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Today's Crimes and Trials: Man hangs self days after death sentence lifted Russian police turn to crime Records: Suspect had run-in with slain AK officers 'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future Police work to find motive in mass Ariz. shooting Hells Angels VP indicted in Colo. on gun charge Feds: Man smuggled money to fund Muslim fighters Expert: Doctor should have weaned Smith from drugs NM courthouse closed after judge threatened Student indicted in Muslim cabbie attack in NYC Ore. couple plead not guilty to manslaughter Clemens pleads not guilty to charges he lied Ohio parents plead guilty to hog-tying young son Pitching legend Clemens denies perjury Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water Man tied to girl's disappearance appears in court NY temple plot jury hears suspect rant about Jews Abducted U.S. aid worker released in Darfur More crews to hunt for Utah fugitive Wright: Obama Muslim myth believers 'psychopaths' Man hangs self days after death sentence lifted Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:33 pm PDT AP - A 70-year-old California inmate who had just had his death sentence lifted has hanged himself in his cell less than a week after the reprieve. Full Story Top Russian police turn to crime Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:07 pm PDT AFP - Scandals involving police crime are becoming more and more frequent in Russia -- kidnapping, murder, torture and corruption among them -- casting doubts on President Dmitry Medvedev's ability to reform the tainted force. Full Story Top Records: Suspect had run-in with slain AK officers Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:56 pm PDT AP - A man charged in the slayings of two police officers in a tiny Alaska village was accused of attacking the same officers last year after they responded to a call about an intruder, court records revealed. Full Story Top 'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:37 pm PDT AP - Antoine Dodson's angry, head-shaking TV interview about an attempted rape against his younger sister in her bed has turned into a chart-topping iTunes song and YouTube hit and made the 24-year-old Alabama college student an Internet sensation. Full Story Top Police work to find motive in mass Ariz. shooting Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:37 pm PDT AP - The sole survivor in a weekend shooting that left five people dead in western Arizona was in fair condition Monday, and authorities are hopeful she can help explain what led up to the slayings. Full Story Top Hells Angels VP indicted in Colo. on gun charge Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:14 pm PDT AP - Authorities say a leader in the Hells Angels motorcycle gang has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver on a firearms charge. Full Story Top Feds: Man smuggled money to fund Muslim fighters Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:09 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for the prosecution and defense have outlined their cases to the jury in the trial of the co-founder of the U.S. branch of a defunct Islamic charity. Full Story Top Expert: Doctor should have weaned Smith from drugs Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:58 pm PDT AP - The amount of opiates and sedatives prescribed to Anna Nicole Smith could have made her behave like "a space cadet," slurring her words and losing cognitive abilities, a prosecution expert testified Monday at the drug conspiracy trial of Smith's two doctors and lawyer-boyfriend. Full Story Top NM courthouse closed after judge threatened Mon, 30 Aug 2010 05:19 pm PDT AP - Authorities closed the state district courthouse in Santa Fe, N.M., on Monday after a caller threatened to kill a judge. Full Story Top Student indicted in Muslim cabbie attack in NYC Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:58 pm PDT AP - An arts student accused of slashing a Muslim taxi driver's neck has been indicted on hate-crime charges, prosecutors said Monday as the student's lawyer lashed out at media interest in a case that comes amid debate over attitudes about Muslims and a plan to build a mosque near ground zero. Full Story Top Ore. couple plead not guilty to manslaughter Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:53 pm PDT AP - An Oregon couple who belong to a church that practices faith healing have pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in the death of their infant son. Full Story Top Clemens pleads not guilty to charges he lied Mon, 30 Aug 2010 03:54 pm PDT Reuters - Former baseball pitching star Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he lied and obstructed a congressional investigation into whether he used banned performance-enhancing drugs. Full Story Top Ohio parents plead guilty to hog-tying young son Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:14 pm PDT AP - The parents of a Cleveland boy have pleaded guilty to hog-tying and duct-taping him to a coffee table on a nightly basis for months. Full Story Top Pitching legend Clemens denies perjury Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:15 pm PDT AFP - Former ace pitcher Roger Clemens pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of perjury and obstruction of Congress in a probe of doping in baseball. Full Story Top Facebook post gets Detroit-area juror in hot water Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:14 pm PDT AP - A judge removed a juror from a trial in suburban Detroit after the young woman wrote on Facebook that the defendant was guilty. The problem? The trial wasn't over. Hadley Jons, of Warren just north of Detroit, could be found in contempt when she returns to the Macomb County circuit court Thursday. Full Story Top Man tied to girl's disappearance appears in court Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:52 am PDT AP - A man considered a person of interest in the death of a 14-year-old girl is a flight risk and a potential danger to the public, the Kansas attorney general told a judge Monday. Full Story Top NY temple plot jury hears suspect rant about Jews Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:29 am PDT AP - A man accused of plotting to bomb New York synagogues and shoot down military planes ranted against Jews and mused about "taking down" targets in the United States, according to audio tapes played Monday at his federal trial. Full Story Top Abducted U.S. aid worker released in Darfur Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:05 am PDT Reuters - A U.S. aid worker was released in Darfur on Monday after being held by her kidnappers for more than 100 days, a Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman said. 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

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