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Today's Crimes and Trials: Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit Prosecutors: NYC court escapee had disguises, $4K Suspect in Letterman extortion pleads not guilty Texas jury convicts handyman of 2 slayings in '07 Ill. man charged with murder in family slaying Texas judge OKs evidence collected in raid on sect CBS employee pleads not guilty in Letterman plot Soldier gets 3-year prison term for kidnap hoax Judge rules law in Peterson case constitutional Judge blocks US disclosures in Cuban 5 spy case Nazi camp guard trial opens in Germany next month The Trial: Judge tackles Franz Kafka archive nightmare Court to hear gay divorce in Texas, despite gay marriage ban 6 wounded in shooting at Calif. bar Memorial sculpture honors NIU shooting victims Calif. authorities: 1981 triple murder was hit job Travolta attorney says he warned Bahamas defendant Quotations of the day Montana AG launches probe of jail deal Police: Kidnapped newborn found safe in Alabama Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:37 pm PDT AP - A newborn infant kidnapped from his mother in Tennessee was found safe in Alabama on Friday, and a woman suspected of abducting the baby was arrested, police said. Full Story Top Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit Fri, 2 Oct 2009 09:00 pm PDT AP - Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents provided to media outlets Friday. Full Story Top Prosecutors: NYC court escapee had disguises, $4K Fri, 2 Oct 2009 05:20 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors say a well-dressed robbery suspect who escaped from a New York City courthouse had a fake passport, wigs, phony beards, $4,000 and four gun-shaped cigarette lighters on him when he was captured. Full Story Top Suspect in Letterman extortion pleads not guilty Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:51 pm PDT Reuters - A TV producer pleaded not guilty on Friday to a $2 million extortion attempt against talk show host David Letterman a day after the comedian stunned Americans by revealing the plot -- and his sexual affairs with co-workers -- on his own show. Full Story Top Texas jury convicts handyman of 2 slayings in '07 Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:57 pm PDT AP - A handyman accused of killing six people in a cross-country spree was convicted Friday in two of the deaths, and could face the death penalty. Full Story Top Ill. man charged with murder in family slaying Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:47 pm PDT AP - An Illinois man has been charged with five counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the slayings of a central Illinois family last month. Full Story Top Texas judge OKs evidence collected in raid on sect Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:44 pm PDT AP - A Texas judge ruled Friday that prosecutors could use thousands of documents seized during a weeklong raid of a polygamist sect's West Texas ranch in upcoming criminal trials even though search warrants were prompted by faked reports of abuse. Full Story Top CBS employee pleads not guilty in Letterman plot Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:39 pm PDT AP - A CBS News employee is out of jail on bond after pleading not guilty to trying to blackmail David Letterman for $2 million. Full Story Top Soldier gets 3-year prison term for kidnap hoax Fri, 2 Oct 2009 02:27 pm PDT AP - A Fort Hood soldier who tried to fake his kidnapping by a Mexican drug cartel after he went AWOL was sentenced Friday to three years in prison and dishonorably discharged. Full Story Top Judge rules law in Peterson case constitutional Fri, 2 Oct 2009 01:56 pm PDT AP - An Illinois judge has ruled that prosecutors can introduce statements made by former police officer's Drew Peterson's now-deceased ex-wife at his trial. Full Story Top Judge blocks US disclosures in Cuban 5 spy case Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:25 pm PDT AP - A federal judge on Friday halted a U.S. search for national security damage assessments that had been ordered by another judge in the politically charged case of three convicted Cuban spies who are seeking lenient prison sentences. Full Story Top Nazi camp guard trial opens in Germany next month Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:10 am PDT Reuters - Suspected death camp guard John Demjanjuk will go on trial in early November on charges of helping to kill 27,900 Jews during World War Two, a German court said Friday. Full Story Top The Trial: Judge tackles Franz Kafka archive nightmare Fri, 2 Oct 2009 08:03 am PDT Reuters - An Israeli court has stepped into a battle over a legacy that may include lost manuscripts of the great 20th century writer Franz Kafka, ordering an elderly heiress to open up a secret hoard of papers, Israel's Haaretz newspaper said Friday. Full Story Top Court to hear gay divorce in Texas, despite gay marriage ban Fri, 2 Oct 2009 07:28 am PDT Reuters - A judge in Dallas ruled on Thursday that the state court on which she sits has the jurisdiction to hear a divorce suit by a gay couple who were married outside Texas where same-sex marriages are banned. Full Story Top 6 wounded in shooting at Calif. bar Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:57 am PDT AP - Six people have been wounded after a bar fight outside Los Angeles spilled out onto the street and erupted in gunfire. Full Story Top Memorial sculpture honors NIU shooting victims Fri, 2 Oct 2009 05:46 am PDT AP - Officials at Northern Illinois University have unveiled a sculpture at the site of a campus shooting that left five students dead in 2008. Full Story Top Calif. authorities: 1981 triple murder was hit job Fri, 2 Oct 2009 04:55 am PDT AP - California authorities believe an unsolved 1981 triple murder at the Cabazon Band of Mission Indians was a hit job orchestrated by a tribal casino director, financial adviser and others to cover up illegal activity, and state officials are seeking to have the main suspect extradited to California. Full Story Top Travolta attorney says he warned Bahamas defendant Fri, 2 Oct 2009 03:57 am PDT AP - A lawyer for John Travolta testified Thursday that he warned a former Bahamas senator she would not get away with an alleged scheme to extort $25 million from the movie star, and even wore a wire to secretly record their conversations. Full Story Top Quotations of the day Fri, 2 Oct 2009 12:54 am PDT AP - "I was worried for myself, I was worried for my family. I felt menaced by this, and I had to tell them all of the creepy things that I had done. The creepy stuff was that I have had sex with women who work for me on this show." — David Letterman, describing to his "Late Show" audience how he admitted having affairs with female employees to a grand jury investigating allegations that Letterman was the victim of a $2 million blackmail plot. Full Story Top Montana AG launches probe of jail deal Thu, 1 Oct 2009 05:45 pm PDT AP - Montana's attorney general launched an investigation Thursday into a California company that wants to take over an empty jail in the rural city of Hardin, following revelations that the company's lead figure is a convicted felon with a history of fraud. Full Story Top

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