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| U.S. crime writer Elmore Leonard dead at 87 Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 07:17 PM PDT  NEW YORK (Reuters) - American author Elmore Leonard, whose ear for gritty, realistic dialogue helped bring dozens of hard-bitten crooks, cops and cowboys to life in nearly 50 novels, died on Tuesday several weeks after a stroke. He was 87. "Elmore passed away this morning at 7:15 a.m. at home surrounded by his loving family," according to an announcement on his website, elmoreleonard.com. It did not provide other details. Leonard, who first wrote Westerns when he gave up his advertising agency job in the 1950s before moving on to crime and suspense books, suffered a stroke on July 29. ... Full Story | Top |
| Photographer found guilty of four California serial murders Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:43 PM PDT  By Ronnie Cohen SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - An elderly former photographer acting as his own attorney was found guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder in the serial slayings of four northern California prostitutes dating to the 1970s. Joseph Naso, 79, now faces the possibility of the death penalty for the "Alphabet murders," so called because of the matching letters of the first and last names of each of his victims. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect arrested after shooting at Atlanta-area school; no injuries Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 05:28 PM PDT  By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - Police arrested a 20-year-old man on Tuesday for opening fire with an AK-47 inside an elementary school in the Atlanta suburbs, forcing the evacuation of 800 students who were all reunited with their parents without injury, officials said. Authorities believe the shooter gained access to the school in Decatur, Georgia, by slipping in behind someone who had access to the building's locked doors, said DeKalb County Police Department spokeswoman Mekka Parish. ... Full Story | Top |
| Retired photographer found guilty of four California murders Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 03:09 PM PDT SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - A retired photographer was found guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder in the serial slayings of four northern California prostitutes dating back to the 1970s, capping a two-month trial in which he acted as his own attorney. Joseph Naso, 79, now faces the possibility of the death penalty for the "alphabet murders," so called because of the matching letters of the first and last names of each of his victims. ... Full Story | Top |
| Trial starts for Ga. man accused of shooting baby Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 01:56 PM PDT MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A young man fatally shot a 13-month-old baby in a stroller in coastal Georgia when the child's mother did not immediately hand over her purse, a prosecutor said on the first day of the man's murder trial Tuesday, while a defense attorney suggested to a jury that the child's parents were somehow involved in the slaying. Full Story | Top |
| Florida man found guilty of murder in teen's violent death Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 01:34 PM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida man was found guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder in a 2011 case of a teen who was lured by text message to an ambush where he was shot, dismembered and incinerated. Michael Bargo, now 21, faces the death penalty for killing 15-year-old Seath Tyler Jackson whose remains were shoveled into paint cans and discarded, according to an arrest affidavit. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alleged kingpin of U.S. penny stock fraud arrested in Thailand Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 12:29 PM PDT  By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities in Thailand have arrested a Canadian man accused of masterminding a $140 million plan to defraud investors in U.S. penny stocks, as well as another man who allegedly ran the scheme, federal prosecutors in New York said on Tuesday. The move follows arrests last week of six people in the United States and one in Canada allegedly involved in one of the largest international penny stock investigations ever conducted by the Justice Department and FBI, prosecutors said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Prosecutors rest case in court-martial of Fort Hood shooter Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 12:18 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - Military prosecutors rested their case on Tuesday against U.S. Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan, who is charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder and 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder in the 2009 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas. Major Hasan, acting as his own defense attorney, will now have the opportunity to present his case. Hasan has admitted to being the shooter, saying he switched sides in what he considered a U.S. war on Islam. ... Full Story | Top |
| French PM sends more police to crime-ridden Marseille Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 10:43 AM PDT  MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The French prime minister said on Tuesday he would step up policing in Marseille to stem a spate of killings by drug gangsters that is tainting the image of the country's second-largest city. Jean-Marc Ayrault, flanked by his interior and justice ministers, said he would send in 130 extra riot police and 24 investigative officers this week after two more murders in recent days, one in front of a busy restaurant. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection begins for Afghanistan massacre Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 09:22 AM PDT  JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. (AP) — Jury selection began Tuesday in the sentencing of Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier who killed 16 Afghan civilians during raids on two villages. Full Story | Top |
| Malaysian police use old law to crack down on violent crime Tuesday, Aug 20, 2013 12:37 AM PDT  By Siva Sithraputhran KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian police, under pressure to tackle a rise in violent crime, have arrested more than 200 people since the weekend under a little used law that enables them to hold suspects for 72 days without charge. The crackdown comes as Prime Minister Najib Razak faces calls from hardliners in his ruling party to reverse his liberalization of colonial-era security laws that had long been used to stifle government opponents as well as crime. ... Full Story | Top |
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