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Today's Crimes and Trials: Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10 Lawyer: Blagojevich would take 5th in casino suit Polanski set to arrive for house arrest Records of man claiming to be Calif. spy unsealed Ohio serial killer suspect pleads insanity Kidnapper who held victim in casket box gets life Grand jury charges teen accused of killing nun Texas man with low IQ asks court to spare his life UN prosecutor gives Serbia positive report Alleged US serial killer pleads insanity Alderman convicted of groping midshipman Vermont auditor pleads guilty to drunken driving New charges possible against NY bomb plot suspect Suspects plead not guilty after NY police shooting Knox, boyfriend make final appeals in sex murder trial Hearing held for NY soldier in deaths of 2 others Man accused of aiding in Wash. police killing Minnesota man convicted over $3.65 bln Ponzi scheme U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years Fort Hood suspect charged with attempted murder Ind. teen charged with strangling brother, 10 Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:26 pm PST AP - Ignoring his younger brother's plea of "Andrew, stop," a 17-year-old who told authorities he identified with a television serial killer strangled the boy, dragged the body to his car and drove to see his girlfriend, an Indiana prosecutor said Thursday. Full Story Top Lawyer: Blagojevich would take 5th in casino suit Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:50 pm PST AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich would claim his 5th Amendment right against self incrimination if asked to testify in a civil lawsuit spurred by his federal corruption indictment, his lawyer says. Full Story Top Polanski set to arrive for house arrest Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:09 pm PST AFP - Film-maker Roman Polanski was set to be bailed on Friday and placed under house arrest at his chalet in the Swiss ski resort of Gstaad while he awaits a ruling on his extradition to the United States. Full Story Top Records of man claiming to be Calif. spy unsealed Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:03 pm PST AP - A judge on Thursday lifted a seal on court records and transcripts that a Southern California man says will prove he was an informant for the FBI. Full Story Top Ohio serial killer suspect pleads insanity Thu, 3 Dec 2009 06:47 pm PST AP - A registered sex offender accused of killing 11 women pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges Thursday, a plea that will leave the legal system to decide whether a sane person can live for years with 10 bodies and a skull. Full Story Top Kidnapper who held victim in casket box gets life Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:12 pm PST AP - A Southern California man has been sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a woman whom he imprisoned in a casket-like box in his van while demanding a $140,000 ransom from her husband. Full Story Top Grand jury charges teen accused of killing nun Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:14 pm PST AP - A federal grand jury has charged a teenager accused of killing a nun at her home on the Navajo reservation with first-degree murder. Full Story Top Texas man with low IQ asks court to spare his life Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:11 pm PST AP - Prison officials were moving forward with plans to execute a 44-year-old man Thursday evening for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl, despite pleas from his attorneys he is too mentally impaired to qualify for capital punishment. Full Story Top UN prosecutor gives Serbia positive report Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:09 pm PST AP - Serbia is cooperating with the U.N. war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia but the arrest of the fugitive former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic is crucial, the chief prosecutor said Thursday. Full Story Top Alleged US serial killer pleads insanity Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:49 pm PST AFP - A suspected US serial killer on Thursday pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murdering 11 women whose remains were found in and around his Ohio home, prosecutors said. Full Story Top Alderman convicted of groping midshipman Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:28 pm PST AP - A judge convicted an Annapolis alderman on Thursday of groping a U.S. Naval Academy midshipman in a car in May. Full Story Top Vermont auditor pleads guilty to drunken driving Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:12 pm PST AP - The state auditor of Vermont, who gained national notice when he deployed to Iraq during his re-election campaign, has pleaded guilty to drunken driving. Full Story Top New charges possible against NY bomb plot suspect Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:59 am PST Reuters - A U.S. prosecutor said on Thursday the government may seek new charges against an Afghan-born man who has pleaded not guilty to plotting a bombing attack in the United States. Full Story Top Suspects plead not guilty after NY police shooting Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:39 am PST AP - Two New York men pleaded not guilty to a break-in and one of them also pleaded not guilty to wounding two responding police officers. Full Story Top Knox, boyfriend make final appeals in sex murder trial Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:43 am PST AFP - American Amanda Knox asked a jury not to put the "killer's mask" on her as she and her boyfriend made emotional final appeals Thursday denying the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Full Story Top Hearing held for NY soldier in deaths of 2 others Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:43 am PST AP - A Fort Drum soldier accused of fatally stabbing two fellow servicemen has been arraigned on fugitive from justice charges in Ohio and has agreed to return to New York to face murder charges. Full Story Top Man accused of aiding in Wash. police killing Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:27 am PST AP - A suspect accused of helping Maurice Clemmons flee after the gunman massacred four suburban police officers could face trial as an accomplice to murder — a crime that might bring the same penalties as if he had pulled the trigger himself. Full Story Top Minnesota man convicted over $3.65 bln Ponzi scheme Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:22 am PST AFP - A federal jury found a Minnesota man guilty of running a 3.65 billion dollar Ponzi scheme that fleeced customers for more than 10 years, the Justice Department said in a statement. Full Story Top U.S. court jails Mexico drug kingpin for 27 years Thu, 3 Dec 2009 01:19 am PST Reuters - A U.S. federal judge sentenced a kingpin of Mexico's powerful Juarez drug cartel to 27 years in prison for smuggling at least 200 tons of cocaine into the United States, authorities said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Fort Hood suspect charged with attempted murder Wed, 2 Dec 2009 11:41 pm PST AP - An Army psychiatrist who may face the death penalty after the mass shooting at Fort Hood was charged Wednesday with 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder relating to the scores of soldiers and two civilian police officers injured in the attack, military officials said. Full Story Top

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