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San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested
Wed,2 May 2012 05:39 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in riot gear raided a vacant San Francisco building before dawn on Wednesday, arresting 26 people and taking the structure back from demonstrators who seized it the night before for use as a commune after a May Day march. The building, owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, was the site of a previous failed attempt by protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement to take over the vacant structure a month before. ...
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Oklahoma says running out of death penalty drug
Wed,2 May 2012 05:04 PM PDT
Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma, which executes more prisoners per capita than any other state, said on Wednesday it has only one remaining dose of pentobarbital, a key drug used to kill condemned prisoners. One reason the state is running out is because of a ban on the sale of drugs for such purposes by the European Union, which opposes the death penalty. Oklahoma has a single vial of pentobarbital left after the execution on Tuesday night of 57-year-old Michael B. Selsor, prison spokesman Jerry Massie said. ... Full Story | Top |
San Francisco police seize building from protesters, 26 arrested
Wed,2 May 2012 11:33 AM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Police in riot gear raided a vacant San Francisco building before dawn on Wednesday, arresting 26 people and taking the structure back from demonstrators who seized it the night before after a May Day march. The building, owned by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, was the site of a previous failed attempt by protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement to take over the vacant structure a month before. ...
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Ally of Kosovo PM acquitted of war crimes
Wed,2 May 2012 08:48 AM PDT
Reuters -  PRISTINA (Reuters) - A Kosovo Albanian politician and close ally of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was acquitted of war crimes on Wednesday after the case against him collapsed with the suicide of the central prosecution witness. Fatmir Limaj, a senior guerrilla fighter during the 1998-99 Kosovo war, and three co-defendants were accused of killing and torturing Serbs and fellow ethnic Albanians in the most high- profile case to be tried in the Balkan country. They were found not guilty by a panel of three judges, two foreign and one local, in the Kosovo capital, Pristina. ...
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767 arrested in 'Project Nefarious'
Wed,2 May 2012 07:09 AM PDT
National Journal - Federal agents and other law-enforcement officers arrested hundreds of people in or associated with transnational gangs in April as part of an international operation to combat human smuggling and trafficking. Full Story | Top |
Stoke's Jermaine Pennant arrested over assault
Wed,2 May 2012 05:52 AM PDT
Reuters -  LONDON (Reuters) - Stoke City soccer player Jermaine Pennant has been arrested after a woman was assaulted in a nightclub in Manchester, police sources said on Wednesday. The former Real Zaragoza and Liverpool player was also charged with drink driving, driving whilst disqualified and driving with no insurance, police said. Pennant, 29, once tipped as one of England's brightest footballing talents, was arrested early on Sunday morning following a crash between a white BMW and a silver Audi that occurred around two hours after the nightclub attack. ...
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Suspect arrested in Navy veterans fundraising scam
Wed,2 May 2012 05:28 AM PDT
Associated Press -  A fugitive on the run for more than two years has been arrested on accusations that he ran a scam that collected $100 million in donations from people in dozens of states who believed they were helping U.S. Navy veterans, Ohio's attorney general and the U.S. Marshals Service announced Tuesday.
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Ally of Kosovo PM acquitted of war crimes
Wed,2 May 2012 05:04 AM PDT
Reuters - PRISTINA (Reuters) - A Kosovo Albanian politician and close ally of Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was acquitted of war crimes on Wednesday after the case against him collapsed with the suicide of the central prosecution witness. Fatmir Limaj, a senior guerrilla fighter during the 1998-99 Kosovo war, and three co-defendants were accused of killing and torturing Serbs and fellow ethnic Albanians in the most high- profile case to be tried in the Balkan country. They were found not guilty by a panel of three judges, two foreign and one local, in the Kosovo capital, Pristina. ... Full Story | Top |
Dozens arrested during May Day protests across U.S.
Tue,1 May 2012 10:36 PM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK/OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - Occupy Wall Street protesters smashed windows in Seattle, were chased through New York streets by police on scooters, and clashed repeatedly with officers in Oakland on Tuesday in May Day demonstrations intended to revive their movement against economic injustice. While many events involving thousands of people remained peaceful or even festive and few injuries were reported, dozens were arrested at rallies across the country, including more than 40 in New York during a series of skirmishes throughout the day. ...
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Oklahoma executes man sentenced to death twice
Tue,1 May 2012 05:32 PM PDT
Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A convicted Oklahoma killer who was spared execution once but asked for a new trial and was sentenced to death a second time was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday. Michael B. Selsor, 57, was the 18th person executed in the United States this year and the third person executed in Oklahoma in 2012. He was pronounced dead at 6:06 p.m. local time (1106 GMT) at the state prison in McAlester, Oklahoma, a prison spokesman said. He was executed for killing convenience store clerk Clayton Chandler on September 22, 1975, during an armed robbery in Tulsa, Oklahoma. ... Full Story | Top |
New Jersey Mom Arrested After Taking 5-Year-Old To Tanning Salon
Tue,1 May 2012 04:24 PM PDT
Good Morning America -  A New Jersey mother was arrested after her 5-year-old daughter sustained burns from time she spent in a tanning booth. Patricia Krentcil, 44, is out on bail following her arrest on a second degree child endangerment charge. "The little girl went to school and reported...
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Feds seek death penalty in Somali yacht hijacking
Tue,1 May 2012 02:41 PM PDT
Associated Press - Federal prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against three Somalis charged with murder in the fatal shooting of four Americans aboard a hijacked yacht last year, according to a court document unsealed Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Five arrested in alleged Cleveland plot to blow up bridge
Tue,1 May 2012 02:33 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON/CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Authorities arrested five self-described anarchists in the Cleveland area for allegedly plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge, but they were caught by an FBI undercover sting and had no ties to foreign terrorism, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday. The suspects, ranging in ages from 20 to 37, placed what they believed were bombs on the bridge last night and tried to detonate them by calling and sending text messages to cell phones attached to the explosives, authorities said. ...
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4 months for husband of Ohio ex-fraud fugitive
Tue,1 May 2012 01:59 PM PDT
Associated Press - The husband of a former fugitive who spent more than two years in Mexico following her conviction in Ohio in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud has been sentenced to four months house arrest. Full Story | Top |
Would-Be Subway Bomber Found Guilty
Tue,1 May 2012 12:50 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire - A jury convicted the guy accused of plotting to bomb the New York subway system Tuesday, putting an end to what has seemed like a relatively quiet trial. Full Story | Top |
Oklahoma man sentenced to death twice set to be executed
Tue,1 May 2012 11:28 AM PDT
Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A convicted Oklahoma killer who was spared execution once but asked for a new trial and was sentenced to death a second time is set to be put to death on Tuesday. Michael B. Selsor was convicted of killing a Tulsa convenience store clerk in 1975. After he was sentenced to death, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that Oklahoma's capital punishment law was unconstitutional and his sentence was modified to life in prison. ... Full Story | Top |
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