Daily News: Crime and Trials News Headlines - Woman charged with "murder as a hate crime" in fatal subway pushing

	Yahoo! News | My Alerts | Edit Alert
Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 04:53 PM PST
Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Woman charged with "murder as a hate crime" in fatal subway pushing Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run

Woman charged with "murder as a hate crime" in fatal subway pushing  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 04:53 PM PST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A woman suspected of shoving a man to his death in front of an oncoming New York subway train was arrested on Saturday and charged with "second-degree murder as a hate crime" in the second such fatality this month for one of the world's busiest transit systems. The district attorney for the New York City borough of Queens said Erika Menendez, 31, who was seen pacing the subway platform and muttering to herself before the attack, had told investigators that she pushed the victim, Sunando Sen, 46, on Thursday because "I hate Hindus and Muslims. ... Full Story	Top
Trotter cites legal trouble in ending US House run  Saturday, Dec 29, 2012 07:59 AM PST CHICAGO (AP) â€" An Illinois state lawmaker who was a frontrunner to replace former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. says he's ending his candidacy because he doesn't want the felony gun charges he faces to detract from the district's important issues. Full Story	Top

You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of persona l information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.