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Today's Crimes and Trials: Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self More crews to hunt for Utah fugitive Wright: Obama Muslim myth believers 'psychopaths' Blagojevich trial holdout juror breaks her silence Somali pleads guilty in case of pirate attack on US warship Charge: Dealer painted, drugged horses before sale 2 more plead guilty in Obama student loan case U.S. seeks extradition of Caribbean Ponzi schemer U.S. immigration agents arrest 370 in Midwest sweep Informant takes stand in NY temple plot case Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in U.S. court Judge grants restraining order sought by DiCaprio Rod Blagojevich headed for retrial without brother 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 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 Arizona police say gunman kills 5, then self Sun, 29 Aug 2010 09:56 pm PDT AP - A gunman entered a western Arizona home and fatally shot five people, including the mother of his two children and her new boyfriend, before fleeing with the kids to Southern California where he killed himself, police said Sunday. Full Story Top More crews to hunt for Utah fugitive Sun, 29 Aug 2010 04:50 pm PDT AP - More law enforcement teams were being called in Sunday to hunt down a man accused of killing a Utah sheriff's deputy. Full Story Top Wright: Obama Muslim myth believers 'psychopaths' Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:31 pm PDT AP - President Barack Obama's controversial former pastor is referring to people who wrongly believe Obama is Muslim as "psychopaths." The Rev. Jeremiah Wright delivered a fiery sermon Sunday at the New Millennium Church in Little Rock that largely criticized supporters of the Iraq war. Wright also defended the church's pastor, former Arkansas Court of Appeals Judge Wendell Griffen, for speaking out against the war. Full Story Top Blagojevich trial holdout juror breaks her silence Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:15 pm PDT AP - As attorneys and defendants scanned jurors' faces for favorable signs during ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption trial, most couldn't get a read on the pokerfaced grandmother at the far end of the jury box taking meticulous notes. Full Story Top Somali pleads guilty in case of pirate attack on US warship Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:51 pm PDT The Christian Science Monitor - One of six Somalis accused of attempting to take over a US warship in the Gulf of Aden has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with federal prosecutors against the five remaining alleged pirates. Full Story Top Charge: Dealer painted, drugged horses before sale Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:37 pm PDT AP - A Southern California horse dealer has reached a plea deal after being accused of selling animals that were sick, drugged and sometimes painted a different color, federal prosecutors said Friday. Full Story Top 2 more plead guilty in Obama student loan case Fri, 27 Aug 2010 03:01 pm PDT AP - Two more people accused of illegally viewing President Barack Obama's student loan records have pleaded guilty. Full Story Top U.S. seeks extradition of Caribbean Ponzi schemer Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:52 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. authorities want to extradite from the Turks and Caicos Islands a Jamaican banker accused of running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors out of nearly $300 million in one of the Caribbean's biggest financial fraud cases, a law enforcement official said on Friday. Full Story Top U.S. immigration agents arrest 370 in Midwest sweep Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:51 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. immigration agents arrested 370 illegal immigrants, most of whom were convicted criminals, in a three-day sweep of 10 Midwestern states, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said on Friday. Full Story Top Informant takes stand in NY temple plot case Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:25 pm PDT AP - The government's star witness has taken the stand at the trial of four men charged with trying to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down military planes. Full Story Top Accused Somali pirate pleads guilty in U.S. court Fri, 27 Aug 2010 11:50 am PDT Reuters - An accused pirate from Somalia pleaded guilty on Friday in federal court in Virginia to criminal charges over an April attack on a U.S. Navy ship off the coast of Africa, according to the court and the U.S. Justice Department. Full Story Top Judge grants restraining order sought by DiCaprio Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:07 am PDT AP - Court records show Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a temporary restraining against a woman he says is threatening his safety. Full Story Top Rod Blagojevich headed for retrial without brother Fri, 27 Aug 2010 04:03 am PDT AP - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's older brother dreaded his lawyer's phone call. 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 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

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