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News: Ted Nugent agrees to plead guilty in illegal kill Three arrested after fatal shooting at Texas cockfighting ring San Diego area school shooter sentenced to life Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Commissioner Of New York City Department Of Correction For Service To Crime Victims US judge commutes death penalty in racial killing Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Arizona Financial Compliance Program With Award, Provides Restitutions To Victims Of Crime Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Two Individuals For Strength, Perseverance In Bringing Justice To A Horrific Crime Last sentence handed down in Abramoff probe 3 arrested as Colo school cracks down on pot rally Dallas Trucker Arrested in Mexico With Ammunition Made Wrong Turn, Boss Says Judge: Race played role in NC death penalty case Man extradited to NY to face computer charges Double-murderer who escaped from jail arrested China's top court spares woman death penalty in fraud case Mali's military frees arrested officials Increasingly nasty skirmishes see 150 arrested during Quebec student protest New Zealand journalist 'arrested in Zimbabwe' Mali's military frees arrested officials Sun journalist arrested in British corruption probe Prosecutors to seek death penalty for ex-Marine Iraq's Kurdish leader meets fugitive countryman US lawmakers seek data on anti-Sikh crime Netflix's Arrested Development strategy: Revolutionary? Police: SC McDonald's employee arrested after spitting in 2 customers' sweet tea Body found might be Marine's wife; woman arrested Ted Nugent agrees to plead guilty in illegal kill Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:54 PM PDT Associated Press - Rocker and wildlife hunter Ted Nugent has agreed to plead guilty to transporting a black bear he illegally killed in southeast Alaska. Full Story Top Three arrested after fatal shooting at Texas cockfighting ring Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Three people in Texas were arrested and charged with operating a cockfighting ring, a local sheriff said on Friday, a day after masked gunmen shot three people during a match. Investigators have not identified the gunmen who shot the spectators Thursday morning in a remote area about 20 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino said. Police arrested a man and woman who owned the land where an elaborate cockfighting ring operated for years, and the proprietor who rented the location, Trevino said. ... Full Story Top San Diego area school shooter sentenced to life Fri,20 Apr 2012 03:36 PM PDT Associated Press - A gunman who injured two second-graders when he opened fire on a crowded elementary school playground near San Diego was sentenced Friday to life in prison. Full Story Top Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Commissioner Of New York City Department Of Correction For Service To Crime Victims Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:50 PM PDT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder recognized Commissioner Dora Schriro, from the New York City Department of Correction, with the Allied Professional Award today at the 2012 annual victims' service awards ceremony, a prelude to the nation's observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 22-28, 2012. Full Story Top US judge commutes death penalty in racial killing Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:42 PM PDT AFP - A North Carolina judge Friday commuted the death penalty of a black man accused of murdering a white man, saying race played a role in the severity of the sentence, in the first case reviewed under a new state law. Full Story Top Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Arizona Financial Compliance Program With Award, Provides Restitutions To Victims Of Crime Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:26 PM PDT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder recognized the Maricopa County Adult Probation Department's Financial Compliance Program with the Crime Victims Financial Restoration Award today at the 2012 annual victims' service awards ceremony, a prelude to the nation's observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 22-28, 2012. Full Story Top Attorney General Eric Holder Honors Two Individuals For Strength, Perseverance In Bringing Justice To A Horrific Crime Fri,20 Apr 2012 02:24 PM PDT PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, April 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorney General Eric Holder recognized two survivors with the Special Courage Award today at the 2012 annual victims' service awards ceremony, a prelude to the nation's observance of National Crime Victims' Rights Week, April 22-28, 2012. Full Story Top Last sentence handed down in Abramoff probe Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:57 PM PDT Associated Press - Tony Rudy was among the first people to plead guilty in the long-running probe of influence peddling tied to Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff. On Friday, the former aide to Rep. Tom DeLay was the last person sentenced in an investigation that focused on Congress, racked up 21 convictions, yet netted only one lawmaker. Full Story Top 3 arrested as Colo school cracks down on pot rally Fri,20 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT Associated Press - Three protesters have been arrested for trespassing on a grassy quadrangle at the University of Colorado where officials are trying to stamp out one of the nation's largest annual campus celebrations of marijuana. Full Story Top Dallas Trucker