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Today's Crimes and Trials: Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge Pa. man pleads guilty to smuggling gun on to plane Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case Rep.: Investigate Murder of Sailor Judge eyes quick action on Calif. gay marriage ban Hawaii judge halts furloughs for state employees Prosecutors: Flirty juror no reason for new trial 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 Vick files revised bankruptcy plan in Va. court MySpace suicide conviction tentatively dismissed Judge: Document release may jeopardize Conn. 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 Serial killer has South Carolina residents on edge Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:21 pm PDT AP - Terrified residents canceled Fourth of July plans and holed up in their homes Friday as investigators hunted a serial killer believed to have shot four people to death. Full Story Top Pa. man pleads guilty to smuggling gun on to plane Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:38 am PDT AP - A Philadelphia man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to boarding a US Airways flight while carrying a concealed weapon. Full Story Top Judge tentatively acquits woman in MySpace case Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:35 am PDT AP - A federal judge has tentatively thrown 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 Rep.: Investigate Murder of Sailor Fri, 3 Jul 2009 06:17 am PDT The Advocate - A Congressman for the Camp Pendleton area in Southern California is requesting that the Department of Defense investigate whether a gay sailor who was found dead on Tuesday was the target of a hate crime. Full Story Top Judge eyes quick action on Calif. gay marriage ban Fri, 3 Jul 2009 02:08 am PDT AP - A federal judge in San Francisco said a lawsuit seeking to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban will likely one day reach the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story Top Hawaii judge halts furloughs for state employees Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:05 am PDT AP - A Hawaii judge has 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 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 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 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 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

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