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| Top former Dominican anti-drug official arrested on drug charges Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:46 PM PDT SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Reuters) - - Authorities in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday arrested a former police colonel accused of being a "powerful drug trafficker" responsible for sending tons of cocaine to the United States. Francisco Hiraldo Guerrero, chief operating officer of the country's main counter-drug agency, the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD), between 2006-2008, would be extradited to the United States where he faces four counts of drug trafficking in the Southern District of New York, the government said. ... Full Story | Top |
| Green Party presidential hopeful arrested in pipeline protest Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:36 PM PDT  (Reuters) - Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was arrested in Texas on Wednesday for criminal trespass when she tried to bring food and other supplies to protesters opposed to the Keystone XL pipeline, a local official said. Ty Oaks, a corrections officer at the Wood County jail, said Stein, 62, was released after she promised to return to appear in court on the trespass charge. Oaks did not know when Stein's court date would be. Calls to the Green Party, an environment-oriented left-leaning party, requesting comment on Stein's arrest were not immediately returned. ... Full Story | Top |
| Child sex convict Sandusky sent to Pennsylvania maximum security prison Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 04:05 PM PDT  HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Former Penn State assistant football coach and convicted child sexual predator Jerry Sandusky will spend the rest of his days in a maximum security prison in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, the state corrections system decided on Wednesday. Sandusky, 68, who was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison this month for sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period, was transferred to the State Correctional Institution at Greene County, near Pittsburgh, where he was put in protective custody. ... Full Story | Top |
| Silicon Valley exporter sentenced to prison Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 01:06 PM PDT A Silicon Valley electronics exporter was sentenced to a little more than a year in prison for selling sensitive technology to China without a license. Full Story | Top |
| Dad Who Taped Tot's Mouth Acquitted Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 06:13 AM PDT  Attorney Calls Dad a Good Father Who Was Just Being Playful Full Story | Top |
| Thai man acquitted of insulting king on Facebook Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 05:51 AM PDT A Thai criminal court has acquitted a 41-year-old computer programmer of charges that he insulted the country's king on Facebook. Full Story | Top |
| Ohio teen found guilty of aggravated murder in Craigslist scheme Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 10:40 PM PDT AKRON, Ohio - A teenager was found guilty of aggravated murder Tuesday for his role in a deadly plot to lure men desperate for work with phoney Craigslist job offers. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in casino chip theft arrested in Calif Tuesday, Oct 30, 2012 09:36 PM PDT A man suspected of sneaking into a restricted area of the Venetian resort and stealing $1.6 million in casino chips was arrested in Southern California, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
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