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Afghan child bride's in-laws sentenced for torture
Sat,5 May 2012 09:38 AM PDT
Associated Press -

FILE- In this Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 file photo, Afghan doctors, unseen, dress the tortured ear of Sahar Gul, 15-year-old at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq, File)The in-laws of a child bride who became the bruised and bloodied face of women's rights in Afghanistan have been sentenced to 10 years in prison for torture, abuse and human rights violations, a judge said Saturday.


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Full moon Saturday will be this year's biggest, but don't expect more crime or freaky behaviour
Sat,5 May 2012 03:50 AM PDT
Associated Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - The biggest and brightest full moon of the year arrives Saturday night as our celestial neighbour passes closer to Earth than usual. Full Story
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5 arrested and killed by gunmen wearing military uniforms in Nigeria
Sat,5 May 2012 03:42 AM PDT
Associated Press - LAGOS, Nigeria - Police say gunmen wearing military uniforms arrested and shot dead five people in northeast Nigeria as violence escalates in the region. Full Story
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APNewsBreak: Teen to plead guilty in Nev. killing
Fri,4 May 2012 03:55 PM PDT
Associated Press - The lawyer for one of two teens accused in the March 2011 killing of a Nevada classmate said Friday that the 19-year-old will plead guilty to first-degree murder. Full Story
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3 convicted, 6 acquitted in sex trafficking case
Fri,4 May 2012 03:22 PM PDT
Associated Press - A Tennessee federal jury split its verdict Friday against nine people accused of operating a sex trafficking ring across three states run mostly by Somali refugee gang members, convicting three men and acquitting six. Full Story
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2 more FAMU hazing death defendants arrested
Fri,4 May 2012 12:59 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two more defendants charged with the hazing death of a Florida A&M drum major have turned themselves in to authorities. Full Story
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Jockey Robby Albarado arrested on assault charge
Fri,4 May 2012 12:22 PM PDT
Associated Press - Jockey Robby Albarado was arrested Friday and charged with accosting a woman who says she was breaking up with him, resulting in the veteran rider losing his spot in the Kentucky Oaks later in the day. Full Story
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Clemson star Watkins arrested on drug charges
Fri,4 May 2012 11:52 AM PDT
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FILE - This Dec. 31, 2011 file photo shows Clemson' football player Sammy Watkins speaking to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference for the Orange Bowl, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, Watkins was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and a controlled substance on Friday, May 4, 2012, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Jeffrey M. Boan, File)Clemson All-American receiver Sammy Watkins was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and a controlled substance on Friday.


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Nuclear researcher sentenced in France for plotting attack
Fri,4 May 2012 11:05 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to five years in prison on Friday on charges of helping to plot an attack in France in 2009 with an al Qaeda militant in Algeria. Adlene Hicheur, 35, a former researcher at the prestigious CERN physics lab in Geneva, was found guilty of providing logistical advice to Mustapha Debchi, a militant for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), using encrypted messages sent via the Internet. ... Full Story
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Notorious B.C. brother sentenced to 12 years for drug conspiracy
Fri,4 May 2012 10:44 AM PDT
Associated Press - VANCOUVER - One of three brothers notorious for their alleged links to Vancouver's violent gang world has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for drug conspiracy charges. Full Story
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Nuclear researcher sentenced in France for plotting attack
Fri,4 May 2012 10:42 AM PDT
Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to five years in prison on Friday on charges of helping to plot an attack in France in 2009 with an al Qaeda militant in Algeria. Adlene Hicheur, 35, a former researcher at the prestigious CERN physics lab in Geneva, was found guilty of providing logistical advice to Mustapha Debchi, a militant for al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), using encrypted messages sent via the Internet. ... Full Story
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California Dad Arrested for Murder After Police Find Blood-Stained Apartment
Fri,4 May 2012 09:47 AM PDT
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California Dad Arrested for Murder After Police Find Blood-Stained ApartmentFather Arrested for Murder: Girlfriend, Children's Bodies Not Found


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Jurors have verdict in alleged 'Bishop' bombs case
Fri,4 May 2012 09:25 AM PDT
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FILE - This undated file image from television provided by KWWL-TV in Waterloo, Iowa, shows John P. Tomkins, of Dubuque, Iowa. Tomkins, was arrested in April 2007, accused of mailing pipe bombs to investment companies in hopes of driving up stock prices. On Thursday, May 3, 2012, at federal court in Chicago, Tomkins will deliver his own closing at his trial. Before closing arguments, Tomkins could also call himself to take the stand. The 47-year-old represents himself and speaks about himself in the third person. (AP Photo/KWWL-TV, File) NO SALESThere's a verdict at the trial of a former Iowa letter carrier accused of sending dud pipe bombs to investment advisers.


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Iraq's fugitive VP Hashemi 'fears for his life'
Fri,4 May 2012 08:55 AM PDT
AFP -

Tareq al-Hashemi is one of Iraq's top Sunni Arab officialsIraq's fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, accused of running a death squad, said Friday that he has no faith in the Iraqi justice system and fears for his life.


