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| Dog-fighting defendants plead not guilty in Ala Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 04:51 PM PDT MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A detective investigating a multi-state dog fighting case said each side usually bet $20,000 to $40,000 on a match and more than $100,000 could change hands on a Saturday night in the Alabama woods. Full Story | Top |
| Soldier sentenced to death for Fort Hood shooting Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 04:16 PM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military jury on Wednesday sentenced Maj. Nidal Hasan to death for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, handing the Army psychiatrist the ultimate punishment after a trial in which he seemed to be courting martyrdom by making almost no effort to defend himself. Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death for 2009 killings Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 04:06 PM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst and Jana J. Pruet FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced a U.S. Army psychiatrist to death for murdering 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas, where he gunned down unarmed soldiers in what he later called retaliation for U.S. wars in the Muslim world. Major Nidal Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic) during the attack and later said he wanted to be a martyr. Now he faces death by lethal injection, pending an automatic appeal, for the rampage that also wounded 31 people. ... Full Story | Top |
| Florida mayor arrested for failing to disclose consulting job Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 03:16 PM PDT MIAMI (Reuters) - A Florida mayor was arrested on corruption charges on Wednesday for allegedly failing to disclose that he worked as a paid consultant for a health clinic company looking to expand in his city. Homestead Mayor Steven Bateman is the third mayor in the Miami area to be arrested on graft or ethics charges in recent weeks. Mayoral races are officially nonpartisan and candidates are not required to list their party affiliation, but according to voter registration records Bateman is a Democrat. ... Full Story | Top |
| Fort Hood Shooter Nidal Hasan Gets Death Penalty Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 02:28 PM PDT  Nidal Hasan Killed 13 and Wounded 32 in 2009 Attack Full Story | Top |
| 3rd Fla. mayor arrested within the past month Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 01:24 PM PDT MIAMI (AP) — The mayor of Homestead was hauled away from his home Wednesday in handcuffs on corruption charges, including accepting illegal compensation, becoming the third mayor of a Miami-Dade County city to be arrested in the past month. Full Story | Top |
| October trial set for woman accused of mailing ricin to Obama Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 12:57 PM PDT (Reuters) - A Texas woman accused of mailing poison-laced letters to President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is competent to go to trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Shannon Guess Richardson will face one count of making a threat against the president of the United States and two counts of mailing threatening communications in a trial scheduled to start on October 7. U.S. Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven in Texarkana, Texas, had earlier ordered a psychological evaluation of Richardson at her attorney's request. ... Full Story | Top |
| Shooter in Fort Hood massacre sentenced to death Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 12:17 PM PDT  FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - A military jury on Wednesday sentenced U.S. Army Major Nidal Hasan to death by lethal injection for killing 13 people and wounding 31 others in a November 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas. The jury of 13 officers deliberated a little more than two hours before deciding the punishment for the Army psychiatrist, who admitted to being the gunman and said he had switched sides in what he considered to be a U.S. war on Islam. The U.S. military last executed a prisoner in 1961. (Reporting by Ellen Wulfhorst; Editing by Daniel Trotta, Gary Hill) Full Story | Top |
| Gazan arrested on way to US-backed tech fair Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 08:27 AM PDT JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has confirmed the arrest of a Gaza man who was detained as he prepared to travel to a U.S.-sponsored cultural event in the West Bank. Full Story | Top |
| George Zimmerman's wife pleads guilty to perjury in Florida court Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 08:14 AM PDT By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The wife of George Zimmerman pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to a reduced charge of perjury for lying in a 2012 Florida court proceeding concerning her husband's arrest in the killing of Trayvon Martin, according to court records. Circuit Judge Marlene Alva in Sanford accepted a deal in which Shellie Zimmerman agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor perjury rather than the original charge of felony perjury in an official proceeding. ... Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria court orders Al-Qaeda suspect extradited to US Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 06:42 AM PDT  A Nigerian court on Wednesday ordered the extradition to the United States of a man accused of being a member of the Al-Qaeda affiliate in Yemen and assigned to find English-speaking recruits. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens indicted in Bosnia in one of biggest post-war crime busts Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 04:53 AM PDT By Daria Sito-Sucic SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Thirty-two people were indicted in Bosnia on Wednesday for a string of murders and bank robberies in what prosecutors hailed as one of the biggest crackdowns on organized crime since the 1992-95 war. The crimes stretch back over the past decade and illustrate how criminals from across Bosnia's ethnic divide have managed to work together while ethnic bickering on the political level has stalled the country's bid to join the European mainstream. ... Full Story | Top |
| 3 sentenced in fake Bakken investment scheme Wednesday, Aug 28, 2013 03:53 AM PDT A federal judge has sentenced a California woman, her son and another co-defendant for their roles in luring investors to sink money in oil and gas projects that didn't exist in eastern Montana's Bakken ... Full Story | Top |
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