Arrested in Mexico With Ammunition Made Wrong Turn, Boss Says Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:32 AM PDT Good Morning America - Mexico Has Strict Firearms Laws, and Driver Could Face Long Prison Term Full Story Top Judge: Race played role in NC death penalty case Fri,20 Apr 2012 09:05 AM PDT Associated Press - A condemned killer's trial was so tainted by the racially influenced decisions of prosecutors that he should be removed from death row and serve a life sentence, a judge ruled Friday in a precedent-setting North Carolina decision. Full Story Top Man extradited to NY to face computer charges Fri,20 Apr 2012 07:09 AM PDT Associated Press - A man has been brought to New York from Estonia to face charges he steered millions of computers worldwide toward certain websites and advertisements. Full Story Top Double-murderer who escaped from jail arrested Fri,20 Apr 2012 05:18 AM PDT Associated Press - A double-murderer who escaped from a county jail in Kansas days ago has been captured. Full Story Top China's top court spares woman death penalty in fraud case Fri,20 Apr 2012 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - BEIJING (Reuters) - China's top court on Friday overturned a death sentence for a self-made Chinese businesswoman convicted in a multi-million dollar scheme to bilk investors, in a contentious fraud case that sparked sympathy for the self-made daughter of a peasant. Wu Ying, 31, was convicted by a lower court in 2009 for cheating investors out of 380 million yuan ($60.3 million) by offering annualized returns as high as 180 percent, having spent the money on clothing and lavish dinners as well as buying four BMW cars and a Ferrari with a price tag of 3.75 million yuan. ... Full Story Top Mali's military frees arrested officials Thu,19 Apr 2012 11:21 PM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military has released all the senior political and army officials it arrested earlier this week, the army leaders behind last month's coup said on Thursday. Separately, neighbouring Senegal said Mali's ousted former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was on a plane heading for the capital Dakar. Senegal revealed this week that Toure been sheltering in its embassy in the Malian capital, Bamako. Toure fled his palace on March 22. ... Full Story Top Increasingly nasty skirmishes see 150 arrested during Quebec student protest Thu,19 Apr 2012 09:07 PM PDT Associated Press - GATINEAU, Que. - Increasingly nasty skirmishes in Quebec between police and student protesters resulted in 150 arrests in one spot Thursday, in a province filled with politically charged anti-tuition demonstrations. Full Story Top New Zealand journalist 'arrested in Zimbabwe' Thu,19 Apr 2012 05:29 PM PDT AFP - Zimbabwean police have arrested a journalist from New Zealand for reporting from the southern African country without accreditation, state media reported Friday. Full Story Top Mali's military frees arrested officials Thu,19 Apr 2012 04:27 PM PDT Reuters - BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali's military has released all the senior political and army officials it arrested earlier this week, the army leaders behind last month's coup said on Thursday. Separately, neighboring Senegal said Mali's ousted former president, Amadou Toumani Toure, was on a plane heading for the capital Dakar. Senegal revealed this week that Toure been sheltering in its embassy in the Malian capital, Bamako. Toure fled his palace on March 22. ... Full Story Top Sun journalist arrested in British corruption probe Thu,19 Apr 2012 12:55 PM PDT AFP - A journalist from Britain's best-selling The Sun newspaper, reportedly its royal editor, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of illegally paying public officials, police said. Full Story Top Prosecutors to seek death penalty for ex-Marine Thu,19 Apr 2012 12:04 PM PDT Associated Press - An Oklahoma judge says prosecutors can seek the death penalty against a former Marine charged with killing four people, including a prostitute featured on HBO's "Cathouse" series. Full Story Top Iraq's Kurdish leader meets fugitive countryman Thu,19 Apr 2012 09:49 AM PDT AFP - Iraq's fugitive vice president, who has been sheltering in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, following a political dispute in Baghdad on Thursday met the region's leader Massud Barzani. Full Story Top US lawmakers seek data on anti-Sikh crime Thu,19 Apr 2012 08:38 AM PDT AFP - Nearly 100 US lawmakers appealed Thursday for a compiling of data on hate crimes against Sikh Americans, seeking better ways to combat racially motivated attacks against the community. Full Story Top Netflix's Arrested Development strategy: Revolutionary? Thu,19 Apr 2012 06:00 AM PDT The Week - When the cult-hit comedy is resurrected for its fanatically anticipated fourth season, the streaming video juggernaut will make all 10 episodes available at once Full Story Top Police: SC McDonald's employee arrested after spitting in 2 customers' sweet tea Wed,18 Apr 2012 07:12 PM PDT Associated Press - SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. - A South Carolina county's deputies say a McDonald's employee spit in two customers' cups of iced tea after the drinks were returned because they weren't sweet enough. Full Story Top Body found might be Marine's wife; woman arrested Wed,18 Apr 2012 03:11 PM PDT Associated Press - A Camp Pendleton Marine being investigated in the disappearance of the wife of another Marine in Southern California has been charged with stealing an assault weapon. Full Story Top

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