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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Prosecutors seek death penalty in 'Cathouse' case Man Arrested for Harassing Baby Manatee in Florida Crime writer wins lawsuit against money advisers U.S. top court limits police detentions far from crime scene Crime Writer Wins $51M in Verdict 8 arrested in slaying of Russian councilman Jury selection begins in second Ohio Craigslist killing trial Handyman Sentenced in Killing for Hire Nigeria seeks Britain's help to tackle oil crime network Senior Pakistani insurgent arrested in Afghan east: officials Debating the Future of the Two-Party System

Prosecutors seek death penalty in 'Cathouse' case  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 04:43 PM PST OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) â€" The former girlfriend of a man accused of killing four people, including a prostitute featured on HBO's "Cathouse" series, testified Tuesday she overheard him plan the Oklahoma City shootings because he was unhappy with the amount of money he made from a drug dealer among those killed. Full Story	Top
Man Arrested for Harassing Baby Manatee in Florida  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 03:33 PM PST A man has been arrested in Florida after posting pictures on Facebook that showed him harassing a baby manatee, authorities announced this week. Full Story	Top
Crime writer wins lawsuit against money advisers  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 02:39 PM PST A federal jury awarded crime writer Patricia Cornwell nearly $51 million Tuesday in her lawsuit against her former financial management company and a former principal in the firm.The author best known ... Full Story	Top
U.S. top court limits police detentions far from crime scene  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 02:12 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday made it harder for police to detain people far away from a suspected crime scene when the only justification for the detention is to make it safer and easier to conduct a search of the scene. By a 6-3 ruling that did not follow its typical ideological divisions, the court said police in Long Island, New York, violated defendant Chunon Bailey's rights by detaining him so they could search his basement apartment a mile away. ... Full Story	Top
Crime Writer Wins $51M in Verdict  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 01:41 PM PST Author Patricia Cornwell Wins $51 Million From Former Financial Managers Full Story	Top
8 arrested in slaying of Russian councilman  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 11:41 AM PST MOSCOW (AP) â€" Zooming around in a Rolls Royce and boasting of ties to Chechnya's strongman ruler, Mikhail Pakhomov didn't live the life of the average provincial Russian lawmaker. He didn't die the death of one either. Full Story	Top
Jury selection begins in second Ohio Craigslist killing trial  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 10:12 AM PST CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Tuesday in Akron, Ohio, in the capital trial of self-proclaimed street-preacher Richard Beasley, charged in the murders of three men, two of whom were apparently lured by a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job. Beasley, 53, faces the death penalty for the murders of David Pauley, 51, of Norfolk, Virginia; Ralph Geiger, 56, of Akron, Ohio; and Timothy Kern, 47, of Massillon, Ohio. ... Full Story	Top
Handyman Sentenced in Killing for Hire  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 09:13 AM PST Handyman Joe Gentz Said He Was Paid By Bob Bashara to Kill Jane Bashara Full Story	Top
Nigeria seeks Britain's help to tackle oil crime network  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 03:46 AM PST ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria has asked Britain for help to tackle a multi-million dollar oil theft business which is run by international crime syndicates, the country's oil minister said on Tuesday. Oil 'bunkering' -- hacking into pipelines to steal crude then refining it or selling it abroad -- is costing Nigeria a fifth of its two million barrels per day output, government and international oil companies say. "The products from bunkering are not sold in (West Africa), neither are the financial outputs ... ... Full Story	Top
Senior Pakistani insurgent arrested in Afghan east: officials  Tuesday, Feb 19, 2013 01:14 AM PST KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security forces captured a top Pakistani Taliban commander during an operation in eastern Afghanistan, security officials said on Tuesday, in a move that could help improve trust between the two countries. The arrest on Monday of Maulvi Faqir Mohammad, a regional commander for Pakistan's Taliban movement, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was hailed as a "big blow" to the movement by an Afghan interior ministry official. ... Full Story	Top
Debating the Future of the Two-Party System  Monday, Feb 18, 2013 11:38 PM PST Brendan Nyhan, an assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College, accused me last week of issuing “hyperbolic warnings” about how social change and disillusioned voters threaten the two-party system. I plead guilty, and want to address the jury. Full Story	Top

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