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Today's Crimes and Trials: Grand jury indicts accused California kidnappers Accused captors of US girl face kidnap, rape charges Blagojevich retrial defense team scaled down Colo. DA allegations involve suggestive text Jury to get case in Utah library explosion trial Pa. lawyer found guilty in Russian child-sex case US judge asks Vatican to serve court paper to pope Woman flees escaped prisoner who passed out drunk Bin Laden evidence allowed at detainee's NYC trial Connecticut Attorney General seeks 60-day freeze on foreclosures Amanda Knox faces preliminary slander hearing Final arguments set for Conn. home invasion trial Policeman tearfully describes carnage of blast Ariz. fugitives indicted on capital murder charges Correction: People-Kid Cudi story Rapper Kid Cudi drug charge may be dismissed NY lawyer convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls case Feds want case dropped against Afghan in Calif Judge issues gag order in Allen Stanford trial Ex-dean accused of making NYC students do chores Grand jury indicts accused California kidnappers Fri, 1 Oct 2010 10:52 pm PDT AP - California kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard and her two young daughters will be spared from having to testify in open court any time soon following a grand jury indictment of the couple charged with kidnapping and holding her captive for 18 years, a prosecutor said Friday. Full Story Top Accused captors of US girl face kidnap, rape charges Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:47 pm PDT AFP - A couple accused of kidnapping a young California girl, Jaycee Dugard, raping her and holding her captive for nearly two decades were indicted Friday by a grand jury. Full Story Top Blagojevich retrial defense team scaled down Fri, 1 Oct 2010 05:17 pm PDT AP - A defense team of more than a dozen attorneys and legal aides, who huddled around former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talking strategy or even comforting their client during his first corruption trial, won't be there for his second. Full Story Top Colo. DA allegations involve suggestive text Fri, 1 Oct 2010 04:36 pm PDT AP - Recent allegations against a western Colorado district attorney suspected of unlawful sexual contact include a claim that he sent a sexually suggestive text message to an ex-girlfriend. Full Story Top Jury to get case in Utah library explosion trial Fri, 1 Oct 2010 02:06 pm PDT AP - A federal jury in Utah has adjourned for the weekend without reaching a verdict in the trial of an Illinois man accused of bombing a downtown Salt Lake City library in 2006. Full Story Top Pa. lawyer found guilty in Russian child-sex case Fri, 1 Oct 2010 01:49 pm PDT AP - A suburban Philadelphia lawyer has been convicted of sexually abusing a Russian ballet dancer he helped support. Full Story Top US judge asks Vatican to serve court paper to pope Fri, 1 Oct 2010 01:44 pm PDT AP - A federal U.S. judge is asking the Vatican to cooperate in serving the pope and two other top officials with court papers that stem from decades-old allegations of sexual abuse by a priest in Wisconsin. Full Story Top Woman flees escaped prisoner who passed out drunk Fri, 1 Oct 2010 12:33 pm PDT AP - A Wyoming woman who was kidnapped and forced to drive an escaped prisoner to Montana got away from her abductor after he passed out drunk and she spotted an officer Friday, police said. Full Story Top Bin Laden evidence allowed at detainee's NYC trial Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:56 am PDT AP - Jurors in the trial of a Guantanamo detainee accused of supplying explosives for the deadly bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa can see Osama bin Laden's orders more than a decade ago that his followers kill Americans, a judge ruled Friday. Full Story Top Connecticut Attorney General seeks 60-day freeze on foreclosures Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:11 am PDT Reuters - Connecticut's attorney general on Friday called on state courts to freeze home foreclosures for 60 days after borrowers claimed that major lenders may be making misstatements in the foreclosure process. Full Story Top Amanda Knox faces preliminary slander hearing Fri, 1 Oct 2010 06:34 am PDT Reuters - Amanda Knox, the American student convicted of killing her British flatmate in Italy three years ago, returned to court on Friday to face judges who will decide if she should be tried for slandering police in the case. Full Story Top Final arguments set for Conn. home invasion trial Fri, 1 Oct 2010 03:42 am PDT AP - A prosecutor and defense attorney were set to make closing arguments Friday in the trial of a man charged in the 2007 home invasion killings of a Connecticut woman and her two daughters. Full Story Top Policeman tearfully describes carnage of blast Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:18 pm PDT AP - A police detective broke down in tears Thursday as he told jurors in a murder trial about finding the bodies of two officers after a bomb went off in a bank. Full Story Top Ariz. fugitives indicted on capital murder charges Thu, 30 Sep 2010 06:25 pm PDT AP - A federal grand jury has indicted two Arizona prison escapees and a woman who allegedly helped them escape on capital murder and carjacking charges in the New Mexico deaths of an Oklahoma couple. Full Story Top Correction: People-Kid Cudi story Thu, 30 Sep 2010 05:30 pm PDT AP - In a Sept. 28 story about a court hearing on drug charges against rapper Kid Cudi, The Associated Press, relying on information provided by Manhattan prosecutors, erroneously reported that Cudi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance. Full Story Top Rapper Kid Cudi drug charge may be dismissed Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:34 pm PDT Reuters - A drug possession charge against U.S. rapper Kid Cudi could be dismissed in six-months if he stays out of trouble, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan district attorney said on Tuesday. Full Story Top NY lawyer convicted in Dead Sea Scrolls case Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:27 pm PDT AP - A scholar's son was convicted Thursday of using online aliases to harass and discredit his father's detractors in a heated academic debate over the origins of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Full Story Top Feds want case dropped against Afghan in Calif Thu, 30 Sep 2010 04:21 pm PDT AP - Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop charges against the Afghan-born brother-in-law of Osama bin Laden's bodyguard, saying a key overseas witness was unavailable to testify. Full Story Top Judge issues gag order in Allen Stanford trial Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:54 pm PDT Reuters - A federal judge on Thursday issued an order banning lawyers and witnesses in accused swindler Allen Stanford's criminal trial from talking to the media. Full Story Top Ex-dean accused of making NYC students do chores Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:08 pm PDT AP - A former fundraiser for St. John's University implicated in an embezzlement scheme is facing allegations she used threats to make students cook and perform other chores for her. Full Story Top

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