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Hong Kong tycoons' brother arrested in graft probe
Fri,4 May 2012 06:24 AM PDT
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FILE - In this March 7, 2007 file photo, Walter Kwok, center, chairman and chief executive, Raymond Kwok, left, and Thomas Kwok, right, both vice chairman and managing director, of Sun Hung Kai Properties attend a press conference to announce their company's interim results in Hong Kong. Walter Kwok was arrested Thursday, May 3, 2012 in a high profile anti-corruption probe that has already targeted his billionaire brothers and a top official. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)The former chief executive of Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. was arrested in a high profile anti-corruption probe that has already targeted his billionaire brothers and a former top official.


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Today's Top Stories: John McAfee Arrested, LinkedIn to Buy SlideShare
Thu,3 May 2012 11:46 PM PDT
Mashable - Welcome to this morning's edition of "First To Know," a series in which we keep you in the know on what's happening in the digital world. Today, we're looking at three particularly interesting stories. Full Story
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Third billionaire Kwok brother arrested in HK graft probe
Thu,3 May 2012 11:30 PM PDT
Reuters -

File photo of Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd joint Chairmen and Managing Directors Thomas Kwok and Raymond Kwok in Hong KongHONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong developer Sun Hung Kai Properties said its former chairman Walter Kwok was arrested and later bailed as part of a high-profile anti-corruption probe that has already included his two younger billionaire brothers and the former No.2 official in the city's government. Sun Hung Kai said in a statement that Walter Kwok, the eldest of three Kwok brothers and a non-executive board member, told the company he was arrested late on Thursday by the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC). ...


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Sky Capital founder sentenced to 12 years prison
Thu,3 May 2012 07:59 PM PDT
Reuters -

File photo of Ross Mandell, President and CEO of Sky Capital Holdings Ltd, being escorted by FBI agents after surrendering in New York(Reuters) - The former chief executive of defunct brokerage Sky Capital LLC was sentenced on Thursday in a Manhattan federal court to 12 years in prison for defrauding investors, Manhattan U.S. attorney Preet Bharara said. Last year, Ross Mandell and former Sky broker Adam Harrington were each convicted by a Manhattan federal jury of securities fraud, wire fraud and mail fraud, as well as conspiracy to commit each of these offenses. ...


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2 arrested after 2 bottles explode at high school
Thu,3 May 2012 06:25 PM PDT
Associated Press - Police say two students have been taken into custody after two chemical-filled bottles exploded at a Memphis high school. Full Story
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Two arrested after immigrants found stashed in Texas houses
Thu,3 May 2012 05:52 PM PDT
Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Two men face charges of harboring illegal immigrants after authorities found 115 migrants inside three small South Texas houses, some of whom had not had access to food or water for days, federal court records published on Thursday showed. Police responded to an emergency call on Wednesday from an immigrant inside one of the stash houses. The home was bound with padlocks and chains from the outside, with bars covering the windows, said Oscar Trevino, a police spokesman in Edinburg, about 15 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Full Story
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Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab
Thu,3 May 2012 04:46 PM PDT
Reuters -

The final F-22 Raptor fighter jet rolls out of the assembly plant during a ceremony marking the occasion at the Lockheed Martin Plant in Marietta , Georgia,WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks. Lockheed beat out General Dynamics Corp, which previously ran the center, to win the contract in January, but the award was held up by a protest filed with the General Accountability Office. ...


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'Bad boy' ex-investment manager sentenced in NYC
Thu,3 May 2012 04:11 PM PDT
Associated Press - A former investment manager known as Wall Street's "bad boy" was sentenced Thursday to 12 years in prison. Full Story
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Manitoba man accused of sex assaults on boys arrested in Spain
Thu,3 May 2012 03:43 PM PDT
Associated Press - WINNIPEG - A man accused of sexual assaulting three boys in Manitoba in the 1980s has been arrested overseas after a police hunt that led through England, Ireland and finally Spain. Full Story
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Two arrested after 115 immigrants stashed in Texas
Thu,3 May 2012 03:37 PM PDT
Reuters - EDINBURG, Texas (Reuters) - Two men face immigrant harboring charges after authorities found 115 undocumented people inside three small South Texas houses, some of whom did not have access to food or water for days, according to federal court records published on Thursday. Police responded to an emergency call on Wednesday from an illegal immigrant inside one of the stash houses. The home was bound with padlocks and chains from the outside, with bars covering the windows, said Oscar Trevino, a police spokesman in Edinburg, about 15 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. ... Full Story
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Amy Senser Found Guilty in Fatal Hit-and-Run Case
Thu,3 May 2012 02:52 PM PDT
Good Morning America -

Amy Senser Found Guilty in Fatal Hit-and-Run CaseAmy Senser, the wife of a former NFL star, was today found guilty in two of three felony counts related to criminal vehicular homicide.Senser was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to promptly report an accident, but was acquitted on the third felony charge of gross negligence. She was also convicted of misdemeanor careless driving.The 45-year-old showed little emotion as the verdicts were read. She stared straight ahead. Jurors looked tense at the conclusion of the highly publicized trial in Hennepin County District Court, in Minnesota. ...


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