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Today's Crimes and Trials: 2 bodies found near car sought in Okla. kidnapping US appeals court returns terror case to RI judge Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot against Obama LA doctor pleads not guilty to tax evasion, fraud Calif. officials seek extradition of 'heroin king' Dixie Chicks Release Gay-Themed Song Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees Court papers identify JC Penney as hacking victim Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama, others Adult trial for boy in death of Pa. woman, fetus Woman denies having consensual sex with RI officer NY teen says friend admitted stabbing immigrant Man guilty of drugging, fondling teen at sleepover 9 militia members charged in police-killing plot Christian militia members charged in Michigan Md. man pleads guilty to throwing dog off bridge Defense to start in triple murder trial in NC More SF cases may be dropped in crime lab scandal Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor Chicago police seek notes of Washington professor 2 bodies found near car sought in Okla. kidnapping Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:46 pm PDT AP - Police in Oklahoma said Monday that two bodies found near a car belonging to a man accused of killing his estranged wife and kidnapping her 7-year-old daughter more than two months ago are likely those of the girl and the man. Full Story Top US appeals court returns terror case to RI judge Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:51 pm PDT AP - A federal appeals court has ordered a Rhode Island judge to hear more arguments on whether to vacate a $116 million judgment against the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority over a 1996 terror attack that killed a U.S. citizen and his wife. Full Story Top Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot against Obama Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:24 pm PDT AP - A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barack Obama and dozens of other black people in 2008. Full Story Top LA doctor pleads not guilty to tax evasion, fraud Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:40 pm PDT AP - A doctor and ordained minister pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of failing to report more than $1 million in income from an herbal product she allegedly promoted as a cure for cancer. Full Story Top Calif. officials seek extradition of 'heroin king' Mon, 29 Mar 2010 05:02 pm PDT AP - The arrest of a man dubbed Mexico's "king of heroin" has disrupted a $10 million-a-month operation that smuggled tons of heroin a year into the United States, authorities said Monday. Full Story Top Dixie Chicks Release Gay-Themed Song Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:25 pm PDT The Advocate - Full Story Top Marine's dad ordered to pay protesters' court fees Mon, 29 Mar 2010 04:03 pm PDT AP - The father of a Marine killed in Iraq and whose funeral was picketed by anti-gay protesters was ordered to pay the protesters' appeal costs, his lawyers said Monday. Full Story Top Court papers identify JC Penney as hacking victim Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:59 pm PDT Reuters - JC Penney Co Inc was one of the victims of notorious computer hacker Albert Gonzalez, according to unsealed documents made available on Monday by a federal judge in Boston. Full Story Top Tennessee man pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama, others Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:40 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of conspiring to carry out a killing spree targeting African Americans, including then-presidential candidate Barack Obama, the Justice Department said. Full Story Top Adult trial for boy in death of Pa. woman, fetus Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:13 pm PDT AP - A Pennsylvania boy who was 11 when he was accused of killing his father's pregnant fiancee with a shotgun blast to the back of her head as she lay in bed will be tried as an adult in the death of both the woman and the fetus, a judge ruled Monday. Full Story Top Woman denies having consensual sex with RI officer Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:36 pm PDT AP - A woman who says she was raped by an on-duty Providence police officer denied a lawyer's assertion Monday that she had a willing sexual encounter with the man, saying she's a lesbian and doesn't have sex with men. Full Story Top NY teen says friend admitted stabbing immigrant Mon, 29 Mar 2010 02:29 pm PDT AP - Moments after an Ecuadorean immigrant was stabbed to death during a confrontation with a group of Long Island teenagers, the youth suspected of inflicting the fatal blow admitted he had a knife and was responsible for the stabbing, one of his friends testified Monday. Full Story Top Man guilty of drugging, fondling teen at sleepover Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:56 pm PDT AP - A jury has convicted a Vermont man of drugging and molesting a 13-year-old girl during a sleepover. Full Story Top 9 militia members charged in police-killing plot Mon, 29 Mar 2010 12:14 pm PDT AP - Nine suspects tied to a Christian militia that was preparing for the Antichrist were charged with conspiring to kill police officers, then kill scores more by attacking a funeral using homemade bombs, federal prosecutors said Monday. Full Story Top Christian militia members charged in Michigan Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:47 am PDT Reuters - Nine members of a Christian militia group were indicted on charges of conspiring to wage war against the U.S. government, federal prosecutors said on Monday. Full Story Top Md. man pleads guilty to throwing dog off bridge Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:15 am PDT AP - A Maryland man who threw a Chihuahua off a bridge has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty and could face prison time. Full Story Top Defense to start in triple murder trial in NC Mon, 29 Mar 2010 03:07 am PDT AP - Lawyers for a retired soldier forced back into the Army to face charges in a North Carolina triple slaying 25 years ago are expected to open their case this week. Full Story Top More SF cases may be dropped in crime lab scandal Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:44 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors are considering dropping an additional 1,400 cases this week because of a scandal at the police crime lab, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said. Full Story Top Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:48 am PDT AP - Issa Salomi's first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son's childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January. Full Story Top Chicago police seek notes of Washington professor Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:06 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for Chicago police officers being sued by an exonerated murder convict have subpoenaed the notes of a Western Washington University journalism professor who 16 years ago wrote stories questioning his guilt. Full Story Top

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