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| Florida jury recommends death penalty for man convicted of teen's murder Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 06:12 PM PDT ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - A Florida jury recommended the death penalty Tuesday for a man who lured a 15-year-old boy to an ambush in 2011 where he was shot, dismembered and incinerated in a fire pit. Michael Bargo, 21, was found guilty last week of first-degree murder for killing Seath Jackson whose remains were shoveled into paint cans and discarded in Summerfield, northwest of Orlando, according to court records. Bargo's co-defendants, who included two teenage girls, all admitted their roles in the killing and are serving life sentences in prison. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Girls Gone Wild' mogul Joe Francis sentenced in assault case Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  By Tim Kenneally LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Joe Francis, the man behind "Girls Gone Wild," is going behind bars for a while. Francis was sentenced to 270 days in jail on Tuesday, stemming from a 2011 assault at his Bel Air mansion, CBS Los Angeles reports. Francis also received three years' probation, and ordered to complete an anger management course and a year of psychological counseling. ... Full Story | Top |
| Tsvangirai aide pleads not guilty to Zimbabwe vote fraud Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 12:05 PM PDT  An aide to Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges arising from his reporting of election irregularities in the disputed vote won by President Robert Mugabe. Full Story | Top |
| Maine 'hermit' pleads not guilty to stealing to support himself Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 11:59 AM PDT  By Dave Sherwood AUGUSTA, Maine (Reuters) - A Maine man who lived in the woods with nearly no human contact for 27 years, supporting himself by stealing food and supplies, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to seven counts of burglary and six of theft. Christopher Knight, 47, was clean-shaven with closely cropped hair and looked well fed at the time of his arrest in April. He has grown a full beard in his four months in prison and now looks gaunt. ... Full Story | Top |
| AFGE National President Arrested in Solidarity with Mine Workers over Pensions and Retiree Healthcare Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 11:56 AM PDT WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AFGE National President J. David Cox Sr. was arrested today in St. Louis, Mo. as he stood in solidarity with members of the United Mine Workers of America in their fight to protect the pensions and health care benefits of retirees of the Peabody Energy Corp. and its Patriot Coal Corp. spin-off company."I am proud to stand with these brave workers who for years put their lives on the line while Peabody padded its own bottom line," said Cox, who was arrested along with UMWA International President Cecil Roberts. ... Full Story | Top |
| Ukrainian serial killer dies in prison Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 10:13 AM PDT  KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's most prolific serial killer, Anatoly Onoprienko, who killed 52 people in a six-year reign of terror up to 1996, has died in jail, the state penitentiary service said on Tuesday. Onoprienko, who killed groups of people at a time in western and central Ukraine, sometimes using a hunting rifle, shotgun or axe while trying to rob them, died in prison in the town of Zhytomir, Interfax news agency said. The agency reported a prison service official as saying Onoprienko, who was about 54 years old, appeared to have died of a heart attack. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lab owner sentenced to 40 months in waste case Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 09:08 AM PDT An environmental laboratory owner in Mississippi has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison after being convicted of falsifying records on industrial wastewater samples. U.S. District ... Full Story | Top |
| JPMorgan's former 'London Whale' supervisor arrested in Spain Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:58 AM PDT  By Sarah White and Carlos Ruano MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police arrested former JP Morgan Chase trader Javier Martin-Artajo on Tuesday as he prepares to fight possible extradition to the United States over a $6.2 billion financial scandal at the United States' largest bank. The arrest came after the United States charged Spaniard Martin-Artajo and a junior colleague, Frenchman Julien Grout, with wire fraud and conspiracy to falsify books and records related to the trading losses, which were executed by Bruno Iksil. ... Full Story | Top |
| Recruiter sentenced in Calif Medicare scam Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:42 AM PDT A Los Angeles man has been sentenced to 1 ½ years in prison for receiving more than $1 million in kickbacks by recruiting homeless people on Skid Row as part of a Medicare scheme. Federal prosecutors say ... Full Story | Top |
| Wanted JPMorgan trader arrested in Spain Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 08:03 AM PDT  Spanish police on Tuesday arrested a former JPMorgan bank trader wanted by the United States to face criminal charges in the massive "London Whale" fraud scandal. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-JPMorgan trader arrested in Spain Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 07:35 AM PDT  MADRID (AP) — A former JPMorgan Chase & Co. trader wanted by the United States for allegedly falsifying bank records to cover up $6 billion in trading losses was arrested in Madrid Tuesday, Spanish police said. Full Story | Top |
| Turkey urges response to 'crime against humanity' in Syria Tuesday, Aug 27, 2013 03:22 AM PDT  ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Tuesday a poison gas attack in Syria last week which killed hundreds of people constituted a "crime against humanity" and poses a test for the international community. The United States has faced growing calls for action in response to the August 21 attack. In the most forceful U.S. reaction yet, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday President Barack Obama believed there must be "accountability" for those who used chemical weapons. ... Full Story | Top |
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