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Today's Crimes and Trials: Man who threatened Obama sentenced to probation Judge rejects plea deals for 2 ex-Pa. judges 3rd man to face murder charge in Harvard slaying Transcript gives account of plan to kill editor US probes reports of three Americans kidnapped in Iraq US Mint must seek court OK to keep rare 1933 coins Deliberations continue in ex-congressman's trial Relatives believed baby cut from womb was theirs Judge declines to delay trial in Chandra Levy case US govt, UBS agree to delay tax secrecy trial British hacker loses U.S. extradition appeal Man pleads not guilty in soldier slaying in Ark. Settlement near in UBS tax evasion case British hacker loses bid to avoid US extradition Vegas raid on Jackson doctor sought homicide evidence Not guilty plea entered in LA in cruise ship death Guilty plea in guard killing at Wal-Mart in Wash. Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent High court asked to review civil rights-era case SD court overturns Alaska man's death sentence Man who threatened Obama sentenced to probation Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:00 pm PDT AP - A Texas man who pleaded guilty to threatening President Barack Obama and the Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis was sentenced Friday to four years of probation and home detention. Full Story Top Judge rejects plea deals for 2 ex-Pa. judges Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:47 pm PDT AP - A federal judge has rejected plea agreements for two northeastern Pennsylvania judges in a kickback scheme involving juvenile detention facilities. Full Story Top 3rd man to face murder charge in Harvard slaying Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:14 pm PDT AP - A man arrested in a deadly shooting inside a Harvard University dormitory has been taken from a Manhattan court in handcuffs to face first-degree murder charges in Massachusetts. Full Story Top Transcript gives account of plan to kill editor Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:02 pm PDT AP - Two men indicted in the killing of an Oakland journalist and two other men joked as they planned the crimes then hugged after the journalist was killed, according to grand jury testimony. Full Story Top US probes reports of three Americans kidnapped in Iraq Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:11 pm PDT AFP - The United States said Friday it was investigating reports that three Americans have been abducted in northern Iraq. Full Story Top US Mint must seek court OK to keep rare 1933 coins Fri, 31 Jul 2009 03:10 pm PDT AP - The U.S. government improperly seized a set of extremely rare and valuable "double eagle" coins from a Philadelphia jeweler's descendants and must win a forfeiture case to keep them, a judge ruled this week. Full Story Top Deliberations continue in ex-congressman's trial Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:33 pm PDT AP - A jury has ended its second day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the corruption trial of a former Louisiana congressman who had $90,000 hidden in his freezer. Full Story Top Relatives believed baby cut from womb was theirs Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:00 pm PDT AP - Relatives of a man whose girlfriend is accused of kidnapping a baby girl who'd been cut from her mother's womb thought they had a new member of the family. They even held a cookout to celebrate the birth. Full Story Top Judge declines to delay trial in Chandra Levy case Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:24 am PDT AP - A judge has refused to push back the trial for the man accused of sexually assaulting and killing a Washington intern. Full Story Top US govt, UBS agree to delay tax secrecy trial Fri, 31 Jul 2009 08:02 am PDT AFP - The US government and Swiss banking giant UBS reached agreement in principle on "major issues" in a tax secrecy case, attorneys said on Friday as they agreed to delay the start of a diplomatically sensitive trial. Full Story Top British hacker loses U.S. extradition appeal Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:55 am PDT Reuters - A Briton wanted in the United States for breaking into NASA and Pentagon networks in "the biggest military hack of all time" lost an appeal against his extradition Friday, making a U.S. trial more likely. Full Story Top Man pleads not guilty in soldier slaying in Ark. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:42 am PDT AP - A 23-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges that he shot and killed a soldier outside an Arkansas Army recruiting center, and prosecutors say they'll seek the death penalty. Full Story Top Settlement near in UBS tax evasion case Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:15 am PDT AP - A federal judge is Florida is canceling a planned trial for Swiss bank UBS after the Swiss and U.S. governments struck a deal over allegations that Americans hid money overseas. Full Story Top British hacker loses bid to avoid US extradition Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:16 am PDT AFP - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers on Friday lost his latest legal bid to avoid extradition to the United States. Full Story Top Vegas raid on Jackson doctor sought homicide evidence Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:33 pm PDT AFP - Investigators who raided the Las Vegas home and office of Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray were seeking evidence of manslaughter, an unsealed search warrant revealed Thursday. Full Story Top Not guilty plea entered in LA in cruise ship death Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:37 pm PDT AP - A man indicted by a grand jury in the cruise ship death of his wife pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree murder and waived his right to seek bail. Full Story Top Guilty plea in guard killing at Wal-Mart in Wash. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:23 pm PDT AP - A man charged with killing an armored-car guard at a Wal-Mart store near Tacoma pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated first-degree murder in an agreement that spares him a possible death sentence. Full Story Top Miss. judge pleads guilty to lying to FBI agent Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:05 pm PDT AP - A Mississippi judge known for prosecuting a white supremacist decades after a civil rights-era killing has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice for lying to an FBI agent investigating corruption. Full Story Top High court asked to review civil rights-era case Thu, 30 Jul 2009 12:19 pm PDT AP - The U.S. Supreme Court should decide whether a reputed Ku Klux Klansman should have been tried on a kidnapping charge 43 years after two black men were abducted and slain in rural Mississippi, a federal appeals court said Thursday. Full Story Top SD court overturns Alaska man's death sentence Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:22 am PDT AP - The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the death sentence of a 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty in the March 2000 torture and murder of an acquaintance. Full Story Top

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