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| 83-year-old nun to be sentenced for sabotage Monday, Jan 27, 2014 07:57 PM PST  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 83-year-old Catholic nun convicted in a protest and break-in at the primary U.S. storehouse for bomb-grade uranium will find out Tuesday whether she spends what could be the rest of her life in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Woman who aided firebombings sentenced to 5 years Monday, Jan 27, 2014 06:22 PM PST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — One by one, members of the 1990s radical environmentalist movement dropped out of sight. By indictment or forcing them underground, federal prosecutors dissolved "The Family," the loose-knit group of animal-rights activists and environmentalists blamed for fires at a ski resort, lumber mills and wild-horse corrals. Full Story | Top |
| Woman sentenced to 5 years for ecoterrorism fires Monday, Jan 27, 2014 04:39 PM PST PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A woman accused of taking part in ecoterrorism firebombings has been sentenced to five years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Crime records go online in Sweden amid protests Monday, Jan 27, 2014 11:43 AM PST STOCKHOLM (AP) — A website that lets Swedes check each other's criminal records has sparked a debate about the privacy of ex-convicts and their right to move on with their lives. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors being chosen in Delaware doctor's trial over waterboarding claims Monday, Jan 27, 2014 10:55 AM PST  By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a Delaware pediatrician accused of disciplining his 11-year-old daughter by using a simulated drowning technique associated with interrogating terrorism suspects. Melvin Morse faces charges of endangering the welfare of a child, reckless endangerment and conspiracy. Police say the Morse family had returned to their home in Georgetown, Delaware, but the girl had refused to get out of the car. Morse's wife, Pauline Morse, who witnessed the incidents but did not intervene, was also arrested. Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection starts in ex-New Orleans mayor's graft trial Monday, Jan 27, 2014 10:48 AM PST  By Kathy Finn NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Jury selection started on Monday in the public corruption trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who led the city during and after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and now faces charges he profited personally from the city's recovery. Nagin, who was swept into office on promises of good government in 2002 and re-elected in 2006, was indicted by a federal grand jury on 21 counts of corruption, including bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, money laundering and filing false tax returns. Nagin could be sentenced to 20 years in prison or more under federal sentencing guidelines if he is convicted of the charges against him, a legal expert said. Nagin's trial was due to begin in October 2013, but U.S. District Judge Helen Ginger Berrigan granted a last-minute delay to give Nagin's attorney, Robert Jenkins, more time to prepare. Full Story | Top |
| Reporter admits hacking at Murdoch paper and rival Monday, Jan 27, 2014 10:08 AM PST  A former journalist has admitted illegally accessing celebrities' voicemail messages while working at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid and its rival, the Sunday Mirror, Britain's phone-hacking trial heard on Monday. Dan Evans, 38, is the fourth News of the World journalist to plead guilty to phone hacking while working at the disgraced tabloid, but the first reporter to admit that he used the illegal practice at the rival Sunday Mirror. His guilty plea was revealed at London's Old Bailey court as he appeared as a prosecution witness at the high-profile trial of former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson and several other former Murdoch executives. He claimed he was recruited by the News of the World from its rival in 2005 partly because of his phone-hacking skills. Full Story | Top |
| BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem Arrested at JFK, Charged In Silk Road Bitcoin Scheme Monday, Jan 27, 2014 09:05 AM PST Mr. Shrem's Twitter photo. In a scene out of a Scorsese film yet to come, self-described "Bitcoin evangelist" Charlie Shrem was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on charges that he schemed to sell more than $1 million in Bitcoins to users of the Silk Road yesterday. Put this arrest right above Dogecoin and Coinye West on the list of reasons why Bitcoin is the Jonah Hill in The Wolf of Wall Street of currency: no matter how much they strive to be taken seriously, the Bitcoin community remains a punch line. Mr. Shrem, 24, is the CEO and compliance officer of BitInstant, a Bitcoin exchange company that was charged in a class action lawsuit alleging the company misrepresented exchange times. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-New Orleans mayor's bribery trial set to open Monday, Jan 27, 2014 08:56 AM PST NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who faces charges that he accepted bribes and free trips among other things from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work. Full Story | Top |
| Chinese Transparency Activist Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison Monday, Jan 27, 2014 07:51 AM PST Xu Zhiyong is a lawyer. But the law turned on Xu. On Sunday, Xu Zhiyong was convicted of "assembling a crowd to disrupt public order" and sentenced to four years in jail. "The court today has completely destroyed what remained of respect for rule of law in China," Xu said. Full Story | Top |
| Arizona lobbyist to be sentenced for misdemeanor Monday, Jan 27, 2014 07:10 AM PST An Arizona lobbyist targeted in an investigation into corruption at the Fiesta Bowl is set for sentencing Monday after he pleaded guilty to an unrelated misdemeanor charge. Gary Husk, 56, was a key figure ... Full Story | Top |
| Chinese man sentenced to death for hospital rampage Sunday, Jan 26, 2014 11:26 PM PST A court in eastern China on Monday sentenced to death a man who went on a rampage in a hospital and killed a doctor, because he was unhappy with the results of an operation on his nose, state media said. The case of Lian Enqing in wealthy Zhejiang province underscored difficulties in tackling violence in a sector plagued by corruption, with hospitals overwhelmed by patients and doctors badly paid. Unable to find him, he produced a knife and stabbed to death the head of the department, according to the official Xinhua news agency. Lian's sister, Lian Qiao, told the court that he had suffered respiratory problems and discomfort after the surgery in March 2013, Xinhua said. Full Story | Top |
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