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| Berlusconi conviction upheld; prison term sticks Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 03:38 PM PDT  ROME (AP) — For the first time in decades of criminal prosecution, a conviction against former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi finally stuck on Thursday, leaving the media mogul with a four-year prison sentence for tax fraud with all of his appeals exhausted. Full Story | Top |
| Fox to adapt British crime drama 'Broadchurch' for U.S. audience Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 03:01 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An American version of the popular British television crime drama "Broadchurch" will be landing on U.S. shores next year, TV network Fox said on Thursday. The series, which has the working title of "Broadchurch," will begin filming in January and is slated to air during the 2014-15 television season, Fox said. The dark drama will be set in a seaside American town and follow the media frenzy and police investigation of a young boy's mysterious death. Casting decisions have not been announced. ... Full Story | Top |
| FBI: 2 arrested in NY in $100 million Ponzi scheme Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 02:02 PM PDT A New York investment fund manager and his brother-in-law were arrested Thursday and charged with running a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme that siphoned investors' money in order to finance the men's ... Full Story | Top |
| Does America Really Want All These Foreign Crime Shows? Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 01:19 PM PDT  Today Fox announced that it is planning to remake the British crime series Broadchurch, which will premiere in its original form on BBC America starting next week, as an event series, continuing the trend of American television remakes of foreign crime dramas. Full Story | Top |
| Big cruise lines post onboard crime data Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 11:19 AM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — For the first time, the three largest U.S.-based cruise lines on Thursday began posting on their websites more comprehensive data about allegations of serious crimes committed aboard ships. The disclosures were made voluntarily but come amid growing pressure from Congress and crime victims for greater accuracy about crime at sea. Full Story | Top |
| Cleveland kidnapper Castro sentenced to life in prison Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:20 AM PDT  CLEVELAND (Reuters) - An Ohio judge on Thursday sentenced Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro to life in prison for abducting, raping and holding captive three women for as long as 11 years, and murder for forcing one of the women to abort her pregnancy. Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo imposed the prison sentence after an emotional court hearing at which one of Castro's victims said the former school bus driver put her through a "life of hell." (Reporting By Greg McCune) Full Story | Top |
| Jurors to mull $13 million mortgage fraud case Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 10:10 AM PDT A federal judge has thrown out all but one of the charges against a Manchester, N.H. businessman accused of defrauding lenders of $13 million by using fraudulent loan applications to refinance homes on ... Full Story | Top |
| Cleveland kidnapper sentenced to life in prison plus 1,000 years Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 07:27 AM PDT  Ariel Castro, who held three women captive for a decade, says he's "not a monster," just sick Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria says terrorist leader arrested in Niger Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:17 AM PDT ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The military says the arrest of a Nigerian terrorist leader in neighboring Niger has foiled a plot to regroup and launch more attacks. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden left for secure location: lawyer Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 05:13 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has left for an undisclosed secure location, a Russian lawyer assisting him said on Thursday. "I have just seen him off. He has left for a secure location," Anatoly Kucherena told state broadcaster Russia 24. "Security is a very serious matter for him." (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska; editing by Elizabeth Piper) Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Snowden leaves Moscow airport: representative Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 04:57 AM PDT  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden has left Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, an airport representative said on Thursday. The representative told Reuters that Snowden had crossed into Russia after spending more than month in the airport's transit zone. (Reporting by Gabriela Baczynska, editing by Elizabeth Piper) Full Story | Top |
| Rajoy says court will find no crime by him or his party Thursday, Aug 01, 2013 12:58 AM PDT  MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy told lawmakers on Thursday that the justice system would find that neither he nor his political party have committed any crime in an ongoing corruption scandal. A former treasurer for the ruling People's Party is in jail, charged with bribery, tax evasion and other crimes. Rajoy was speaking in Parliament to address questions about allegations the party illegally financed itself. (Reporting by Andres Gonzalez; Writing by Fiona Ortiz; Editing by Paul Day) Full Story | Top |
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