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Today's Crimes and Trials: California judge stays sex killer's execution Both sides rest cases in Conn. home invasion trial Murder charges increasing in fatal DUI cases Appeals court allows stem cell funds to continue Mass. woman pleads guilty in glass-eating scheme Pa. pastor charged in wife's '08 death faces judge 'Bueller' actor pleads guilty in sex offender case Rapper Kid Cudi guilty on drug charge, avoids jail Suspect in fatal NJ college shooting due in court Court orders hearing for condemned Calif. inmate Rapper Kid Cudi pleads guilty in NY drug case Gunmen hijack school bus in Nigeria APNewsBreak: Skakel says attorney was incompetent Texan imprisoned for child sex assault exonerated Prosecutors: Fear of jail motivated Tenn. slayings Judge critical of prosecutors in Anna Nicole trial Prosecution, defense rest cases in Smith trial Guilty plea in NJ multiple personality killings Md. man charged with slaying other mental patient Lawyer: NJ ticket scam defendants didn't break law California judge stays sex killer's execution Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:21 pm PDT AFP - A California judge granted a stay of execution for a convicted sex killer whose planned death this week would have ended a nearly five-year moratorium on the death penalty in the state. Full Story Top Both sides rest cases in Conn. home invasion trial Tue, 28 Sep 2010 04:10 pm PDT AP - One of two Connecticut men charged with killing a woman and her two daughters in a 2007 home invasion told another inmate he killed the mother after being pressured to do so by the other suspect in the case, a prison officer testified Tuesday before both sides rested. Full Story Top Murder charges increasing in fatal DUI cases Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:35 pm PDT AP - While rookie Los Angeles Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was pitching six scoreless innings in the game of his career, Andrew Gallo spent hours bar-hopping and pounding down shots and beers with his stepbrother. Full Story Top Appeals court allows stem cell funds to continue Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:18 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday allowed federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research to continue pending a full appeal, lifting an injunction issued by a federal judge who had said the Obama administration's policy violated the law. Full Story Top Mass. woman pleads guilty in glass-eating scheme Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:45 pm PDT AP - A Massachusetts woman admits that she and her husband intentionally ate glass particles, then submitted false insurance claims. Full Story Top Pa. pastor charged in wife's '08 death faces judge Tue, 28 Sep 2010 02:16 pm PDT AP - A paramedic who responded to a car crash involving a pastor and his wife testified Tuesday that she couldn't figure out why the woman had head and body injuries despite there being little damage to the vehicle. Full Story Top 'Bueller' actor pleads guilty in sex offender case Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:10 pm PDT AP - The actor who played the principal in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" will serve three years of probation after pleading guilty to failing to update his sex offender registry info. Full Story Top Rapper Kid Cudi guilty on drug charge, avoids jail Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:01 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. rapper Kid Cudi has pleaded guilty to drug possession, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney said on Tuesday. Full Story Top Suspect in fatal NJ college shooting due in court Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:52 am PDT AP - A New Jersey man charged in the fatal shooting of a Seton Hall University student at a party over the weekend is due in court. Full Story Top Court orders hearing for condemned Calif. inmate Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:20 am PDT AP - A federal judge on Tuesday gave lawyers six hours to file written arguments on whether California's first execution in nearly five years should go forward. Full Story Top Rapper Kid Cudi pleads guilty in NY drug case Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:53 am PDT AP - Rapper Kid Cudi has pleaded guilty in New York City to misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance. Full Story Top Gunmen hijack school bus in Nigeria Tue, 28 Sep 2010 08:53 am PDT AFP - Gunmen hijacked a school bus and kidnapped 15 children in Nigeria's oil-rich south, demanding a 130,000-dollar ransom on Tuesday, police said, in a shocking new twist to abductions in the region. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: Skakel says attorney was incompetent Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:57 pm PDT AP - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel filed another appeal of his 2002 murder conviction late Monday, this time arguing his high-profile trial attorney was incompetent. Full Story Top Texan imprisoned for child sex assault exonerated Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:31 pm PDT AP - A judge on Monday overturned the 1993 conviction of a deaf man who was sent to prison for raping a 5-year-old girl despite an absence of physical evidence linking him to the attack. Full Story Top Prosecutors: Fear of jail motivated Tenn. slayings Mon, 27 Sep 2010 07:03 pm PDT AP - Jessie Dotson had been out of prison several months when an argument at his brother's house turned violent, authorities said, and he gunned the man down. Desperate not to return to jail, he tried to rid the scene of witnesses — shooting and killing three other adults, then using knives and boards to kill two of his brother's children and seriously injure three others, a prosecutor said at his trial Monday. Full Story Top Judge critical of prosecutors in Anna Nicole trial Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:49 pm PDT Reuters - The judge in the Anna Nicole Smith drug trial slammed prosecutors on Monday for their aggressive pursuit of convictions against three people accused of plying the actress with prescription drugs before her 2007 death. Full Story Top Prosecution, defense rest cases in Smith trial Mon, 27 Sep 2010 05:03 pm PDT AP - Prosecution and defense attorneys rested their cases Monday in the seven-week drug conspiracy trial of Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer-boyfriend and two doctors charged with providing her with excessive amounts of opiates and sedatives while knowing she was an addict. Full Story Top Guilty plea in NJ multiple personality killings Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:55 pm PDT AP - A New Jersey man has pleaded guilty to killing three family members, but tells a judge one of his multiple personalities committed the crimes. Full Story Top Md. man charged with slaying other mental patient Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:42 pm PDT AP - On a medium-security wing at a state mental hospital, El Soundani El-Wahhabi befriended the woman in the room three doors down who, like him, was committed there after a murder trial. He's now accused of killing her. Full Story Top Lawyer: NJ ticket scam defendants didn't break law Mon, 27 Sep 2010 04:12 pm PDT AP - The upcoming trial of four California men accused of illegally buying more than a million sports and concert tickets online could set new rules for prosecuting computer fraud if it's allowed to proceed, an attorney for one of the men argued in federal court Monday. Full Story Top

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