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Japan political power broker acquitted in scandal
Wed,25 Apr 2012 07:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Ichiro Ozawa, the veteran Japanese lawmaker who engineered the ruling party's rise to power, was acquitted Thursday in a political funding scandal that has damaged his chances of becoming prime minister.
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NY, Fla. associates of 'mini-Madoff' arrested
Wed,25 Apr 2012 05:37 PM PDT
Associated Press - Four associates of a New York businessman convicted in a $400 million Ponzi scheme were arrested Wednesday on charges they pocketed nearly $38 million in commissions for their efforts in advancing the fraud, federal prosecutors said. Full Story | Top |
Los Angeles airport screeners arrested on drug, corruption charges
Wed,25 Apr 2012 05:15 PM PDT
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two security screeners at Los Angeles International Airport have been arrested on drug trafficking and corruption charges, accused of taking bribes to allow large narcotic shipments through the airport, authorities said on Wednesday. The pair were arrested along with two former airport screeners. Authorities said the screeners allowed drugs to pass through x-ray machine checkpoints in five incidents in exchange for payments of as much as $2,400. ... Full Story | Top |
John Edwards' defense attacks aide's credibility
Wed,25 Apr 2012 04:42 PM PDT
Reuters -  GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - Former U.S. Senator John Edwards' defense on Wednesday accused an ex-aide of lying about critical facts in the federal campaign finance prosecution stemming from Edwards' failed 2008 presidential bid. Andrew Young, who wrote a tell-all book about efforts to hide Edwards' pregnant mistress during the campaign, is now the government's key witness. He denied being untruthful, but admitted having described his former boss as "despicable." "You really hate him, don't you?" defense attorney Abbe Lowell asked. ...
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Los Angeles airport screeners arrested on drug, corruption charges
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:50 PM PDT
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two security screeners at Los Angeles International Airport have been arrested on drug trafficking and corruption charges, accused of taking bribes to allow large narcotic shipments through the airport, authorities said on Wednesday. The pair were arrested along with two former airport security workers linked to five incidents in which authorities said they took payments of up to $2,400 to facilitate the passage of suitcases filled with drugs through X-ray machine checkpoints. ...
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Accused drug dealer says paid off fugitive Venezuela judge
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:32 PM PDT
Reuters -  CARACAS (Reuters) - An accused Venezuelan drug lord wanted by the United States said on Wednesday he made monthly payments to a former judge who recently embarrassed President Hugo Chavez with accusations of widespread manipulation in the OPEC nation's justice system. The statement by Walid Makled, considered a major trafficker who is now on trial in Venezuela, is likely to fuel criticism by opposition leaders and U.S. authorities over the socialist government's alleged complicity with the drug trade. ...
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Chained AIDS protesters arrested in Wall St. area
Wed,25 Apr 2012 02:17 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Longtime AIDS activists who have chanted in the streets for a quarter century joined supporters of the much newer Occupy Wall Street movement Wednesday in a march through lower Manhattan to demand better health services.
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Connecticut abolishes death penalty
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Reuters -  HARTFORD, Connecticut (Reuters) - The governor of Connecticut on Wednesday signed into law a repeal of the death penalty, making it the fifth state in recent years to abandon capital punishment. Democratic Gov. Dannel Malloy signed the legislation without fanfare behind closed doors, saying in a statement it was "a moment for sober reflection, not celebration." With the law, which replaces the death penalty with life in prison without the possibility of parole, Connecticut joins 16 other states and the District of Columbia that do not allow capital punishment. ...
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Connecticut abolishes the death penalty
Wed,25 Apr 2012 01:33 PM PDT
AFP - Connecticut abolished the death penalty on Wednesday, but the repeal will not affect 11 people still on death row, including two men convicted over a gruesome 2007 "home invasion" attack. Full Story | Top |
Los Angeles airport screeners arrested on drug, corruption charges
Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:34 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Two former and two current security screeners at Los Angeles International Airport have been arrested on drug trafficking and corruption charges, accused of taking payments to allow passage of large drug shipments, authorities said on Wednesday. One drug courier was in state custody in the case and another courier was expected to surrender on Thursday, the U.S. Attorney based in Los Angeles said in a statement. (Reporting By Alex Dobuzinskis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston) Full Story | Top |
Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
Wed,25 Apr 2012 07:19 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ... Full Story | Top |
Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
Wed,25 Apr 2012 07:12 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ...
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Crime, disorder are main Olympic risks: UK official
Wed,25 Apr 2012 07:11 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Crime and disorder similar to Britain's 2011 summer riots are the most likely serious threats to the London Olympics although Islamist militants and al Qaeda offshoot groups pose a growing challenge, a British official said on Wednesday. Charles Farr, Director-General of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism at the Home Office (interior ministry), told a security conference that while al Qaeda's south Asia-based core leadership had weakened following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, the clout of its offshoot groups was rising. ... Full Story | Top |
Engineer arrested, feds probe BP's spill response
Wed,25 Apr 2012 12:28 AM PDT
Associated Press -  By arresting a former BP engineer Tuesday, federal prosecutors for the first time showed their hand in the Gulf oil spill case, saying they were probing whether BP PLC and its employees broke the law by intentionally lowballing how much oil was spewing from its out-of-control well.
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Venezuela: 5 arrested on money laundering charges
Tue,24 Apr 2012 08:49 PM PDT
Associated Press - Venezuela's top security official announced the arrests of five people on charges of money laundering and said Tuesday that there are suspicions some opposition politicians were involved in the scheme. Full Story | Top |
Brittany Killgore Murder: Second Suspect Arrested
Tue,24 Apr 2012 05:15 PM PDT
Good Morning America -  A Marine already charged with illegal possession of an assault rifle was arrested today on suspicion of murder in the killing of Marine wife Brittany Killgore.Staff Sgt. Louis Ray Perez, 45, was arrested on the new charge at Vista Detention, where he is being held.Killgore, 22, of Fallbrook, Calif., disappeared April 13, after telling friends she was going out in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. Her body was found four days later, dumped near Lake Skinner in Riverside County, Calif.Jessica Lopez, 25, was already charged with first degree murder in Killgore's death. ...
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