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| "Honey Boo Boo" star arrested for going ape on Georgia Freeway Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:13 PM PST LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If you tend to believe that the cast members of TLC reality series "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" are less than totally evolved, rejoice; this story might just confirm your suspicions. "Crazy" Tony Lindsey - the cousin of "Honey Boo Boo"'s titular star Alana Thompson" - was arrested in Georgia earlier this week following a goofy, but dangerous, stunt involving a gorilla suit, TMZ reports. ... Full Story | Top |
| Two Pakistan-born brothers arrested in Florida on terrorism charges Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:10 PM PST MIAMI (Reuters) - Two Pakistan-born brothers living in Florida have been arrested on charges of providing support to terrorists and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction within the United States, authorities said on Friday. The men were charged in a grand jury indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Federal prosecutors allege the men, both U.S. citizens, provided money, housing, communications equipment and transportation as part of a conspiracy. ... Full Story | Top |
| Alabama man sentenced for impeding child abuse investigation Friday, Nov 30, 2012 02:12 PM PST MOBILE, Alabama (Reuters) - An Alabama businessman convicted of attempting to cover up his son's molestation of children at a family-run orphanage in Honduras was sentenced on Friday to two months in jail. Bill Atkinson, 58, also was ordered to serve three years of home supervision and he was fined $25,000. A jury convicted Atkinson earlier this year on charges of conspiracy and obstructing justice. Federal prosecutors presented evidence that he had instructed two of his sons to destroy a digital video recorder that contained footage of his eldest son sexually abusing children. ... Full Story | Top |
| 4 Hofstra basketball players arrested in on-campus burglaries; school says they're suspended Friday, Nov 30, 2012 02:00 PM PST MINEOLA, N.Y. - Four Hofstra University basketball players were arrested on burglary charges stemming from dormitory room break-ins, police said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Fourth man sentenced to prison in failed Ohio bridge bomb plot Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:29 PM PST AKRON, Ohio (Reuters) - A self-described anarchist was sentenced on Friday to six years in prison after pleading guilty and agreeing to testify against others accused of plotting to blow up a four-lane highway bridge near Cleveland. Anthony Hayne, 36, pleaded guilty in July to conspiracy to use and the attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, as well as malicious use of an explosive device to destroy property used in interstate commerce. In sentencing Hayne, U.S. District Judge David D. Dowd Jr. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ore. budget proposal gambles on pensions and crime Friday, Nov 30, 2012 01:27 PM PST Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has released a state budget proposal calling for significant changes in public employee pensions and sentences for criminals. Full Story | Top |
| Settlement reached over $1M Arkansas lotto ticket Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:57 AM PST A lawsuit over who owns a $1 million scratch-off Arkansas lottery ticket that a woman pulled from a convenience store trash can was settled out of court, a defense attorney said Friday. Full Story | Top |
| Settlement reached over winning Ark. lotto ticket Friday, Nov 30, 2012 11:29 AM PST A defense attorney says a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over who owns a winning $1 million scratch-off ticket that an Arkansas woman pulled from the trash. Full Story | Top |
| Failed bomb plotter in Ohio given 6 years Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:40 AM PST  The first man to plead guilty in a failed plot to bomb a highway bridge in Ohio was sentenced Friday to six years in prison, the lightest sentence of the four handed out so far. Full Story | Top |
| NJ accountant sentenced to 4½ years in fraud case Friday, Nov 30, 2012 09:49 AM PST An accountant who faked an audit for a Costa Rican company as part of a $485 million life insurance scam and later testified against the fraud's mastermind was sentenced Friday to 4½ years in federal prison. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Nat'l Lampoon CEO to be sentenced in fraud case Friday, Nov 30, 2012 08:13 AM PST  A former chief executive of National Lampoon and two co-conspirators faced possible life sentences Friday after being convicted of swindling investors out of about $200 million. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-controller of NMFA pleads guilty to fake audit Friday, Nov 30, 2012 07:48 AM PST The former controller of a New Mexico financing agency couldn't fully explain his actions even as he stood in front of a judge Thursday to plead guilty to forgery and securities fraud for faking a financial audit that went to bond investors earlier this year. Full Story | Top |
| Couple arrested in Fla. theme park to return to NH Friday, Nov 30, 2012 07:23 AM PST  A fugitive couple arrested at a Florida theme park waived extradition and will voluntarily return to New Hampshire to face charges in the beating and burning of the woman's 3-year-old son. Full Story | Top |
| Uganda's anti-gay bill won't contain death penalty Friday, Nov 30, 2012 03:03 AM PST The Ugandan lawmaker who originally authored an anti-gay bill proposing death for some homosexual acts said Friday that a new version of the proposed legislation doesn't contain the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese man sentenced to death in sex slave murder case Friday, Nov 30, 2012 12:57 AM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court sentenced a man to death for holding six women as sex slaves in an underground prison and killing two of them, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. Li Hao, 35, was convicted of murder and rape in Luoyang Intermediate People's Court in China's central Henan province, Xinhua said. Media reported in 2011 that the former local government employee kidnapped six nightclub and karaoke bar workers and repeatedly raped them in a self-built dungeon. Two of the six were found dead when a 23-year-old woman escaped and led police to the basement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ore. inmate released in budget move is re-arrested Friday, Nov 30, 2012 12:14 AM PST Authorities are accusing a man of robbing an Oregon bank less than an hour after he was released from jail in a budget move. Full Story | Top |
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