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Today's Crimes and Trials: Prosecutors: Flirty juror no reason for new trial Hawaii judge halts furloughs Sheriff: Same person has killed 3 in northern SC Navy investigates gay sailor's death in Calif. Pa. senator guilty of $3.5M fraud seeks new trial Gay marriage case will go to Supreme Court: attorney Judge eyes quick action on Calif. gay marriage ban Vick files revised bankruptcy plan in Va. court MySpace suicide conviction tentatively dismissed Judge: Document release may jeopardize Conn. case Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case Judge eyes quick action on Calif gay marriage ban Charges dropped in alleged Smoky Mountain rape NY thieves want iPhones, victims fight back Fla. justices: Gov. can't reject judge nominees Lawyers for US terror trial ask to visit CIA jails Judge sets Guantanamo defendant's trial for 2010 Guantanamo suspect to be tried in U.S. court in 2010 Bench trial for woman accused in daughters' deaths Frozen chicken fugitive pleads guilty to fowl play Prosecutors: Flirty juror no reason for new trial Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:58 pm PDT AP - A Los Angeles fashion designer convicted of sexually assaulting seven women and teenage girls should not be granted a new trial even though a juror flirted over the phone with the defendant's sister, prosecutors argued Thursday. Full Story Top Hawaii judge halts furloughs Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:49 pm PDT AP - A Hawaii judge on Thursday blocked Gov. Linda Lingle from forcing thousands of public employees to take three unpaid days off per month, dealing her a setback in efforts to tame a huge state budget gap. Full Story Top Sheriff: Same person has killed 3 in northern SC Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:33 pm PDT AP - A sheriff says the shooting deaths of a peach farmer and two women in a rural South Carolina county the past week have been linked to the same killer. Full Story Top Navy investigates gay sailor's death in Calif. Thu, 2 Jul 2009 07:18 pm PDT AP - The death of a gay sailor who was killed as he stood guard at Camp Pendleton doesn't appear to be a hate crime, officials said Thursday. Full Story Top Pa. senator guilty of $3.5M fraud seeks new trial Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:31 pm PDT AP - A former Pennsylvania state senator convicted of a multimillion-dollar fraud is seeking a new trial on corruption charges, alleging the jury was tainted. Full Story Top Gay marriage case will go to Supreme Court: attorney Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:54 pm PDT Reuters - The attorney representing two same-sex couples who were denied a right to wed in California said on Thursday he expected the case to end up before the U.S. Supreme Court, which has yet to hear a case on the gay marriage issue. Full Story Top Judge eyes quick action on Calif. gay marriage ban Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:18 pm PDT AP - A federal judge in San Francisco said Thursday he wants to conduct a full trial on a lawsuit seeking to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban because he expects the case to one day reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story Top Vick files revised bankruptcy plan in Va. court Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:15 pm PDT AP - Suspended NFL star Michael Vick would keep one vehicle, one home and a large assortment of furniture and personal items if his creditors and the judge who rejected his previous bankruptcy plan approve a revised one filed Thursday. Full Story Top MySpace suicide conviction tentatively dismissed Thu, 2 Jul 2009 04:10 pm PDT Reuters - A federal judge on Thursday tentatively dismissed the conviction of a suburban mother accused of driving a love-lorn 13-year-old girl to suicide by tormenting her with a fake MySpace persona. Full Story Top Judge: Document release may jeopardize Conn. case Thu, 2 Jul 2009 03:56 pm PDT AP - The trial of a man charged in the killing of a Connecticut real estate mogul could be in jeopardy because a copy of a defense motion pointing blame at the developer's ex-wife that was released to the public may have contained sealed documents, a judge said Thursday. Full Story Top Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case Thu, 2 Jul 2009 02:35 pm PDT AP - A federal judge on Thursday tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl who ended up committing suicide. Full Story Top Judge eyes quick action on Calif gay marriage ban Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:56 pm PDT AP - A federal judge in San Francisco says he wants to conduct a full trial on a lawsuit seeking to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban because he expects the case to one day reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story Top Charges dropped in alleged Smoky Mountain rape Thu, 2 Jul 2009 01:35 pm PDT AP - Tennessee prosecutors dropped charges Thursday against a Georgia man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in a remote mountain cabin, saying they doubted her credibility after her apparent rescue by a quick-thinking pizza deliveryman. Full Story Top NY thieves want iPhones, victims fight back Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:53 am PDT Reuters - Thieves are increasingly going after iPhones and other smartphones but victims now can fight back with technology. Full Story Top Fla. justices: Gov. can't reject judge nominees Thu, 2 Jul 2009 11:15 am PDT AP - The Florida Supreme Court says Gov. Charlie Crist can't reject an all-white list of appeals court nominees, even though he wants to appoint someone who will make the judiciary more diverse. Full Story Top Lawyers for US terror trial ask to visit CIA jails Thu, 2 Jul 2009 10:31 am PDT AFP - Lawyers for the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to be transferred to US soil for a civilian trial, set for September 2010, asked Thursday to see the secret CIA prisons where he was allegedly tortured. Full Story Top Judge sets Guantanamo defendant's trial for 2010 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:31 am PDT AP - A September 2010 trial has been set for a Guantanamo detainee charged in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa. Full Story Top Guantanamo suspect to be tried in U.S. court in 2010 Thu, 2 Jul 2009 09:09 am PDT Reuters - The first detainee transferred from Guantanamo Bay to a U.S. civilian court will go on trial on September 13, 2010, a Manhattan federal court judge said on Thursday. Full Story Top Bench trial for woman accused in daughters' deaths Thu, 2 Jul 2009 08:15 am PDT AP - A judge will decide the case of a woman accused of killing her four daughters, whose bodies were found decomposing in the family's southeast Washington home in January 2008. Full Story Top Frozen chicken fugitive pleads guilty to fowl play Thu, 2 Jul 2009 06:29 am PDT AFP - After years as a fugitive, a Montreal man pleaded guilty in a US court Wednesday to a 1981 conspiracy to defraud Egypt's government and a British bank of seven million dollars in a scheme involving a shipload of frozen chickens. Full Story Top

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