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Australian executive arrested over $16mln fraud
Sun,11 Dec 2011 05:33 PM PST
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photoA health executive accused of embezzling Aus$16 million (US$16.3 million) in government funds was arrested on Monday over what was described as one of Australia's biggest-ever frauds.


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Pennsylvania priest arrested, accused of possessing child porn
Sun,11 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST
Reuters - PITTSBURGH, Pa (Reuters) - A Roman Catholic priest was arrested on charges he viewed child pornography in the rectory of his Pittsburgh-area church, the diocese said on Sunday. The Rev. Bartley Sorensen, 62, pastor of St. John Fisher Church in Churchill, Pennsylvania, was arraigned on charges of possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, according to the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He was being held on Sunday in the Allegheny County Jail in lieu of a $100,000 bond, jail officials said. ... Full Story
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Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 46 arrested
Sat,10 Dec 2011 05:20 PM PST
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photo Police officers swept through Dewey Square early Saturday, tearing down tents at the Occupy Boston encampment and arresting dozens of protesters, bringing a peaceful end to the 10-week demonstration.


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Man who threatened House leader agrees to plea
Sat,10 Dec 2011 12:15 PM PST
AP - A Tennessee man who left profanity-laden voicemails at the office of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has agreed to plead guilty in return for a 13-month sentence. Full Story
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DA offers deal to NYPD officer in corruption case
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:41 AM PST
AP - Prosecutors have offered to trim decades off the possible prison sentence for a New York City police officer if he pleads guilty to charges that he dealt in stolen goods and counterfeit DVDs, fixed tickets and conspired to transport heroin in his squad car. Full Story
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47 arrested after police clear Boston protest camp
Sat,10 Dec 2011 09:10 AM PST
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photoBOSTON (Reuters) - Police cleared an anti-Wall Street tent camp in Boston's financial district early on Saturday morning, arresting 47 people in one of the few remaining major U.S. cities where authorities had not yet evicted demonstrators. In a mostly peaceful action, more than 100 police officers swept into the area before sunrise, when many of the campers were asleep, and sealed off the streets. Boston police said 33 men and 14 women were arrested, mostly for trespassing. ...


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Puerto Rico fugitive caught in Dominican Republic
Sat,10 Dec 2011 08:07 AM PST
AP - Federal authorities and police in the Dominican Republic have arrested one of Puerto Rico's most sought-after criminals. Full Story
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Va. Woman Arrested for Allegedly Raising Money With Fake Cancer
Sat,10 Dec 2011 05:00 AM PST
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photoA woman in Mechanicsville, Va., was arrested Wednesday for allegedly raising money by falsely claiming she had cancer. Martha Nicholas, 42, who claimed she was a four-time cancer patient and participated in multiple community cancer fundraisers, including one for the American Cancer Society, allegedly made up...

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Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 40 arrested
Sat,10 Dec 2011 04:15 AM PST
AP - Police have evicted Wall Street protesters from Boston's Dewey Square, tearing down tents and arresting about 40 people. Full Story
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Convicted molester who cast for Hollywood arrested
Sat,10 Dec 2011 01:19 AM PST
AP - A convicted child molester who worked under an alias in casting children's movies has been arrested on charges of violating sex-offender registration laws. Full Story
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Jazz center Jefferson's girlfriend arrested
Fri,9 Dec 2011 04:47 PM PST
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photo The live-in girlfriend of Utah Jazz center Al Jefferson was arrested in a domestic dispute after authorities say she bit the 6-foot-10, 265-pound player.


