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Today's Crimes and Trials: Expert: Charities sent money to Islamic fighters State Courts Aim to Reduce Mistrials with More Juror Info Survivor in western AZ shooting in good condition Judge doubts prosecutors can prove 2 key charges Legal group seeks to compel Calif to defend Prop 8 NY synagogue plot suspect heard boasting on tape Texas man slits throat in court after sentencing Ex-Argentine officer fights extradition from US Fort Dix conspirators seek to overturn convictions Va. inmate who sought death penalty rescinds plea Giuliani's daughter may have theft charge dropped AP Exclusive: Secret testimony reveals stars' loss 'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future Man hangs self days after death sentence lifted Russian police turn to crime Records: Suspect had run-in with slain AK officers Hells Angels VP indicted in Colo. on gun charge Feds: Man smuggled money to fund Muslim fighters NM courthouse closed after judge threatened Student indicted in Muslim cabbie attack in NYC Expert: Charities sent money to Islamic fighters Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:19 pm PDT AP - An expert witness for the prosecution testified Tuesday that Islamic charities based in Saudi Arabia, including the one an Oregon tree surgeon is accused of smuggling money for, were regular conduits of funding to Muslim fighters in the volatile Caucasus region. Full Story Top State Courts Aim to Reduce Mistrials with More Juror Info Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:05 pm PDT Time.com - Federal courts are wary, but state judges have been introducing reforms to cut down the rate of mistrials Full Story Top Survivor in western AZ shooting in good condition Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:16 pm PDT AP - A woman who survived a weekend shooting that left five people dead in western Arizona told a 911 dispatcher that she was shot in the neck and wasn't sure whether others around her were breathing. Full Story Top Judge doubts prosecutors can prove 2 key charges Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:20 pm PDT AP - The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy trial said Tuesday he doubted prosecutors can prove key charges against two doctors and the lawyer-boyfriend of the late Playboy model. Full Story Top Legal group seeks to compel Calif to defend Prop 8 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:59 pm PDT AP - A conservative legal group is trying to force Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to defend California's gay marriage ban in court. Full Story Top NY synagogue plot suspect heard boasting on tape Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:01 pm PDT AP - A down-and-out Muslim man, under pressure from a paid FBI informant, admitted he was eager to attack a New York synagogue to vent his rage against Jews and U.S. military might in the Middle East, according to tapes played Tuesday at his trial. Full Story Top Texas man slits throat in court after sentencing Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:54 pm PDT AP - A suburban Dallas man used a thin blade from a safety razor to slit his throat in an apparent suicide attempt Tuesday in the courtroom where a judge had just sentenced him to 40 years in prison. Full Story Top Ex-Argentine officer fights extradition from US Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:56 pm PDT AP - A former Argentine navy lieutenant wanted for prosecution in his homeland for his alleged role in a 1972 massacre of leftist guerrillas has committed no crime and should not be sent back, his attorney told a U.S. judge Tuesday. Full Story Top Fort Dix conspirators seek to overturn convictions Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:00 pm PDT AP - Attorneys for five men imprisoned for conspiring to kill military personnel at New Jersey's Fort Dix are seeking to have their convictions overturned. Full Story Top Va. inmate who sought death penalty rescinds plea Tue, 31 Aug 2010 09:48 am PDT AP - A Virginia inmate who pleaded guilty to killing his cellmate and vowed to kill again unless he was sentenced to death has rescinded his plea and will go to trial next year. Full Story Top Giuliani's daughter may have theft charge dropped Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:24 am PDT Reuters - A judge agreed to dismiss a shoplifting charge against the daughter of New York City's former tough-on-crime mayor Rudy Giuliani on Tuesday if she completes one day of community service. Full Story Top AP Exclusive: Secret testimony reveals stars' loss Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:00 am PDT AP - Roughly two weeks before a judge would sentence her to jail, Lindsay Lohan sat in a downtown courtroom and recounted to a grand jury how a burglar's black fingerprints on her wall left her so unnerved that she had to move. Full Story Top 'Bed Intruder' songster turning fame into a future Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:55 am 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 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 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 05:34 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for the prosecution and defense outlined their cases to the jury in the trial of the founder of the U.S. branch of an Islamic charity. 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

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