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War vet arrested in Ala., Tenn. officer shootings
Tue,29 Nov 2011 04:31 PM PST
AP -  An Iraq war veteran shot an Alabama deputy sheriff in the face during a police stop minutes after a convenience store robbery late Monday, and then led police on a chase into Tennessee, where an officer was wounded during a shootout with the suspect, authorities said Tuesday.
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Ex-Mass. crime boss' girlfriend faces more charges
Tue,29 Nov 2011 03:18 PM PST
AP - A lawyer for the longtime girlfriend of former crime boss James "Whitey" Bulger said Tuesday that he might ask that her trial be held in California if federal prosecutors bring additional charges against her for the time the couple spent living in Santa Monica. Full Story | Top |
Ivory Coast's Gbagbo to be extradited to Hague
Tue,29 Nov 2011 01:07 PM PST
AP - Ivory Coast's former strongman leader, who refused to accept his loss in last year's election and nearly dragged the country into civil war in a bid to retain power, could be extradited to the International Criminal Court in just hours following the issue of an arrest warrant, according to his lawyer, spokesman and officials. Full Story | Top |
Michael Jackson's doctor sentenced to 4 years
Tue,29 Nov 2011 11:36 AM PST
AP -  The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a "disgrace to the medical profession."
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Man arrested in wounding of Tenn., Ala. officers
Tue,29 Nov 2011 10:50 AM PST
AP - Authorities say a 23-year-old Tennessee man shot a deputy sheriff during a police stop in Alabama, and then led police on a chase into Tennessee, where an officer was wounded during a shootout with the suspect.
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Column: Balotelli, volatile? That is not a crime
Tue,29 Nov 2011 09:28 AM PST
AP -  Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has an excuse ready in case things go wrong. Because even he seems unable to predict which Mario Balotelli will show up: the nonchalant striker of impressive goals or the young man who can at times appear immature and as hard to manage as nitroglycerine.
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Serbia impounds $500 million in crime property
Tue,29 Nov 2011 07:04 AM PST
AP -  An opulent villa once owned by a drug lord is now home to children on cancer therapy, a drug lab has been turned into a youth center, and cars used by gangsters are in the hands of the police that chased them.
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Man sentenced to time served in LA stowaway case
Tue,29 Nov 2011 06:26 AM PST
AP - A man convicted of getting a free ride from New York to Los Angeles using an expired boarding pass with someone else's name on it will be freed from federal prison having already spent five months behind bars. Full Story | Top |
German man arrested in neo-Nazi investigation
Tue,29 Nov 2011 05:58 AM PST
AP -  German police arrested a right-wing extremist Tuesday on suspicion he helped arm a small group of neo-Nazis accused of a string of killings of minorities and a policewoman, the federal prosecutors' office said.
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Mali hands death penalty to French embassy attacker
Tue,29 Nov 2011 05:15 AM PST
Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - A Malian court has sentenced to death a Tunisian man accused of throwing an explosive device at the French embassy in Mali's capital in January, wounding two people, state television reported on Tuesday. Like many countries in West Africa, Mali maintains capital punishment, but the sentences are rarely carried out and are often commuted to life imprisonment. ... Full Story | Top |
Trial set for Spanish judge over war crimes probe
Tue,29 Nov 2011 03:53 AM PST
AP -  The Spanish judge known for going after Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden will go on trial himself on Jan. 24 for allegedly overstepping his jurisdiction in a probe of Spanish Civil War crimes, his lawyer said Tuesday.
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