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| An 84-Year-Old Nun Has Been Sentenced To Three Years in Jail Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 05:22 PM PST  Sister Megan Rice may be an octogenarian and a nun, but that hasn't stopped her from multiple acts of civil disobedience. Full Story | Top |
| Elderly nun sentenced to nearly three years for Tennessee nuclear break-in Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 05:15 PM PST  By Melodi Erdogan and Jennifer Brake KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A U.S. judge sentenced an 84-year-old nun, Sister Megan Rice, on Tuesday to 35 months in prison for breaking into a Tennessee military facility used to store enriched uranium for nuclear bombs. Two others accused in the case, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, were sentenced to 62 months in prison. The three were convicted of cutting fences and entering the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 2012, embarrassing U.S. officials and prompting security changes. Full Story | Top |
| Elderly nun sentenced to 35 months for Tennessee nuclear break-in Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 03:47 PM PST A U.S. judge sentenced an 84-year-old nun, Sister Megan Rice, on Tuesday to 35 months in prison for breaking into a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored. Fellow peace activists Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed were sentenced to 62 months in prison. The three were convicted of cutting fences and entering the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 2012, embarrassing U.S. officials and prompting security changes. The three were convicted by a federal jury last May of damaging national defense premises under the sabotage act, which carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years, and of causing more than $1,000 of damage to U.S. government property. Full Story | Top |
| Venezuela opp'n leader arrested before supporters Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 03:07 PM PST  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez emerged from days of hiding and surrendered to police before thousands of supporters Tuesday, saying he hopes his arrest awakens Venezuela to the corruption and economic disaster caused by 15 years of socialist rule. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Venezuela opposition leader surrenders at rally Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 01:50 PM PST  Fugitive Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez calmly turned himself in to authorities Tuesday as thousands of pro- and anti-government supporters rallied in the capital Caracas. President Nicolas Maduro -- whose government is under fire over what protesters say is rampant crime and deteriorating living conditions -- had banned the opposition march called by Lopez at the Plaza Brion. The Harvard-educated economist told thousands of his supporters, all clad in white, that he hoped his arrest would highlight the "unjust justice" in Venezuela, to an explosion of cheers from the crowds. The Venezuelan leader last week ordered Lopez's arrest on charges of homicide and inciting violence after violent street clashes in Caracas left three dead. Full Story | Top |
| Burglary suspect arrested after leaving wallet Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 01:15 PM PST DALLAS (AP) — Authorities say a teenager who burglarized a Dallas police officer's apartment, taking his service weapon and ammunition, was apprehended after he lost his wallet as he fled. Full Story | Top |
| Falcons wide receiver Roddy White arrested in Ga. Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 12:31 PM PST  ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White has been arrested on a warrant charging him with failing to appear in court. Full Story | Top |
| Breakthrough in French Alps murder probe as ex-cop arrested Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 11:32 AM PST  Annecy (France) (AFP) - French police Tuesday arrested a 48-year-old man, described by a source as a former cop, over the 2012 killings of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist, in their first breakthrough in the case. Annecy prosecutor Eric Maillaud said the man, from the Haute-Savoie region, was placed in formal custody and detained following the release in November of an identikit image of a mysterious motorcyclist seen near where the quadruple murder took place. Full Story | Top |
| NY man arrested amid Hoffman probe seeks treatment Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:32 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) — A musician arrested on heroin-possession charges amid an investigation into Philip Seymour Hoffman's death hopes to resolve the case with treatment, according to a court filing Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Former US congressman arrested in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:26 AM PST  HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Just over a year ago, former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds tried to shed past disgrace with a potent campaign slogan: "Redemption." Full Story | Top |
| Suspect pleads not guilty in package-bomb deaths Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 10:10 AM PST LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man accused of killing his in-laws with a package bomb that exploded in their rural home was at his mother-in-law's bedside before she died from the blast, a pastor said. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. woman sentenced to life for murder, kidnap of fetus Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 08:42 AM PST A Massachusetts woman convicted of killing her pregnant roommate and kidnapping her victim's fetus was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday. Julie Corey, 39, had been accused of beating and strangling Darlene Haynes to death in Worcester in 2009 before cutting the fetus out of her body and passing the baby off as her own. Corey was found with her boyfriend and the baby in New Hampshire days after the murder, after having convinced her boyfriend the child was hers, prosecutors had said. Full Story | Top |
| Mass. woman sentenced to life for killing friend Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 07:36 AM PST WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman convicted of killing her pregnant friend and stealing her unborn baby has been sentenced to life in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-US Congressman arrested in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 07:24 AM PST  Former US congressman Melvin Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said Tuesday, without giving details. That is all I can say at the moment," Ario Mabika, a spokesman for Zimbabwe's immigration department told AFP. The state-controlled Herald newspaper Tuesday reported that Reynolds has been arrested for violating immigration laws and possessing pornographic material. He was later convicted of bank fraud, but was pardoned by then president Bill Clinton. Full Story | Top |
| Former US congressman Mel Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 06:30 AM PST Former U.S. congressman Mel Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said on Tuesday, after state media reported the convicted sex offender had been found with pornography at a local hotel. Police and immigration officials were investigating Reynolds for living in the southern African country without a valid visa, Francis Mabika, an assistant regional immigration officer, told Reuters. Mabika said Reynolds has been in Zimbabwe since November, but declined to give further details. Reuters was unable to reach Reynolds for comment. Full Story | Top |
| Former congressman Mel Reynolds arrested in Zimbabwe Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 06:27 AM PST Former congressman Mel Reynolds has been arrested in Zimbabwe, an immigration official said on Tuesday, after state media reported the convicted sex offender had been found with pornography at a local hotel. Police and immigration officials were investigating Reynolds for living in the southern African country without a valid visa, Francis Mabika, an assistant regional immigration officer, told Reuters. Mabika said Reynolds has been in Zimbabwe since November, but declined to give further details. Reuters was unable to reach Reynolds for comment. Full Story | Top |
| Pussy Riot Members Arrested During Visit to Sochi Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 05:05 AM PST  Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina, who recently returned to Russia following a global tour promoting prison rights in the country, were detained in Sochi for "theft." Why are we not surprised? The pair, who openly challenged Putin to throw them back in prison during their visit to Europe and the U.S., said they were held in Sochi on Tuesday for no real reason. Tolokonnikova wrote on Twitter that "at the time of our detention, we weren't engaged in any protests, we were walking around Sochi. WE WERE WALKING." Tolokonnikova and Alyokhina were planning to film a music video in Sochi with Pussy Riot (apparently, they're back in the band, after reportedly being ejected by the other members last week) for a song called "Putin will teach you to love the motherland." But they hadn't began the protest at the time of their arrest. Full Story | Top |
| J. K. Rowling to publish new crime novel Tuesday, Feb 18, 2014 12:17 AM PST  Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling will publish her second crime novel in June, under the pen name of Robert Galbraith, it has been revealed. "The Silkworm", to be published on June 19, will be a follow-up to "The Cuckoo's Calling", which Rowling wrote using the Galbraith pseudonym. "Robert Galbraith's second Cormoran Strike Novel THE SILKWORM to be published 19/06/14," the author's alter ego said in only a third-ever tweet on Monday, with a link to Galbraith's website. This time they try to unravel the death of writer Owen Quine after first being called in to probe his disappearance. Full Story | Top |
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