away, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Jurors ask for testimony as they mull U. Iowa case 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 03:36 PM PDT
Jurors have asked to take another look at the testimony of a University of Iowa law professor accused of leading the charge against the hiring of a conservative scholar because of differences of opinion about abortion rights.
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The Alleged Crime of Eating Al Fresco 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 03:24 PM PDT
The Alleged Crime of Eating Al FrescoAs trendy peoples, we've been paying keen attention to certain international food trends (très Brooklyn, for example, or, in laymen's terms, how France is supposedly embracing food trucks and dubbing it a particularly stylish dining borough-havior). But outside of France and Brooklyn, there's something else food-trend-related going on in our global community. 
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Mother found guilty in airport pat-down case 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 02:03 PM PDT
A woman was found guilty Tuesday of disorderly conduct for berating security officers trying to pat down her teenage daughter and then refusing to submit to the procedure herself at a Tennessee airport.
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Ex-Costa Rican exec sentenced to 60 years 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 01:56 PM PDT
A judge sentenced a former Costa Rican businessman and professional soccer team owner to 60 years in prison Tuesday after hearing heart-wrenching and often tearful testimony from victims of his $485 million insurance fraud scheme.
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Mont. man sentenced to 3 years for bank fraud 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 08:14 AM PDT
A Malta, Mont. man has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for defrauding a Belt bank when he and his wife applied for operating credit for their ranch.
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Jurors resume deliberations in faculty hiring case 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 07:40 AM PDT
Jurors have resumed deliberations in the case of a conservative scholar who claims she was passed over for teaching jobs at the University of Iowa law school because of liberal bias.
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Stockholm subway thief sentenced to prison 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 05:18 AM PDT
FILE- A composite image file photo from Sept. 8, 2012, from CCTV footage made available by Swedish Police, showing intoxicated victim falling from the subway platform at Sandsborg metro station south of Stockholm onto the train tracks, then 28-year-old Tunisian man Nadar Khiari jumps down on the tracks, steals his belongings, and leaves him there. The victim was hit by a train and lost a foot but survived. A court in Sodertorn, Sweden, on Tuesday Oct. 23, 2012, sentenced Nadar Khiari to 18 months in prison for theft and ordered him to pay $1,800 (US 1,400 euro) in damages to his unidentified victim. Nadar Khiari will be deported after serving his sentence.(AP Photo/Swedish Police, File) SWEDEN OUTA 28-year-old Tunisian who was caught on security camera stealing from a man who had fallen onto the tracks on the Stockholm subway and then leaving him to be hit by a train was sentenced Tuesday to 1 ½ years in prison for theft.
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Teen Brothers Arrested in Death of NJ Girl 
Tuesday, Oct 23, 2012 01:59 AM PDT
Teen Brothers Arrested in Death of NJ GirlAutumn Pasquale Would Have Turned 13 Next Monday
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