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| U.S. man who aided Mumbai plotters sentenced to 35 years in prison Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:28 PM PST  CHICAGO (Reuters) - David Headley, an American who admitted scouting targets for the 2008 Islamic militant raid on Mumbai and later agreed to testify against the plotters to avoid the death penalty, was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison. The sentence, handed down by U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber, was the maximum sought by federal prosecutors. The attacks killed more than 160 people, including six Americans. Headley, a 52-year-old U.S. citizen of Pakistani descent, admitted videotaping sites that were targeted by the Mumbai attackers. ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge must open jury selection in Maine Zumba case Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:20 PM PST  ALFRED, Maine (AP) â€" The remaining jury selection in the trial of the first major figure in a prostitution scandal centered on a Zumba studio in Kennebunk must be opened to the public, the state's highest court ruled Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| American Mumbai plotter sentenced to 35 years Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 05:17 PM PST  CHICAGO (AP) â€" Minutes before an American was sentenced to 35 years in prison for helping plan a deadly attack on Mumbai, India, one of his victims tearfully pleaded for a harsh punishment despite the terrorist plotter's widespread cooperation with U.S. investigators following his arrest. Full Story | Top |
| Mexican drug boss sentenced to seven years in U.S. prison Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:44 PM PST MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - A top figure with a Mexican drug cartel was sentenced to seven years in a U.S. prison on Thursday after pleading guilty to immigration and weapons charges. As part of a plea deal, Jose Luis Zuniga Hernandez, 44, admitted he was a leader of Mexico's brutal Gulf Cartel, a drug gang that authorities say has smuggled countless tons of narcotics into the United States. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Zuniga Hernandez, known as "El Wicho," in October 2011 near Brownsville, Texas, where he was sentenced on Thursday by U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jurors in missing girl case stuck on murder count Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 04:44 PM PST MIAMI (AP) â€" Jurors said Thursday they had reached verdicts on child abuse and kidnapping charges but were deadlocked on a murder count against a woman accused of killing 4-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson more than a decade ago. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio crime lab chief who was on state's forensic dive team dies after diving in Fla. Keys Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 03:08 PM PST KEY LARGO, Fla. - The director of Ohio's state crime lab died while scuba diving, authorities said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood shooting suspect wants death penalty out Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 03:07 PM PST  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) â€" The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting rampage case faces a controversial decision next week: whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan a possible death sentence and let him plead guilty in the worst mass shooting on a U.S. military installation. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio crime lab chief dies while diving in Fla. Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 03:00 PM PST  KEY LARGO, Fla. (AP) â€" The director of Ohio's state crime lab died while scuba diving, authorities said Thursday. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors sent home for evening after difficulty agreeing on ex-cheerleader's libel suit Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 02:59 PM PST COVINGTON, Ky. - The judge presiding over a former NFL cheerleader's defamation lawsuit against a gossip website ordered jurors to try again Friday after they said they couldn't reach a verdict. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors reach verdict on some charges in Fla. foster child case; still discussing murder count Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 02:03 PM PST MIAMI (AP) â€" Jurors reach verdict on some charges in Fla. foster child case; still discussing murder count. Full Story | Top |
| Second suspect charged, not yet arrested, in Texas campus shooting Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 02:00 PM PST SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A second man has been charged in a shooting at a community college near Houston that left three people wounded on Tuesday, but he has not yet been arrested, the sheriff's office said. "It's only a matter of getting the cuffs around him," spokeswoman Christina Garza of the Harris County Sheriff's Office said on Thursday. She said officials believe they know his whereabouts. The shooting at Lone Star College, which has some 10,000 students, occurred as the United States weighs stricter gun controls. ... Full Story | Top |
| Pa. dad sentenced for son's accidental gun death Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 01:44 PM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" A Philadelphia drug dealer whose young son fatally shot himself with a gun that had been hidden in a sofa has been sentenced to nine to 18 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Top white-collar crime prosecutor to lead SEC Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:31 PM PST  WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, terrorists and mobsters, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has a lead role in implementing changes on Wall Street. Full Story | Top |
