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Man arrested for throwing bottle at Bolt
Sun,5 Aug 2012 05:07 PM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - A man was arrested for throwing a plastic bottle at Usain Bolt and the seven other competitors just before the start of the 100 meters final at the Olympics on Sunday, London's Metropolitan Police said. A police spokesman said a man had been heard shouting abuse and was then seen throwing a bottle, which landed behind the sprinters just after the starter told the runners to "set". The spectator, arrested on suspicion of causing a public nuisance, was removed from the stadium and taken to a police station in east London. ... Full Story | Top |
Loughner to plead guilty in Arizona shooting spree
Sat,4 Aug 2012 09:22 PM PDT
Reuters -  PHOENIX (Reuters) - Jared Loughner, the man accused of killing six people and wounding then-U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords in 2011, is set to plead guilty in a Tucson court on Tuesday, a person familiar with the case said. The source confirmed that the federal government believed Loughner was now competent to stand trial and will argue that in court on Tuesday. Loughner is willing to change his plea to guilty at the previously scheduled hearing, the source said. ...
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Report: Jared Lee Loughner to Plead Guilty in Tucson Shooting
Sat,4 Aug 2012 04:01 PM PDT
National Journal - Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman in the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to the attack that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. The plea could result in a life sentence for Loughner, according to the AP. In 2011, Loughner pled not guilty to 49 charges surrounding the attacks. Full Story | Top |
Report: Jared Lee Loughner to Plead Guilty in Tuscan Shooting
Sat,4 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT
National Journal - Jared Lee Loughner, the alleged gunman in the January 8, 2011 shooting in Tuscan, Arizona, is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to the attack that killed six people and injured 13, including former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, according to a report from the Los Angeles Times. The plea could result in a life sentence for Loughner, according to the AP. In 2011, Loughner pled not guilty to 49 charges surrounding the attacks. Full Story | Top |
Vermont man arrested after crushing police cruisers with tractor
Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:37 AM PDT
Reuters - LITTLETON, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A Vermont man was arrested after allegedly running over seven police cruisers with a tractor, police said on Friday. Roger Pion, 34, of Newport, Vermont now faces seven counts of unlawful mischief and three other charges after being arrested by state police for crushing cruisers belonging to the Orleans County Sheriff's Department in the town of Derby on Thursday. "I felt like I was in a monster jam rally or something," said Rene Morris, an eyewitness told local television station WCAX. ... Full Story | Top |
Parents found guilty of murdering daughter in UK
Fri,3 Aug 2012 11:01 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The girl was murdered by her Pakistani parents for her Western ways. And it was her little sister who bravely told jurors how her mother and father suffocated the 17-year-old with a plastic bag — gripping testimony that led to her parents' murder conviction on Friday.
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Missouri priest to plead guilty in child porn case
Thu,2 Aug 2012 11:17 AM PDT
Associated Press - A Roman Catholic priest in Kansas City is expected to plead guilty Thursday in a federal child pornography case that also led to charges against the diocese bishop for failing to report suspected child abuse. Full Story | Top |
Judge rejects second request for mistrial in Drew Peterson case
Thu,2 Aug 2012 09:50 AM PDT
Reuters -  JOLIET, Illinois (Reuters) - A judge rejected a second request to declare a mistrial in the case of former suburban Chicago policeman Drew Peterson accused of killing his third wife, who was found dead in a dry bathtub in 2004. There is little physical evidence linking Peterson to the death of Kathleen Savio, so prosecutors have been trying to introduce testimony this week that Peterson made threats and tried to hire a hit man. Defense attorneys have objected to the testimony as hearsay, and have asked twice for a mistrial. ...
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Nearly 1.2 Million Forensic Requests To Publicly Funded Crime Labs Were Backlogged At Yearend 2009, Unchanged From 2008
Thu,2 Aug 2012 07:00 AM PDT
PR Newswire - WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At the end of 2009, the nation's publicly funded crime labs had an estimated backlog of 1.2 million requests for forensic services, relatively unchanged from the backlog at yearend 2008, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. A request was defined as backlogged if it had not been completed within 30 days.In 2009, the 411 federal, state, county and municipal labs began the year with more than 1.0 million backlogged requests and received an additional estimated 4. ... Full Story | Top |
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