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Convicted Connecticut murderer sentenced to death
Fri,9 Dec 2011 03:57 PM PST
Reuters - NEW HAVEN (Reuters) - A Connecticut jury handed down a death sentence on Friday to a man convicted of killing a mother and her two daughters in a grisly home invasion that left the girls' father as the sole survivor. Joshua Komisarjevsky, 31, will join his accomplice, Steven Hayes, on death row for the July 2007 murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit, 48, and her two daughters Hayley Petit, 17, and Michaela Petit, 11. Hawke-Petit was raped and strangled, and the girls died of smoke inhalation after the home was set on fire. Dr. William Petit, the girls' father, was badly beaten but survived. ... Full Story
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Man condemned to death in Conn. home invasion
Fri,9 Dec 2011 01:16 PM PST
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photo A jury condemned a Connecticut man to death Friday for killing a woman and her two daughters during a night of terror inside their suburban home, rejecting defense attorneys' request to spare his life in light of the abuse he suffered as a boy.


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Jodie Foster's estranged dad sentenced in scam
Fri,9 Dec 2011 12:48 PM PST
AP - A judge has sentenced Jodie Foster's estranged father to five years in a Los Angeles jail for bilking more than $100,000 from poor and elderly people in a home-building scheme. Full Story
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Honduras passes wiretap, bike laws to stem crime
Fri,9 Dec 2011 10:56 AM PST
AP - The Honduran Congress has passed bills allowing authorities to wiretap the telephone conversations, emails and bank accounts of suspected criminals and temporarily banning motorcycles from carrying passengers. Full Story
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Convict awaiting new murder trial enjoys freedom
Fri,9 Dec 2011 10:24 AM PST
AP - A convicted murderer who was freed without bail while awaiting a new trial enjoyed his first hours of freedom by swimming in a hotel pool and eating at McDonald's. Full Story
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Officer found guilty of lying about post-Katrina shooting
Fri,9 Dec 2011 10:12 AM PST
Reuters - NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - A jury on Friday convicted one police officer and acquitted another of lying about their role in a civilian's killing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The jury found Ronald Mitchell, 34, guilty on one count of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury for telling authorities he got out of his patrol car and checked the condition of 45-year-old Danny Brumfield after shooting Brumfield with a pistol-grip shotgun on September 3, 2005. Two witnesses had testified to the contrary, saying the patrol unit never stopped after the shots were fired. ... Full Story
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Jurors deliberating again in Conn. home invasion
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:35 AM PST
AP - A Connecticut jury is in its fifth day of deliberations on whether a man convicted of killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion should get the death penalty or life in prison. Full Story
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China woman sentenced to death over poisoned milk
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:21 AM PST
AFP - A Chinese court has sentenced a woman to death and jailed her husband for life after they were convicted of deliberately poisoning milk that killed three children, a statement said. Full Story
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Jurors still deadlocked at trial of NYC councilman
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:05 AM PST
AP - Jurors say they're still deadlocked at the corruption trial of a veteran New York City politician. But the judge says they should keep trying. Full Story
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China farmer gets death penalty for poisoning milk
Fri,9 Dec 2011 09:04 AM PST
AP - A Chinese dairy farmer has been sentenced to death for lacing her rival's milk supply with industrial salt, causing the deaths of three young children, state media said Friday. Full Story
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1 cop guilty, 1 acquitted of lying about shooting
Fri,9 Dec 2011 08:37 AM PST
AP - A jury has convicted one New Orleans police officer of lying about circumstances of a fatal shooting outside the city's convention center after Hurricane Katrina. Full Story
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Australia can appeal 'war crime' extradition ban
Fri,9 Dec 2011 02:15 AM PST
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photoThe Australian government on Friday won the right to appeal a court ruling preventing the extradition of a 90-year-old man to Hungary where he is accused of war crimes during World War II.


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Arrested Filipino ex-leader moved to army hospital
Fri,9 Dec 2011 02:00 AM PST
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photo Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was transferred to a military hospital Friday to be detained on electoral fraud charges in the next chapter in the Philippines' political drama pitting her against a popular, reformist successor.


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Arrested Filipino ex-leader moved to govt hospital
Thu,8 Dec 2011 11:59 PM PST
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photo Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is being transferred to a military hospital to be detained on electoral fraud charges.


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