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| NYC comptroller candidate arrested for illegal drug sales Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 04:20 PM PDT By Chris Francescani NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former Manhattan madam who is running for New York City comptroller was arrested and charged with selling prescription pills for cash, the FBI said on Tuesday. In the latest twist to the city's scandal-hit campaign season, Kristin Davis, 38, allegedly sold prescription pills to a federal informant four times in four months this year, the FBI said. Davis is running for the post of comptroller - in effect the city's chief financial officer - also being sought by former Democratic New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Chinese researcher sentenced in research drug case Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 12:05 PM PDT  A Chinese researcher was sentenced Tuesday to time served plus two years of probation on charges stemming from the theft of a cancer research drug from a Wisconsin medical school. Hua Jun Zhao, 41, was ... Full Story | Top |
| 3 found guilty in LIRR disability case Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 12:03 PM PDT An orthopedist and two retiree consultants were convicted Tuesday of scheming to help Long Island Rail Road employees receive disability payments by exaggerating or making up ailments. Dr. Peter Lesniewski ... Full Story | Top |
| Henrico used car dealer sentenced for tax evasion Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 11:30 AM PDT A Richmond-area used car dealer has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in prison for tax evasion. The U.S. attorney's office says 55-year-old Samad Jafari of Henrico County was sentenced Tuesday in federal court ... Full Story | Top |
| Crime novelist Elmore Leonard suffers stroke Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 10:21 AM PDT  DETROIT (AP) — Acclaimed crime novelist Elmore Leonard is recovering at a hospital following a stroke last week. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Fargo broker sentenced on felony charges Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 07:33 AM PDT A former Fargo investment broker who pleaded guilty to bilking 18 investors out more than $900,000 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Judge Frank Racek sentenced 65-year-old Robert Medhus (MAY-hoos) ... Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested at Conn. airport over 'bomb' remark Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 07:22 AM PDT Police say a man was arrested at a Connecticut airport after telling security agents that he had a bomb. Connecticut State Police say 26-year-old Jordan Rickard of Charlotte, N.C., was going through security ... Full Story | Top |
| Judge: Fraud convict's wife can't get policy money Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 07:13 AM PDT The wife of a man convicted of bilking millions of dollars out of people in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and elsewhere in an investment fraud scheme cannot collect proceeds from his insurance ... Full Story | Top |
| Spanish pedophile pardoned in Morocco arrested in Spain Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 06:59 AM PDT  By Raquel Castillo MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested a convicted pedophile who was pardoned by Morocco's King Mohamed VI last week, a source at Spain's Interior Ministry said on Monday. Daniel Galvan Vina, who was serving a 30-year sentence in Morocco and was among 48 jailed Spaniards pardoned on the occasion of Morocco's Throne Day in what Spain said was a mix-up, was arrested in the south-eastern city of Murcia. A court source said Galvan would appear at one of Spain's top courts, the Audencia Nacional, early on Tuesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Priest Arrested After Police Allegedly Find Him Behind a Cemetery With a Prostitute Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 06:06 AM PDT "Msgr. Coyle is prohibited from performing any public ministry." Full Story | Top |
| Tonight is the 30th Annual National Night Out;16,000 Communities Set to Party Against Crime Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 06:00 AM PDT WYNNEWOOD, Pa., August 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tonight, citizens, law enforcement agencies, community groups, businesses and local officials in close to 16,000 communities from all 50 states, U.S. territories, Canadian cities and military bases worldwide will join forces to mark the 30th Annual National Night Out (NNO) – an annual crime and safety event sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch (NATW). Nationally, over 37 million people are expected to participate in 'America's Night Out Against Crime' this year. National Night Out corporate sponsors are Target, ... Full Story | Top |
| Racial bias and 'stand your ground' laws: what the data show Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 05:52 AM PDT During the closing arguments of the George Zimmerman trial, defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked the courtroom to be quiet for four long minutes. When he at last broke the silence, he said those four minutes were the amount of time that Trayvon Martin had had to go home. Full Story | Top |
| Cardboard officer cuts crime at Mass. subway stop Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 05:11 AM PDT CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The burly officer watching over the bike racks at a Boston-area transportation hub is a real stiff. Full Story | Top |
| Russia: Khodorkovsky's prison term cut by 2 months Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 04:02 AM PDT  MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's highest court on Tuesday reduced by two months the 11-year prison terms for jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner, who had asked the court to overturn their verdicts and release them immediately. Full Story | Top |
| Russia's highest court reduces prison term for Khodorkovsky, his partner Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 02:19 AM PDT Russia's highest court reduces prison term for Khodorkovsky, his partner. Full Story | Top |
| Spanish paedophile pardoned in Morocco arrested in Spain Tuesday, Aug 06, 2013 01:28 AM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have arrested a convicted paedophile who was pardoned by Morocco's King Mohamed VI last week, a source at Spain's Interior Ministry said on Monday. Daniel Galvan Vina, who was serving a 30-year sentence in Morocco and was among 48 jailed Spaniards pardoned at the request of Spain's King Juan Carlos, was arrested in the south-eastern region of Murcia. He will be taken to Madrid where one of Spain's top courts will handle the judicial proceedings, according to the source. ... Full Story | Top |
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