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Today's Crimes and Trials: NY teens accused of hate crime face new charges Report: LA cardinal subject of federal probe Miss. mayor indicted on Katrina fraud charges Defendant in Fort Dix case says he regrets 'lies' Schwarzenegger seeks end to prison medical plan Bahamas medic charged in Travolta extortion plot Boys With Unpopular Names More Likely to Break Law Man City's Brazilian striker Robinho in sex assault probe Teen accused in taped Fla. beating pleads guilty 2 Sri Lankans plead guilty in NY terrorism case Prosecutor: Slain toddler said 'I love you' at end Two more plead guilty in U.S. to aiding Tamil Tigers Ky. grand jury tosses Obama effigy case U.S. arrests, charges fund manager Nadel Vt. police: man nabbed for shooting cop car Mass. police chief charged in boy's death resigns Prosecutors: Debt, drugs led to Fla. killings Thain subpoenaed as probe into Merrill widens U.S. recession fuels crime rise, police chiefs say Jury selection begins in Florida terror retrial NY teens accused of hate crime face new charges Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:48 pm PST AP - Seven teenagers already accused in the racially motivated stabbing death of an Ecuadorean immigrant were charged Wednesday with taking part in attacks on eight other Hispanics over 14 months. Full Story Top Report: LA cardinal subject of federal probe Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:04 pm PST AP - Federal prosecutors reportedly are investigating top officials of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles over their handling of alleged clergy child molestation cases. Full Story Top Miss. mayor indicted on Katrina fraud charges Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:15 pm PST AP - The mayor of a Mississippi city devastated by Hurricane Katrina pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he lied to get disaster assistance to repair his damaged beachfront home. Full Story Top Defendant in Fort Dix case says he regrets 'lies' Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:34 pm PST AP - A man who was among five Muslim immigrants convicted of conspiring to kill U.S. military personnel at New Jersey's Fort Dix wrote in a letter to the judge that he lied to a government informant and regrets getting himself and his co-defendants in trouble. Full Story Top Schwarzenegger seeks end to prison medical plan Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:12 am PST AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and State Attorney General Jerry Brown are planning to ask a federal court to a stop an $8 billion spending plan for prison medical facilities. Full Story Top Bahamas medic charged in Travolta extortion plot Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:32 am PST Reuters - A Bahamian paramedic pleaded not guilty and was held without bail on Monday on charges he conspired to extort $25 million from John Travolta after the actor's son died in the Bahamas this month. Full Story Top Boys With Unpopular Names More Likely to Break Law Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:05 am PST LiveScience.com - Boys in the United States with common names like Michael and David are less likely to commit crimes than those named Ernest or Ivan. Full Story Top Man City's Brazilian striker Robinho in sex assault probe Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:59 am PST AFP - Manchester City and Brazil striker Robinho has been arrested and bailed over allegations of a serious sexual assault in a nightclub, police said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Teen accused in taped Fla. beating pleads guilty Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:34 am PST AP - One of five teenagers accused in the videotaped beating of a Florida girl has accepted a plea deal. Full Story Top 2 Sri Lankans plead guilty in NY terrorism case Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:07 pm PST AP - Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday on the eve of a trial on charges they tried to supply missiles and assault weapons to militants involved in the civil war in Sri Lanka. Full Story Top Prosecutor: Slain toddler said 'I love you' at end Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:25 pm PST AP - A slain toddler tried to stop her mother and stepfather from beating her to death by reaching out to her mother and saying, "I love you," a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. The pleas from 2-year-old Riley Ann Sawyers didn't stop her mother, Kimberly Trenor, from continuing to brutalize her, assistant district attorney Kayla Allen said in her opening statement at Trenor's murder trial. Full Story Top Two more plead guilty in U.S. to aiding Tamil Tigers Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:46 pm PST Reuters - Two more men accused of conspiring to provide material support to Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group on Tuesday pleaded guilty on the eve of their trial in U.S. District Court. Full Story Top Ky. grand jury tosses Obama effigy case Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:24 pm PST AP - A grand jury refused Tuesday to indict two men who hung an effigy of Barack Obama from a tree on the University of Kentucky campus during the height of the presidential campaign. Full Story Top U.S. arrests, charges fund manager Nadel Tue, 27 Jan 2009 03:14 pm PST Reuters - Florida hedge fund manager Arthur Nadel, who went missing two weeks ago, turned himself in on Tuesday and was ordered held on securities and wire fraud charges until a bail hearing on Friday. Full Story Top Vt. police: man nabbed for shooting cop car Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:20 pm PST AP - A man arrested Tuesday after allegedly shooting out the window of a police car is being investigated in earlier shootings that targeted churches, homes and a Vermont State Police barracks, authorities said. Full Story Top Mass. police chief charged in boy's death resigns Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:47 pm PST AP - The Massachusetts police chief who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a boy at a gun show has resigned. Full Story Top Prosecutors: Debt, drugs led to Fla. killings Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:19 pm PST AP - Two men accused in the execution-style shooting deaths of a family along Florida's Turnpike were settling drug debts and stealing cocaine when they ambushed the couple and their two boys, a federal prosecutor said Tuesday. Full Story Top Thain subpoenaed as probe into Merrill widens Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:39 pm PST Reuters - New York's attorney general has subpoenaed former Merrill Lynch & Co Chief Executive John Thain to testify about bonuses paid to Merrill executives a few days before the brokerage's takeover by Bank of America Corp. Full Story Top U.S. recession fuels crime rise, police chiefs say Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:38 am PST Reuters - Police chiefs in the United States say the economic downturn is fueling a rise in crime and warn that cuts to their budgets could handcuff their efforts to tackle it, according to a report on Tuesday. Full Story Top Jury selection begins in Florida terror retrial Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:12 am PST AP - Potential jurors are being questioned in Miami federal court for the third trial of six men accused of plotting with al-Qaida to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices. Full Story Top

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