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| New Mexico death penalty case goes to jury Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 04:40 PM PST ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The fate of an Arizona inmate who kidnapped and murdered a retired Oklahoma couple following a 2010 prison break went to the jury Wednesday, the final phase in a rare and lengthy New Mexico death penalty trial. Full Story | Top |
| LIBERALS TALK RACE AND CRIME -- AND HILARITY ENSUES! Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 04:00 PM PST On a break from pretending to believe they live in a country bristling with violent white racists, the Non-Fox Media have been trying to debunk stories about the "Knockout Game," in which young black males approach random strangers and try to knock them out with one punch. The left's leading line of defense against the Knockout Game is to argue that young black males have always been violent, so, hey, this is nothing new. In Slate, Emma Roller wearily recounted other episodes of black-on-white violence in order to announce: "The 'Knockout Game' is a myth." MSNBC's Chris Hayes reached for a different example of monstrous black-on-white violence in order to dispute that the Knockout Game is anything new. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-paramedic in Texas fertilizer blast sentenced in unrelated case Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 02:58 PM PST  A former paramedic who responded to a deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant was sentenced on Wednesday to 21 months in prison after pleading guilty to federal pipe bomb charges unrelated to the blast, prosecutors said. Bryce Reed, 31, pleaded guilty in October in U.S. District Court in Waco, Texas to conspiracy to make an unregistered destructive device and attempting to obstruct justice. Reed admitted conspiring with others from December 2012 to April 26 to make a pipe bomb and then trying to conceal it from investigators or destroy it after the April 17 plant explosion in West, Texas that killed 14 people, prosecutors said. Reed became one of the faces of the rescue effort in the aftermath of the blast. Full Story | Top |
| Former Texas paramedic sentenced in pipe bomb case Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:52 PM PST  DALLAS (AP) — A former paramedic in the tiny Texas town where a fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people was sentenced to 21 months in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in a pipe bomb case that isn't linked to the blast. Full Story | Top |
| 'CSI' screenwriter reflects on success of crime series Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 01:31 PM PST  For screenwriter Carol Mendelsohn, the most important thing is an "emotional hook" that keeps curious viewers coming back. In her case, they have been coming back for 14 years to the popular "CSI" TV crime series, which has even survived the departure of its lead actor in its ninth season. That "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" has lasted 14 seasons is "such an accomplishment, but everybody that works in television knows it's not one person, not one department." Seen by 63 million viewers around the world and deemed the most watched show on the planet six times, Mendelsohn said CSI's success is based in part on the fact that it "brings closure to victims' families." Full Story | Top |
| Mass. boy pleads not guilty to killing teacher Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:53 PM PST  SALEM, Mass. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated rape and armed robbery charges Wednesday in the killing of his high school math teacher. Full Story | Top |
| Man Arrested After Throwing Suspicious Object on White House Lawn Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:17 PM PST  The Secret Service arrested a man in Lafayette Park on Wednesday afternoon following suspicious activity near the White House, witnesses report. Reporters at the White House say the man threw something over the fence near the North Lawn, prompting a "suspicious package" response from law enforcement. Full Story | Top |
| Massachusetts teen pleads not guilty to killing, raping teacher Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 12:10 PM PST  A Massachusetts teenager pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to charges he raped, robbed and killed his high school teacher in one of the state's grisliest crimes. Philip Chism, 14, entered the plea in Salem Superior Court after a grand jury indicted him last month in the killing of 24-year-old math teacher Colleen Ritzer at a school in Danvers, about 20 miles north of Boston, in October. Dressed in a blue sweater, khaki pants and topsiders and wearing handcuffs and leg manacles, Chism responded to the charges with a quietly uttered "not guilty" before listening, head bowed, to the remainder of the hearing. Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested for throwing object over White House fence Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 11:59 AM PST  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secret Service guards arrested a man on Wednesday after he threw an object over the fence lining the White House's North Lawn. The incident led to a brief security lockdown on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as officers secured the undefined object. Shortly thereafter, the object was declared safe and foot traffic was allowed to resume on the broad avenue. The man, who was not identified, was transported to a Washington, D.C., police station, said Secret Service spokesman Brian Leary. (Reporting by Steve Holland; Editing by Eric Beech) Full Story | Top |
| Ex-Blackwater guards plead not guilty Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 10:57 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Four ex-Blackwater guards are pleading not guilty to multiple manslaughter charges stemming from a deadly 2007 shooting on the streets of Baghdad. Full Story | Top |
| 2 arrested, bitcoins seized in German fraud probe Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:35 AM PST BERLIN (AP) — German police say they have arrested two people and seized illegally generated bitcoins worth more than 700,000 euros ($950,000) in an investigation of computer fraud. Full Story | Top |
| Ga. Navy contractor sentenced in $18M scheme Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:30 AM PST  The founder of a U.S. Navy contractor from Georgia must serve three years in prison for his part in a kickback scheme that cost the Navy $18 million, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered Wednesday. ... Full Story | Top |
| Motion on Arias jurors' Twitter handles denied Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 09:28 AM PST  PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge is refusing to require jurors in the next phase of the Jodi Arias trial to reveal their Twitter usernames so their accounts can be monitored for communications about the case. Full Story | Top |
| Supreme Court Takes on Free Speech Case of Often-Arrested Protester Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 08:20 AM PST  John Dennis Apel says he has a First Amendment right to protest peacefully outside of Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, the site of missile and space launch facilities. In fact, years ago, the base commander designated a protest area near the main gate, just... Full Story | Top |
| Man arrested after police officer shooting Wednesday, Dec 04, 2013 05:18 AM PST  A man has been arrested after a female police officer was shot and seriously injured while on a routine house call in Leeds, police said Wednesday. The officer and her colleague were responding to reports of a disturbance in the Hyde Park area of the city when the gun was fired shortly after 4am, West Yorkshire Police said. Police earlier today launched a manhunt to trace James Leslie, 37, who lives in Cardigan Road, where the shooting happened. The female officer is currently undergoing treatment in hospital," a police spokesman said. Full Story | Top |
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