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| Japan finance minister: Gathering facts on bitcoin, unsure whether crime involved Monday, Mar 03, 2014 05:14 PM PST  Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday that the government is still trying to figure out what has led to the collapse of the Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox and is not sure whether crime is involved. "(We) don't know if it was a crime or just a bankruptcy." Mt. Gox, once the world's biggest bitcoin exchange, filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan on Friday, saying it may have lost nearly half a billion dollars worth of the virtual currency due to hacking into its faulty computer system. Full Story | Top |
| U.S. attorney subpoenaed Mt Gox, other bitcoin businesses: source Monday, Mar 03, 2014 04:16 PM PST  By Emily Flitter NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has sent subpoenas to Mt. Gox, other bitcoin exchanges, and businesses that deal in bitcoin to seek information on how they handled recent cyber attacks, a source familiar with the probe said on Wednesday. At least three exchanges were forced to halt withdrawals of bitcoins on February 7, including Mt. Gox, which was the largest at the time. Mt. Gox never resumed service before going dormant on Tuesday, leaving customers unable to recover their funds. "As there is a lot of speculation regarding Mt Gox and its future, I would like to use this opportunity to reassure everyone that I am still in Japan, and working very hard with the support of different parties to find a solution to our recent issues," Karpeles said in a statement posted on the Mt. Gox website. Full Story | Top |
| Former tribal leader pleads not guilty in killings Monday, Mar 03, 2014 03:48 PM PST  The lawyer for the former leader of a small Northern California Indian tribe has asked the community not to prejudge the woman as she faces trial on allegations that she fatally shot four people and tried to kill two others at a tribal meeting considering her eviction. Full Story | Top |
| Michigan man sentenced for three-day shooting spree on interstate Monday, Mar 03, 2014 03:42 PM PST (Reuters) - A Michigan man was sentenced to 18 to 40 years in prison for a three-day firing spree in 2012 on an interstate highway that earned him the nickname the "I-96 shooter," prosecutors said on Monday. A Livingston County jury on January 29 found Raulie Casteel, 44, guilty of terrorism, assault with a dangerous weapon, firing a weapon from a vehicle and other felony weapons charges. A resident of Wixom, Michigan, northwest of Detroit, Casteel was convicted of shooting at 23 vehicles in a four-county area in southeastern Michigan, mostly on or near Interstate 96 from October 16 to 18, 2012. Schools changed bus routes, commuters took back roads to and from work, and sports fans feared traveling to college sporting events because of the Casteel's shooting spree, Attorney General Bill Schuette said in a statement. Full Story | Top |
| Woman sentenced in prison's director slaying case Monday, Mar 03, 2014 03:29 PM PST  DENVER (AP) — The man who killed Colorado's prisons director was a master manipulator determined to get a gun and enact his longstanding plan for violence, a federal judge said Monday as she sentenced the woman who bought the weapon. Full Story | Top |
| Seven people arrested over Nigeria cleric murder Monday, Mar 03, 2014 01:14 PM PST  Seven people have been arrested in connection with the death of a Muslim cleric who had criticised the banned Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram, the country's secret police said on Monday. Adam Albani was was shot dead with his wife and son on February 1 in the northern city of Zaria, as he drove home from teaching a theology class, immediately raising suspicions that the militants were behind the killing. The Department of State Services (DSS) said seven people, including the alleged mastermind of the attack and one of the gunmen, were detained between February 13 and February 21. "Investigation and confessions by suspects revealed that Albani's pro-Western posture and his preaching are contrary to the Boko Haram ideology," DSS spokeswoman Marilyn Ogar said in an emailed statement. Full Story | Top |
| 7 suspected Nigerian militants are arrested Monday, Mar 03, 2014 12:24 PM PST ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's Department of State services says it has arrested seven suspected Islamic militants in connection with the killing of a pro-Western sheik who preached against Islamic extremism, his wife and their son. Full Story | Top |
