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Tijuana drug gang leader extradited to US
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:57 PM PDT
AFP - Mexico extradited the former deputy leader of a Tijuana drug cartel to the United States on Friday to face racketeering, money laundering and narcotics trafficking charges, US officials said. Full Story | Top |
Police: NH woman arrested 4 times in 26 hours
Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:06 PM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say a New Hampshire woman has been arrested four times in 26 hours for blasting the AC/DC song "Highway to Hell" and other loud music from her home and for throwing a frying pan. Full Story | Top |
That Canadian Maple Syrup Heist Is a Serious Crime
Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:06 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  If you can get past the novelty of the fact that Canada has strategic maple syrup reserve, and the "sticky fingers" jokes leading every single news story about it, the heist in which $30 million of maple syrup was stolen from a warehouse is actually pretty serious.
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Guatemala's ex-police chief arrested in Geneva over murders
Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:18 AM PDT
Reuters - GENEVA (Reuters) - Swiss authorities said they had arrested Guatemala's former chief of police on Friday in connection with a series of murders committed in the Central American country between 2004 and 2007. Erwin Sperisen resigned in 2007 after eight murders raised fears that senior officials were linked to drug gangs. Geneva prosecutor Olivier Jornot said that Sperisen, who was arrested five years after criminal complaints were first lodged in the Swiss city for killings in Guatemala, will be questioned over his alleged role in the killing of prisoners at the El Infiernito and Pavon ... Full Story | Top |
Russian arrested in killing denies Pussy Riot ties
Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:54 AM PDT
Associated Press -  Investigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.
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Arrested Russian killer denies ties to Pussy Riot
Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:51 AM PDT
Associated Press - Investigators say police have detained a man who has confessed to killing two women in a central Russian city, and then tried to mislead investigations by scrawling a message at the murder scene demanding freedom for jailed members of the Pussy Riot band.
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Colorado shooting suspect may have called university before rampage
Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:18 PM PDT
Reuters -  CENTENNIAL, Colo. (Reuters) - Accused Colorado gunman James Holmes may have phoned h is former university just nine minutes before last month's shooting at a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises" that killed 12 people, his lawyer said on Thursday. In a pretrial hearing, defense attorney Tamara Brady raised the possibility of such a call while questioning Dr. Lynne Fenton, a University of Colorado psychiatrist w h o treated Holmes in the month before the July 20 movie house shooting. ...
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Defense: Shooting suspect made call before attack
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:32 PM PDT
Associated Press -  The suspect in the Colorado shooting rampage tried unsuccessfully to call his university psychiatrist 9 minutes before he opened fire during a Batman movie premiere, defense attorneys revealed in court Thursday.
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Texas man sentenced to 99 years over gang rape of 11-year-old
Thu,30 Aug 2012 06:16 PM PDT
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas man accused of taking part in the gang rape of an 11-year-old girl in an abandoned trailer along with 19 other men and boys was convicted on Thursday of aggravated sexual assault in a case that shocked a small Texas town, court officials said. The man, 20-year-old Eric McGowen, was sentenced to 99 years in prison, Liberty County Court officials said. He had been free on bond pending the outcome of the trial but disappeared after the victim testified against him on Wednesday. A warrant was issued for his arrest. ... Full Story | Top |
Scores arrested in new Maldives protest against Nasheed ruling
Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:55 PM PDT
Reuters -  MALE (Reuters) - Maldives police arrested at least 12 people in the early hours of Friday to break up a protest by supporters of former president Mohamed Nasheed against a report that said he had been replaced legitimately. Hundreds of angry supporters of Nasheed had blocked a main road in the capital Male for three hours before the arrests forced them to disperse. On Thursday, around 50 protesters had been detained. After his removal on February 7, Nasheed, in power since 2008, said he had been forced to resign at gunpoint by mutinying police and soldiers. ...
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Ga. prosecutor seeks death penalty for 3 soldiers
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:26 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Georgia prosecutors will seek the death penalty against three Army soldiers accused of killing a former serviceman and his girlfriend to protect an anti-government militia group, officials said Thursday during tense court hearings in which one victim's stepfather was tackled and handcuffed as he tried to rush the defense table.
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Jury deliberates Texas sex assault case
Thu,30 Aug 2012 12:04 PM PDT
Associated Press -  Attorneys have made their closing arguments and the jury has begun deliberating in the first trial to stem from the alleged repeated sexual assault of a young Texas girl by 20 men and boys two years ago.
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Soldiers Turned Terrorists Will Face the Death Penalty
Thu,30 Aug 2012 10:45 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  The three Georgia-based Army soldiers accused of killing a young couple and plotting to assassinate President Obama are getting the book thrown at them. In Long Country Superior Court Thursday, District Attorney Tom Durden vowed to seek the death penalty for F.E.A.R. militia members Pvt. Isaac Aguigui, Sgt. Anthony Peden and Pvt. Christopher Salmon, reports the Associated Press. Meanwhile, grieving relatives of the victims tell the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the F.E.A.R. members should be put to death. ...
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Former college lacrosse player to be sentenced for 2010 murder
Thu,30 Aug 2012 09:53 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A former University of Virginia lacrosse player faces up to 26 years in prison at his sentencing on Thursday for the 2010 murder of his ex-girlfriend, who was beaten to death shortly before she was due to graduate. A jury in February found George Huguely V, 24, guilty of second-degree murder and grand larceny in the death of 22-year-old Yeardley Love, who prosecutors said died of blunt force trauma after her head was slammed against a wall. ...
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