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| Pearl Jam's former manager sentenced to prison for theft, paper reports Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:10 PM PST (Reuters) - Pearl Jam's former financial manager, who used his position with the rock band to steal $380,000, was sentenced on Friday to 14 months in prison at a court hearing in Washington state, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported. Rickey Charles Goodrich, 55, had initially faced 33 theft charges but in December he pleaded guilty to six counts of first-degree theft, the paper reported on its website. Goodrich was chief financial officer at Pearl Jam's Seattle-based management company, Curtis Management, before he was fired in September 2010. Full Story | Top |
| Comic arrested for intoxication at Canada casino Friday, Feb 28, 2014 06:47 PM PST  WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) — A Canada casino says a performance by U.S. comic George Lopez will go on as scheduled Friday after he was arrested for alleged public intoxication. Full Story | Top |
| Indicted San Francisco cops plead not guilty Friday, Feb 28, 2014 03:01 PM PST  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stripped of their guns and pay, four San Francisco police officers pleaded not guilty Friday to charges contained in federal corruption indictments that could send each to prison for a decade or more. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine gets look at fugitive leader's documents Friday, Feb 28, 2014 02:58 PM PST  KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are getting an unfiltered look at the opulent lifestyle and alleged machinations of fugitive President Viktor Yanukovych and his top officials from thousands of documents being posted online by journalists who say it's more important to record their country's history — and document possible crimes — than hold them back for their own scoops. Full Story | Top |
| RFK daughter acquitted in drugged driving case Friday, Feb 28, 2014 02:53 PM PST  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy was swiftly acquitted Friday of drugged driving in a case that her lawyers said would never have been brought if she were simply "Mary Housewife" rather than a member of one of America's most glamorous political families. Full Story | Top |
| FBI monitoring Citi Mexican loan losses for possible crime: source Friday, Feb 28, 2014 02:51 PM PST  The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is aware of Citigroup's loan losses due to fraud by a Mexican company and is monitoring the situation for possible criminal activity, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday. The source said it was too early to determine whether an investigation was merited, but the FBI was continuing to look at new developments in the case before making a decision. Citigroup said on Friday it is restating its 2013 earnings to reflect writedowns of $400 million in loans it discovered to be fraudulent. Full Story | Top |
| Female serial killer jailed for life in Britain Friday, Feb 28, 2014 11:54 AM PST  A British female serial killer who admitted murdering three men and dumping their bodies in ditches was on Friday sentenced to a life in prison without parole. Joanna Dennehy, 31, had expressed no remorse for killing the men, who she knew, although she apologised for two attempted murders of strangers while she was on the run last year. Sentencing her at the Old Bailey court in London, Judge Robin Spencer told Dennehy she was a "cruel, calculating, selfish and manipulative serial killer". Dennehy had earlier pleaded guilty to murdering Lukasz Slaboszewski, 31, Kevin Lee, 48, and John Chapman, 56, in and around Peterborough in eastern England over a ten-day period in March 2013. Full Story | Top |
| Marshals: Fugitive sex offender found in Virginia Friday, Feb 28, 2014 11:47 AM PST DENVER (AP) — A child rapist who became the subject of a nationwide manhunt last week after he sliced off his GPS monitor and disappeared from Denver was arrested Friday, U.S. marshals said. Full Story | Top |
| Kennedy niece acquitted of drugged driving Friday, Feb 28, 2014 10:55 AM PST  A niece of assassinated US president John F. Kennedy was acquitted of drugged driving by a six-member jury on Friday, closing a trial that has captivated the tabloid press. Kerry Kennedy gave herself a round of applause after the verdict was read out in a New York county court, media reported, where she was joined by her mother Ethel and other supporters. Kennedy took a sleeping pill before setting off on an erratic five-mile drive in her luxury SUV in July 2012. Full Story | Top |
| San Francisco police officers plead not guilty Friday, Feb 28, 2014 10:46 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A San Francisco police officer accused of taking money and drugs, and three other officers facing separate charges have pleaded not guilty. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Yanukovich urges Russia's Putin to take firm line over Ukraine Friday, Feb 28, 2014 09:47 AM PST By Denis Pinchuk ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Viktor Yanukovich urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a bolder line with Ukraine's new rulers who had ousted him, telling him on Friday that Russia could not remain indifferent to what had happened in the former Soviet republic. Appearing in southern Russia where he has taken refuge since fleeing Ukraine on February 21, Yanukovich said: "I think that Russia should act and is obliged to act. "Knowing Vladimir Putin's personality, I am surprised that he is still saying nothing. Russia cannot be indifferent, cannot be a bystander watching the fate of as close a partner as Ukraine," the 63-year-old Yanukovich said. Full Story | Top |
| New York jury finds Kerry Kennedy not guilty of impaired driving Friday, Feb 28, 2014 09:41 AM PST By Victoria Cavaliere WHITE PLAINS, New York (Reuters) - It took a jury less than hour to find the daughter of slain U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy not criminally liable for sideswiping a tractor-trailer while driving on a suburban New York highway, after mistakenly taking a sleeping pill. After a four-day trial, the six-member jury quickly found Kerry Kennedy not guilty of driving while impaired by drugs. On July 13, 2012, she took the sleeping pill zolpidem, known by the brand name Ambien, rather than her usual thyroid medication before getting behind the wheel of her silver Lexus. "I'm incredibly grateful to the jury for working so hard on this case, and to my lawyers, and to my family and friends and so many other people who supported me," Kennedy, 54, told reporters after the verdict was read at Westchester County Court in White Plains, New York. Full Story | Top |
