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Today's Crimes and Trials: Woman to stand trial on charge of slicing DiCaprio Mayor seeks to calm cabbie, NYC after knife attack Army contractor tells NY judge he accepted cash Colo. man pleads guilty in Obama anthrax hoax Rod Blagojevich headed for retrial early next year FBI: 1965 toddler's disappearance was a kidnapping Fugitive charged with killing wife and her mother Suspect in deadly NY shooting pleads not guilty Serial stabbings suspect ordered held without bond Blagojevich retrial likely to start early January Neb. high court to get immigration-law question Closing arguments conclude in child support trial Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin Iowa woman convicted in Obama records viewing case Reputed mobster linked to Fla. scam admits guilt Madoff judge asks Gibraltar to hand over seized funds B-movie producer charged in $9 million ponzi scam 4 teens sentenced in NY hate crime stabbing Lindsay Lohan hopes for new life after rehab, jail Relatives say Virginia shooter warned of attack Woman to stand trial on charge of slicing DiCaprio Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:05 pm PDT AP - A judge ordered a woman to stand trial on a charge of slashing Leonardo DiCaprio's face with glass during a 2005 party. Full Story Top Mayor seeks to calm cabbie, NYC after knife attack Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:11 pm PDT AP - A Muslim cab driver whose face and throat were slashed in a suspected hate crime attack appeared with Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday as city officials sought to ease tensions in the debate over a plan to put a mosque near the site of the 2001 terrorist attacks. Full Story Top Army contractor tells NY judge he accepted cash Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:48 pm PDT AP - A man who worked for a U.S. Army contractor in Afghanistan has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in New York, admitting that he accepted $200,000 in cash payments to steer contracts to subcontractors. Full Story Top Colo. man pleads guilty in Obama anthrax hoax Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:46 pm PDT AP - A man from the Denver area has pleaded guilty to sending letters containing white powder to President Barack Obama, members of Congress from Colorado and Alabama, and to Argentine consulates. Full Story Top Rod Blagojevich headed for retrial early next year Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:36 pm PDT AP - Jurors who deadlocked last week on all but one of 24 charges in the first trial described the case against Robert Blagojevich as by far the weaker of the two. And they said the former Army officer presented an earnest, sympathetic figure when he insisted on the witness stand that he and his brother did nothing wrong. Full Story Top FBI: 1965 toddler's disappearance was a kidnapping Thu, 26 Aug 2010 04:18 pm PDT AP - Elizabeth Ann Gill was 2 years old when she disappeared from the front porch of her family's southeast Missouri home in June 1965. Her family always believed she was snatched and, 45 years on, the FBI has reclassified her case as a kidnapping and reopened the investigation. Full Story Top Fugitive charged with killing wife and her mother Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:40 pm PDT AP - California authorities say an escaped convict accused of molesting his niece has been charged with killing his wife and mother-in-law and putting their bodies through a staged car crash. Full Story Top Suspect in deadly NY shooting pleads not guilty Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:48 pm PDT AP - The high school dropout accused of fatally shooting four people outside a downtown bar insists he has never fired a gun in his life, despite past weapons charges, his lawyer said Thursday. Full Story Top Serial stabbings suspect ordered held without bond Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:32 pm PDT AP - A man suspected in 18 attacks in three states, including five fatal stabbings, was ordered held without bond Thursday in one of the cases after being extradited to Michigan. Full Story Top Blagojevich retrial likely to start early January Thu, 26 Aug 2010 11:52 am PDT Reuters - The retrial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich on corruption charges will likely begin in the first week of January, U.S. District Judge James Zagel said on Thursday. Full Story Top Neb. high court to get immigration-law question Thu, 26 Aug 2010 10:46 am PDT AP - A federal judge says the Nebraska Supreme Court should answer a legal question about whether a Nebraska city's ban on hiring and renting to illegal immigrants is allowed by state law. Full Story Top Closing arguments conclude in child support trial Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:45 pm PDT AP - A high-stakes court battle over the birthright of a billionaire's children neared a conclusion Wednesday with closing arguments in which a lawyer for the two adult offspring asked jurors to award them more than $100 million, a payment befitting their status as the children of one of the nation's richest men. Full Story Top Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:15 pm PDT AP - A judge denied former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's request Wednesday to have his money laundering trial moved from Austin, which DeLay calls a liberal bastion where he alleges a rogue prosecutor crusaded against him. Full Story Top Iowa woman convicted in Obama records viewing case Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:22 pm PDT AP - A federal jury has convicted an Iowa woman of illegally accessing President Barack Obama's student loan records. Full Story Top Reputed mobster linked to Fla. scam admits guilt Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:42 pm PDT AP - A reputed Italian mobster linked to a massive Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering conspiracy charges brought after the FBI recorded him agreeing to destroy evidence and hide cash from the $1.2 billion fraud scam. Full Story Top Madoff judge asks Gibraltar to hand over seized funds Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:11 pm PDT AFP - A US judge overseeing the liquidation of Wall Street con man Bernard Madoff's assets has asked a court in Gibraltar to transfer seized funds to pay victims, according to a court document Wednesday. Full Story Top B-movie producer charged in $9 million ponzi scam Wed, 25 Aug 2010 11:58 am PDT AP - A Laguna Niguel movie producer who prosecutors say ran a $9 million ponzi scheme in a B-movie company has been arraigned on 89 felony counts, including securities fraud and grand theft. Full Story Top 4 teens sentenced in NY hate crime stabbing Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:35 am PDT AP - Three teenagers who admitted targeting Hispanics for violence were sentenced Wednesday to seven-year prison terms for their roles in the 2008 killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, and a fourth teen who had met the others on the night of the killing received a six-year sentence. Full Story Top Lindsay Lohan hopes for new life after rehab, jail Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:07 am PDT Reuters - Lindsay Lohan is looking forward to "beginning anew" and returning to work as an actress after completing a jail sentence and court-ordered residential rehab program, her lawyer said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Relatives say Virginia shooter warned of attack Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:02 am PDT AP - Relatives of a Virginia man who fatally shot two people and wounded four others say he had warned of going on a rampage. Full Story Top

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