| Studies outline cost of crime in Latin America Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:26 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Crime doesn't pay is a familiar adage. But it certainly costs. A series of original studies commissioned by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) quantify the costs of crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean using a combination of crime, health and economic statistics to come to fresh conclusions. In Brazil, one study found people pay an extra $13 billion to gain a sense of security alone, while in Uruguay economic activity suffers a negative impact of more than 3. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former NFL football player Erxleben arrested in Ponzi scheme Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:13 PM PST SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Former college All-American and National Football League kicker Russell Erxleben was arrested by federal agents on Thursday at his home near Austin, Texas on federal fraud charges. Erxleben, 56, was charged in a federal indictment unsealed on Thursday with five counts of wire fraud, one count of securities fraud and two counts of money laundering. In 1999, he was convicted of securities fraud and conspiracy to commit securities fraud, and was sentenced to 84 months in prison. ... Full Story | Top |
| Top white-collar crime prosecutor getting SEC job Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 12:03 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Mary Jo White, a former U.S. attorney who built a reputation prosecuting white-collar criminals, terrorists and mobsters, to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission. The agency has a lead role in implementing changes on Wall Street. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio rape trial of football players should be closed: prosecutor Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:21 AM PST (Reuters) - The trial of two Ohio high school football players charged with raping a 16-year-old girl should be closed to the public to protect the accuser in a case that has received national attention, the state's attorney general said on Thursday. The case caused a national sensation earlier this month when the hacker activist group Anonymous publicized a picture of two young men carrying the girl by her wrists and ankles and released a video showing other young men joking about the alleged assault. A defense attorney has also requested that the trial be closed. ... Full Story | Top |
| US Army judge will decide if Fort Hood shooting suspect can plead guilty, avoid death penalty Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:16 AM PST FORT HOOD, Texas - The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting case will decide next week whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan the death penalty and let him plead guilty. Full Story | Top |
| On 4th try, Turkish courts convict alleged bomber Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 11:07 AM PST ANKARA, Turkey (AP) â€" After being acquitted three times by Turkey's judicial system, a woman was found guilty on Thursday of involvement in a deadly 1998 bombing by Kurdish rebels and sentenced to life in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Army judge to decide if Hasan can plead guilty Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 10:49 AM PST FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) â€" The new judge in the Fort Hood shooting case will decide next week whether to spare Maj. Nidal Hasan the death penalty and let him plead guilty. Full Story | Top |
| American who played key role in 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, India, sentenced to 35 years Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:58 AM PST CHICAGO - An American was sentenced on Thursday to 35 years in prison for the key role he played in a 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai that has been called India's 9-11. Full Story | Top |
| Linda Pugach, blinded in infamous NYC crime, dies Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:58 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" Linda Pugach, who was blinded in 1959 when her lover hired hit men to throw lye in her face â€" and became a media sensation after later marrying him â€" has died, her husband said Thursday. She was 75. Full Story | Top |
| Bomb-plot defense questions FBI report's accuracy Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:07 AM PST  PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) â€" An early FBI assessment of a teenager agents thought was a potential terrorist threat has given ammunition to both prosecution and defense attorneys in an Oregon terrorism trial. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors deliberating in Fla. missing child case Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:02 AM PST MIAMI (AP) â€" After a two-month trial, jurors on Thursday began deliberating the fate of Geralyn Graham, who is accused of abusing and killing 4-year-old foster child Rilya Wilson more than a decade ago. Full Story | Top |
| Obama picks top white-crime prosecutor for SEC job Thursday, Jan 24, 2013 09:01 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" President Barack Obama will nominate Mary Jo White to lead the Securities and Exchange Commission, tapping an attorney with broad experience in prosecuting white-collar crimes to lead an agency that has a central role in implementing Wall Street reform. Full Story | Top |
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