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| Michael Jackson wrongful death trial set to get underway Monday Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:25 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The civil trial over the death of Michael Jackson is set to get formally underway next week after jury selection was completed on Tuesday in the $40 billion case that pits the pop star's mother against concert promoters AEG Live. Six alternate jurors were chosen on Tuesday following the selection a day earlier of a jury of six men and six women for what is expected to be an emotional three-month trial. The conclusion of the month-long search for a jury set the stage for opening statements to begin in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Not Backing Down: 8th Grader Suspended, Arrested Over His NRA T-Shirt Returns to School…Wearing the Exact Same Shirt Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:12 PM PDT "There's a lot of people wearing this same exact shirt, showing great, great support and I really appreciate it." Full Story | Top |
| Justice Department Honors Hawaii Advocate For Efforts To Compensate Crime Victims, Hold Offenders Accountable Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:38 PM PDT HONOLULU, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Department of Justice will recognize the executive director of the Hawaii Crime Victim Compensation Commission for her efforts to support crime victims. Attorney General Eric Holder will present Pamela Joyce Ferguson-Brey with an award during the National Crime Victims' Rights Week awards ceremony on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 in Washington, D.C."These committed individuals are being honored for their dedication to assisting and supporting victims of crime all across the country," said Attorney General Eric Holder. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Reuters editor pleads not guilty in Anonymous hacking case Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 05:06 PM PDT  SACRAMENTO (Reuters) - Former Reuters.com Deputy Social Media Editor Matthew Keys pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal charges that he aided members of the Anonymous hacking collective. Keys, 26, on Monday said he was fired by Thomson Reuters , the parent company of Reuters News. Keys was indicted in March by a federal grand jury in Sacramento on three criminal counts, alleging he entered an Internet chatroom used by members of the hacking collective Anonymous and helped hackers gain access to the computer system of Tribune Co. in December 2010. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alternate jurors selected in Michael Jackson case Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 04:33 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six alternate jurors have been selected for a civil trial over Michael Jackson's death, setting the stage for opening statements next week. Full Story | Top |
| Is the Federal Cyber-Crime Crackdown the Next War on Drugs? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:20 PM PDT When electronic activist and online pioneer Aaron Swartz committed suicide earlier this year, there was an immediate outcry to change the criminal justice code that some feel pushed Swartz to his death: the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Full Story | Top |
| 6 NY politicians plead not guilty to corruption Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:55 AM PDT  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Amid a growing perception that corruption is a serious problem in New York, six politicians pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a federal case that alleges an audacious plot to buy a line on New York City's mayoral ballot. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive on FBI's 10 Most Wanted list faces Tuesday court date Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 09:29 AM PDT  By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former Washington schoolteacher on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for child pornography is scheduled to appear in a U.S. court on Tuesday after being extradited from Nicaragua, officials said. The man, Eric Justin Toth, 31, was arrested on Saturday in Esteli, a city some 90 miles north of Managua, after almost five years on the run and faces an initial appearance in Washington's U.S. District Court. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two men linked to al Qaeda in Mali arrested in Spain Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 08:03 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spain has arrested two North Africans suspected of links to the North African branch of the militant Islamist network al Qaeda, the government said on Tuesday, following an investigation lasting more than a year. One man, an Algerian believed to have trained in a fighter camp in northern Mali run by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), was arrested in the eastern province of Zaragoza, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The other, a Moroccan also alleged to have had contact with AQIM in Mali, was detained in the southern province of Murcia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Mexico crime beat reporter missing for 3 months Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 06:39 AM PDT A press freedom group is demanding that Mexico investigate the disappearance of a crime reporter in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, where 12 journalists have been slain or gone missing since 2010. The ... Full Story | Top |
| Eighth-grader arrested over NRA shirt returns to school in same shirt Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 06:02 AM PDT The West Virginia eighth-grader who was suspended and, astonishingly, arrested last week after he refused to remove a t-shirt supporting the National Rifle Association returned to school on Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Dutch diplomat sentenced to 12 years for spying Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 04:27 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Dutch court sentenced a diplomat to 12 years in prison Tuesday for delivering confidential NATO and European Union documents to Russian agents. The case, one of the worst spying affairs in the Netherlands in memory, is linked to that of a couple on trial in Germany on similar charges. Full Story | Top |
| Two al Qaeda suspects arrested in Spain Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 02:20 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested two men suspected of being linked to militant Islamist network al Qaeda, the government said in a statement on Tuesday. One man, an Algerian, was arrested in the eastern province of Zaragoza and the other, a Morrocan, in the southern province of Murcia, after a joint operation between Spain, France and Morocco, the statement said. A spokesman for the Interior Ministry declined to give any further information. (Reporting by Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Louise Ireland) Full Story | Top |
| Do Strict Gun Laws Really Stop Gun Crime? Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 12:00 AM PDT "...[A]ssault weapons bans are 'a fraud' perpetrated 'to fool the public into accepting a movement... .'" Full Story | Top |
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