| Lebanon seeks death penalty for radical Sunni cleric Assir Friday, Feb 28, 2014 08:48 AM PST  Lebanon will seek the death penalty for a radical Sunni cleric who has been at large since deadly clashes between his followers and the army last year, a judicial source said Friday. Military judge Riad Abu Ghida recommended seeking death sentences for Ahmad al-Assir and 53 others, including singer-turned-fundamentalist Fadel Shaker. The judicial source said Abu Ghida, the investigator responsible for recommending charges and penalties, has also recommended prison sentences for around 20 other people. Full Story | Top |
| Kerry Kennedy acquitted of drugged driving in NY Friday, Feb 28, 2014 08:28 AM PST  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Kerry Kennedy was acquitted Friday of drugged driving after she accidentally took a sleeping pill and then sideswiped a truck in a wild highway drive she said she didn't remember. Full Story | Top |
| Former San Francisco cop pleads not guilty Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:59 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former San Francisco police officer charged with stealing from suspects has pleaded not guilty. Full Story | Top |
| Fugitive Yanukovich will 'struggle for Ukraine's future' Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:36 AM PST By Denis Pinchuk ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (Reuters) - Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, appearing in public for the first time since he fled from Ukraine to Russia, said on Friday he would not give up the fight for his country's future. In the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, he told reporters he had been forced from power by "nationalist, pro-fascist gangsters" and blamed the crisis on the West for "indulging" protesters seeking his overthrow. But protesters, angered by about 100 deaths in clashes with police, shouted down the agreement on Kiev's Independence Square and he fled for his life. Yanukovich, dressed in a suit and tie, denied he had ordered police to shoot at protesters before he was forced out of power. Full Story | Top |
| Dozens arrested in Spain, UK over fake share scam Friday, Feb 28, 2014 07:15 AM PST  Police arrested 110 people in Spain, Britain, Serbia and the United States over a massive scam that tricked people into buying millions of pounds (euros, dollars) of worthless shares, British police said Friday. Spanish and British officers launched a joint operation against criminal gangs behind the so-called "boiler room" fraud, said the City of London police. Eighty-four of the arrests were in the Spanish cities of Madrid, Barcelona and Marbella, 20 were in London, four in Serbia and two in the United States, police said. The operation closed down 14 boiler rooms in Spain, two in Britain and one in Serbia. Full Story | Top |
| South Africa's Malema acquitted in reckless driving case Friday, Feb 28, 2014 05:37 AM PST  A South African court on Friday cleared firebrand opposition politician Julius Malema of reckless driving charges after his arrest last year for speeding. The court found Malema not guilty after the prosecution failed to prove that the device used to record Malema's speed was in good working condition, SAPA news agency said. Malema had been accused of speeding after he was caught late last year driving 215 kilometres (134 miles) an hour in an area with a speed limit of 120 kilometres per hour. "The complainant decided to drop the case," said police spokesman Hangwani Mulaudzi, adding that no reason was given for the move. Full Story | Top |
| Ukraine's fugitive president pledges to fight on Friday, Feb 28, 2014 05:36 AM PST  ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) — Fugitive Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on Friday pledged to fight for his country's future, in his first public appearance since disappearing from Ukraine. Full Story | Top |
| 110 arrested in swoop on 'boiler room' fraud Friday, Feb 28, 2014 04:39 AM PST LONDON (AP) — Police have arrested 110 people in Britain, Spain, Serbia and the United States in a swoop targeting financial fraudsters. Full Story | Top |
| Atlanta police: Fake Waffle House manager arrested Friday, Feb 28, 2014 03:36 AM PST ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta police say a woman in a Waffle House uniform accused of pretending to be a company manager and stealing about $100 later returned to the restaurant to give the cash back. Full Story | Top |
| Khojaly: Crime Against Humanity Friday, Feb 28, 2014 03:00 AM PST WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to the United States -- On February 26, 1992, the people of Azerbaijan witnessed what the Human Rights Watch later called the "largest massacre to date in the conflict" between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenian soldiers, backed by a former Soviet motorized infantry regiment, attacked the Azerbaijani town of Khojaly brutally murdering over 600 civilians, including many children, women and elderly. In the most shocking admission of culpability, Armenia's then-defense minister Serzh Sargsyan was quoted in the book "Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War" (by Thomas de Waal, NYU Press, 2003, page 85), as saying, "Before Khojaly, Azerbaijanis thought that they were joking with us, they thought that the Armenians were people who could not raise their hand against the civilian population. Khojaly is a tragic and urgent reminder of the need to find a peaceful international law-based solution for the conflict that has lasted over two decades. Full Story | Top |
| Ex-NFL star arrested in Los Angeles on New Orleans rape warrant Friday, Feb 28, 2014 12:06 AM PST Former football star Darren Sharper, wanted by New Orleans police as a suspect in two rapes, was arrested on Thursday in Los Angeles, where he pleaded not guilty a week ago to charges of drugging four other women and raping two of them. The two women accusing him in New Orleans say Sharper, 38, and an acquaintance, Erik Nunez, 26, each raped them both at the same location on the night of September 23, 2013, according to a New Orleans Police Department statement on Thursday. Sharper's attorney, Nandi Campbell, said neither she nor her client had any comment. Sharper, who resides in Miami Beach, Florida, was taken into custody on a fugitive warrant on Thursday evening in Los Angeles, though additional details of his arrest were not available, Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Nuria Vanegas said. Full Story | Top |
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