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Today's Crimes and Trials: Obama: Efforts to undermine Sotomayor will fail US court likely to rule Monday on Chrysler-Fiat DA won't seek death penalty in editor's murder Texan guilty of trying to sell girl, 5, for sex 'Rockefeller' getaway driver says he duped her Quick-thinking pizza man leads cops to rape victim Chrysler-Fiat court hearing to end Friday: judge Texas jury deciding fate of man in HIV assault UN probe of Gaza war to start at weekend Shell human rights trial hearing set for Monday Woman in Disney abduction hoax to return to Pa. Police say 5 people shot on Chicago's South Side Media groups seek access to terrorism evidence Mexico cartels go bargain gun shopping in Houston Man in sodomy case sues NYC, police for $220 million Jury convicts man in Michigan quadruple killing OJ co-defendant appeals Nev. robbery conviction Rihanna to testify in Brown case Statement of ex-soldier Steven Dale Green Obama: Efforts to undermine Sotomayor will fail Sat, 30 May 2009 07:43 am PDT AP - President Barack Obama expressed confidence Saturday that efforts to scuttle Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court will fail despite intensified scrutiny of her judicial career. He said senators should work quickly to elevate the federal appeals judge. Full Story Top US court likely to rule Monday on Chrysler-Fiat Sat, 30 May 2009 03:26 am PDT AFP - A US bankruptcy court will likely rule Monday on whether to allow the sale of US auto giant Chrysler to a group led by Italy's Fiat, the presiding judge said. Full Story Top DA won't seek death penalty in editor's murder Fri, 29 May 2009 05:50 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty for two men charged in several murders, including that of an Oakland journalist, Alameda County District Attorney Tom Orloff said Friday. Full Story Top Texan guilty of trying to sell girl, 5, for sex Fri, 29 May 2009 02:57 pm PDT AP - A federal jury in Texas has convicted a San Antonio man of trying to sell his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter to child pornographers in exchange for a used car and an apartment. Full Story Top 'Rockefeller' getaway driver says he duped her Fri, 29 May 2009 01:13 pm PDT AP - The woman who acted as an unwitting getaway driver for the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller says she had no idea he was kidnapping his daughter. Full Story Top Quick-thinking pizza man leads cops to rape victim Fri, 29 May 2009 12:41 pm PDT AP - An alert deliveryman spotted a woman tied up inside a remote cabin in Tennessee's Smoky Mountains while dropping off a pizza, and police said his 911 call helped rescue the kidnapping and rape victim. Full Story Top Chrysler-Fiat court hearing to end Friday: judge Fri, 29 May 2009 10:41 am PDT AFP - Court hearings on US automaker Chrysler's bid to escape liquidation through an alliance with Italy's Fiat will end Friday, the presiding judge said. Full Story Top Fri, 29 May 2009 10:37 am PDT AP - Rep. Pete Visclosky's office says Indiana congressman received federal grand jury subpoena in criminal probe of a lobbying firm. Full Story Top Texas jury deciding fate of man in HIV assault Fri, 29 May 2009 10:11 am PDT AP - A jury is deliberating on punishment for a 53-year-old suburban Dallas man convicted of aggravated assault for knowingly infecting six women with the AIDS virus. Full Story Top UN probe of Gaza war to start at weekend Fri, 29 May 2009 09:44 am PDT AP - A team of U.N. investigators will visit Gaza next week to examine whether Israeli troops and Hamas militants committed war crimes during their three-week conflict, the global body said Friday. Full Story Top Shell human rights trial hearing set for Monday Fri, 29 May 2009 09:41 am PDT AFP - A hearing is scheduled for Monday on a landmark human rights trial against oil giant Shell that was delayed just ahead of its start date earlier this week, a federal judge has ruled. Full Story Top Woman in Disney abduction hoax to return to Pa. Fri, 29 May 2009 06:51 am PDT AP - A woman accused in an abduction hoax that began near Philadelphia and ended at Walt Disney World waived her extradition rights and will be sent back to Pennsylvania to face charges of filing a false report and identity theft. Full Story Top Police say 5 people shot on Chicago's South Side Thu, 28 May 2009 07:51 pm PDT AP - Authorities say five people have been wounded in a drive-by shooting in Chicago's South Side neighborhood. Full Story Top Media groups seek access to terrorism evidence Thu, 28 May 2009 05:30 pm PDT AP - News organizations asked a federal judge on Thursday to grant the media access to copies of audio and video court records key to the upcoming trial against a terrorism suspect. Full Story Top Mexico cartels go bargain gun shopping in Houston Thu, 28 May 2009 05:21 pm PDT Reuters - Mexican drug gangs looking for weapons powerful enough to stop a vehicle, penetrate a bullet-resistant vest or confront an army detachment need look no further than the Houston area's 1,500 gun shops, where merchandise is priced to move. Full Story Top Man in sodomy case sues NYC, police for $220 million Thu, 28 May 2009 04:25 pm PDT Reuters - A New York City man who says police beat and sodomized him on a subway station platform sued the city, the police department and the accused officers for $220 million on Thursday for civil rights violations. Full Story Top Jury convicts man in Michigan quadruple killing Thu, 28 May 2009 02:53 pm PDT AP - A jury has convicted a Michigan man of murder in the deaths of four people whose bodies were found inside a burned-out home. Full Story Top OJ co-defendant appeals Nev. robbery conviction Thu, 28 May 2009 02:41 pm PDT AP - A former golfing buddy of O.J. Simpson on Thursday appealed to overturn his conviction in an armed hotel room heist, saying he suffered "spillover prejudice" from being tried with the former NFL football star. Full Story Top Rihanna to testify in Brown case Thu, 28 May 2009 01:40 pm PDT Reuters - Pop star Rihanna is prepared to take the witness stand next month if called to testify against former boyfriend Chris Brown, the singer accused of beating her, her lawyer said on Thursday. Full Story Top Statement of ex-soldier Steven Dale Green Thu, 28 May 2009 01:06 pm PDT AP - Excerpts from text of prepared remarks that were read in U.S. District Court on Thursday by former Pfc. Steven Dale Green, as provided by his attorneys. His actual remarks deviated at times from the written statement, his attorneys said. Full Story Top

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