| Birmingham City boss Carson Yeung found guilty of money-laundering Monday, Mar 03, 2014 12:10 PM PST * Yeung to be sentenced on Friday, faces up to seven years in jail * Football club owner had denied five charges of laundering $93 mln * Judge says defendant was "not a witness of truth" By Grace Li HONG KONG, March 3 (Reuters) - Birmingham City Football Club boss Carson Yeung was found guilty by a Hong Kong court on Monday of five counts of money-laundering in a high-profile trial that cast a spotlight on how the barber-turned-businessman made his fortune. Yeung, who had denied the charges of laundering $93 million between January 2001 and December 2007, will be sentenced on Friday. A former hair stylist to Hong Kong's rich and famous, Yeung had told the court he amassed his wealth through hairdressing, share trading, property purchases, gambling in the world's casino hub of Macau and other investments. Prosecutors had pointed to what they said were suspicious cheque payments made to Yeung by employees of Macau companies, including a junket operator, which earns commissions from casinos to attract cash-rich gamblers. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius pleads not guilty as witness describes 'screams' Monday, Mar 03, 2014 12:04 PM PST South African Paralympian star Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend as his trial opened with a neighbour's account of "bloodcurdling" screams before shots rang out on the night of the killing. Pistorius, whose trial is being broadcast live around the world, faces a life sentence if convicted of the fatal Valentine's Day shooting of model and reality television star Reeva Steenkamp a year ago. After a state prosecutor charged that Pistorius "unlawfully and intentionally did kill" Steenkamp, he entered a plea of "not guilty, my lady". Pistorius, 27, a double amputee sporting hero known as the "Blade Runner" for his carbon-fibre running blades, also pleaded not guilty to three unrelated gun charges. Full Story | Top |
| Egypt policemen sentenced to 10 years for blogger death Monday, Mar 03, 2014 12:02 PM PST  Alexandria (Egypt) (AFP) - An Egyptian court Monday sentenced two policemen to 10 years in jail for the killing of a blogger whose death rallied protesters in the 2011 revolt that toppled Hosni Mubarak. The verdict comes at a time when several activists have expressed fears that the autocratic rule and widespread police abuse prevalent under Mubarak were returning. The two policemen were sentenced following a retrial for the manslaughter and torture of Khaled Said in June 2010, after they had unlawfully arrested him at an Internet cafe in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria. Mahmoud Salah Mahmoud and Awad Ismail Suleiman had initially been sentenced to seven years in October 2011 for excessive brutality. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius pleads not guilty at murder trial Monday, Mar 03, 2014 08:03 AM PST  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing "blood-curdling" screams from a woman before she heard four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend. Full Story | Top |
| Court tackles intellectual disability and the death penalty on Monday Monday, Mar 03, 2014 08:00 AM PST The Supreme Court will hear one of the most high-profile cases of its current term on Monday, as the Justices determine how states define if a person is mentally disabled to the point of becoming ineligible for the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Pipeline protesters arrested at White House Monday, Mar 03, 2014 06:54 AM PST  Police arrested hundreds of people who strapped themselves to the White House fence on Sunday to protest the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline. The protesters were mostly college students who participated ... Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius pleads not guilty at start of trial Monday, Mar 03, 2014 05:08 AM PST  PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The first witness in the Oscar Pistorius murder trial testified Monday to hearing a woman's "blood-curdling" screams before the sound of four gunshots on the night the double-amputee Olympian killed his girlfriend. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius pleads not guilty at start of his murder Monday, Mar 03, 2014 02:47 AM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last year, marking the start of the Olympian's murder trial that was being broadcast live on TV. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius murder trial begins, pleads not guilty Monday, Mar 03, 2014 01:51 AM PST PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty Monday to murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last year, marking the start of the Olympian's murder trial that had South Africans watching live broadcasting of the proceedings against their country's most famous living citizen. Full Story | Top |
| Pistorius pleads not guilty to murder of girlfriend Steenkamp Monday, Mar 03, 2014 01:46 AM PST PRETORIA (Reuters) - South African Olympic and Paralympic running star Oscar Pistorius pleaded not guilty on Monday to a charge of murdering his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, as his trial started in Pretoria. "Not guilty, My Lady," Pistorius answered when asked by Judge Thokozile Masipa. (Reporting by Ed Cropley; Editing by Pascal Fletcher) Full Story | Top |
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