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Chile's Pinera signs hate crime law after gay youth death
Thu,12 Jul 2012 04:04 PM PDT
Reuters - SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Chile on Thursday became one of the last Latin American nations to pass an anti-discrimination law, after a brutal beating that led to a young gay man's death put pressure on conservative president Sebastian Pinera's government to act. The hate-crime bill, which was originally introduced by ex-president Ricardo Lagos, was signed into law by Pinera after being tied up in Congress for seven years. Chile, one of Latin America's richest countries, remains conservative and heavily influenced by the Catholic Church, which considers homosexual acts sinful. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-investigators for HP sentenced in fraud case
Thu,12 Jul 2012 04:02 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Two former private investigators were each sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for their roles in an infamous Silicon Valley spying scandal in which prosecutors said they used false identities to access the Social Security numbers and other information on Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists.
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US to Iraq: Review case of acquitted militant
Thu,12 Jul 2012 03:42 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The White House has asked Iraq to review the case of a Hezbollah commander who was accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed five American soldiers or hand him over to the United States, a senior Obama administration official said Thursday, though two Iraqi courts have declared him not guilty.
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Ex-Calif. mayor to plead guilty in bribery case
Thu,12 Jul 2012 02:49 PM PDT
Associated Press - The former mayor and the one-time city manager of the corruption-riddled city of Cudahy have agreed to plead guilty to bribery and extortion charges for supporting the opening of a medical marijuana dispensary, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
Oct. trial set in Miss. suit over health care law
Thu,12 Jul 2012 05:15 AM PDT
Associated Press - A federal judge in Mississippi has scheduled a trial for October in a lawsuit that claims the Obama Administration's health care law is illegal, in part based on arguments that it violates individual privacy rights by forcing citizens to buy insurance. Full Story | Top |
Hong Kong's new government suffers fresh blow as official arrested
Thu,12 Jul 2012 03:36 AM PDT
Reuters - HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's development secretary stepped down on Thursday amid news of his arrest by the city's anti-corruption agency on suspicion of corruption, a government spokesman said, dealing a fresh blow to the city's beleaguered new leader Leung Chun-ying. Leung, who is himself ensnared in a scandal over six illegal structures at his HK$500 million ($64 million) home in the exclusive Peak district, made Mak Chai-kwong his development minister barely two weeks ago. A spokesperson for Mak confirmed he had resigned, but declined to comment on reports of his arrest. ... Full Story | Top |
Italian carmaker De Tomaso chairman arrested
Thu,12 Jul 2012 01:53 AM PDT
Reuters - TURIN (Reuters) - The chairman of carmaker De Tomaso, Gian Mario Rossignolo, and two other men were arrested in a probe to determine whether they may have misused 7.5 million euros ($9.2 million) of public funds in a failed turnaround plan, Italy's tax police said on Thursday. The botched De Tomaso turnaround aimed to use a former Pininfarina factory on the outskirts of Turin to produce SUVs and sports cars. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-HP investigators to be sentenced in fed court
Thu,12 Jul 2012 01:17 AM PDT
Associated Press - Two former private investigators are facing sentencing on charges of allegedly using false identities to gain access to the phone records of Hewlett-Packard board members, employees and journalists.
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8 Catholic rioters arrested before Belfast parades
Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:56 PM PDT
Associated Press - Police say they have arrested eight Irish nationalist men involved in Belfast rioting hours before the start of Protestant parades by the Orange Order brotherhood, an annual event that usually strains Northern Ireland's sectarian tensions. Full Story | Top |
Father arrested after daughters found dead in Wis.
Wed,11 Jul 2012 04:37 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A man suspected of killing his three young daughters unexpectedly contacted their mother Tuesday, asking to stop by for a visit. He later called her to say he had hurt the girls, police said Wednesday, and, soon after, authorities found their bodies in the River Falls home.
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Fugitive murderer could be today's terrorist
Wed,11 Jul 2012 03:15 PM PDT
Associated Press -  A fugitive murderer from New Jersey could be tried as a terrorist today because he helped hijack an airliner in 1972, a former FBI agent who worked on the case for 17 years said Wednesday.
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Ex-Haiti official sentenced in telecom bribery probe
Wed,11 Jul 2012 11:00 AM PDT
Reuters - MIAMI (Reuters) - A former executive at Haiti's state-owned telecommunications company has been sentenced to a year in prison for accepting bribes from two U.S. companies awarded lucrative long-distance phone contracts in the poor Caribbean country. Patrick Joseph, the former director general of Haiti Teleco, pleaded guilty to bribery charges in February. Court documents show he is cooperating with U.S. authorities in a high-profile probe involving several former officials who served under former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. ... Full Story | Top |
Massachusetts man pleads guilty in plot to attack Pentagon, Capitol
Tue,10 Jul 2012 09:12 PM PDT
Reuters -  BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts man charged with plotting to attack the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol with large, remote-controlled model airplanes packed with explosives has agreed to plead guilty, authorities said on Tuesday. Prosecutors and defense attorneys have agreed to request a 17-year sentence for Rezwan Ferdaus on charges that he attempted to damage and destroy a federal building, and attempted to provide material support to terrorists. ...
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An Investigation Inside the 'Arrested Development' Writer's Room
Tue,10 Jul 2012 07:32 PM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  Ron Howard is a wonderful, charitable man for tweeting this picture from the Arrested Development writer's room. So what can we learn from this picture? This is our forensic investigation of the Arrested Development writer's room based on one cell phone picture:
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Dozens arrested in loan fraud scheme with victims in U.S, Canada
Tue,10 Jul 2012 04:59 PM PDT
Reuters - BUFFALO, New York (Reuters) - Dozens of people were charged in what federal authorities on Tuesday called a highly sophisticated loan fraud scheme that robbed $2.7 million from at least 2,000 victims with poor credit histories in Canada and the United States. Would-be borrowers were lured to websites of 67 fictitious businesses with names similar to well-known lenders such as "Countrywide Funding," which sounds similar to the legitimate Countrywide Financial Corp., and "Admiral Financial Services," which mirrors Admiral Financial Corp., authorities said. ... Full Story | Top |
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