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Today's Crimes and Trials: Lawsuit on Hamas slayings lingers in court in RI Daytona Beach hotel operator in pedophilia arrest Charles Manson found with cell phone again 'Gone Wild' founder indicted on gambling charge Mistrial in rape case of man who killed TV anchor Man convicted in Chandra Levy case seeks new trial Maine jury says man who took class hostage sane U.S. fugitive nabbed in Mexico after more than 21 years Ohio judge cannot display 10 Commandments Conn. man who ran after '87 killing held in Mexico Fla. suspect, correction officer die in gun battle Judge raises questions about Voting Rights Act Man pleads not guilty in Seattle hatchet killings New York prosecutors bust alleged Apple theft rings Ariz escapee pleads not guilty to murder charges Fiancee stands by Yale lab killing suspect Motorist on drugs pleads guilty in bicyclist death Trial of ex-CIA operative shifts to yacht to Miami Mosque plot suspect planted bomb in airport in '85 'Jihad Jane' terror suspect pleads guilty in Pa. Lawsuit on Hamas slayings lingers in court in RI Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:29 pm PST AP - A long and tortuous legal wrangle that brought the fallout of Mideast terrorism to U.S. courts, culminating in a $116 million default judgment against the Palestinian Authority, may be moving toward resolution. Full Story Top Daytona Beach hotel operator in pedophilia arrest Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:00 pm PST Reuters - The operator of an ocean-front Daytona Beach hotel was arrested on Wednesday after an FBI search found evidence he paid an accomplice to bring a 13-year-old boy to his hotel suite to perform sex acts on video, according to the arrest affidavit. Full Story Top Charles Manson found with cell phone again Wed, 2 Feb 2011 06:19 pm PST Reuters - Mass murderer Charles Manson was caught with a cell phone behind bars for the second time in two years, a California prison official said on Wednesday. Full Story Top 'Gone Wild' founder indicted on gambling charge Wed, 2 Feb 2011 05:39 pm PST AP - "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis was indicted by a grand jury Wednesday on charges that he didn't pay a $2.5 million gambling debt to a Las Vegas Strip casino. Full Story Top Mistrial in rape case of man who killed TV anchor Wed, 2 Feb 2011 05:20 pm PST AP - An Arkansas judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the rape case of a man who was separately convicted of murdering a television anchorwoman. Full Story Top Man convicted in Chandra Levy case seeks new trial Wed, 2 Feb 2011 04:45 pm PST AP - Lawyers for the man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy are asking for a new trial by claiming juror misconduct and an inappropriate closing argument by prosecutors. Full Story Top Maine jury says man who took class hostage sane Wed, 2 Feb 2011 04:41 pm PST AP - A Maine jury says a man convicted of taking a fifth-grade class hostage at gunpoint was sane when he did it. Full Story Top U.S. fugitive nabbed in Mexico after more than 21 years Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:54 pm PST Reuters - A convicted murderer on the run for more than 21 years from Connecticut has been captured in Mexico, police said on Wednesday Full Story Top Ohio judge cannot display 10 Commandments Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:52 pm PST AP - An Ohio judge violated the U.S. Constitution by displaying a poster containing the Ten Commandments in his courtroom, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. Full Story Top Conn. man who ran after '87 killing held in Mexico Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:41 pm PST AP - A man who skipped bail while appealing a murder conviction and 60-year prison sentence in Connecticut two decades ago has been caught in Mexico, where he created a new life and family under an alias, authorities announced Wednesday. Full Story Top Fla. suspect, correction officer die in gun battle Wed, 2 Feb 2011 03:22 pm PST AP - One corrections officer was killed and another wounded Wednesday in a gun battle with an ex-convict suspected of killing his parents, state officials said. The ex-convict also died. Full Story Top Judge raises questions about Voting Rights Act Wed, 2 Feb 2011 02:58 pm PST AP - A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether a key component of the landmark Voting Rights Act is outdated, expressing skepticism about using evidence of racial discrimination from 40 or 50 years ago to justify continued election monitoring for a group of mostly Southern states. Full Story Top Man pleads not guilty in Seattle hatchet killings Wed, 2 Feb 2011 01:27 pm PST AP - A man accused of killing two men in unprovoked attacks with a hatchet on Seattle streets pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder charges in King County Superior Court. Full Story Top New York prosecutors bust alleged Apple theft rings Wed, 2 Feb 2011 11:26 am PST Reuters - New York prosecutors on Wednesday charged 27 people with purchasing stolen credit card numbers and using them to buy Apple products they later sold on the black market. Full Story Top Ariz escapee pleads not guilty to murder charges Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:06 am PST AP - An inmate has pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the deaths of an Oklahoma couple who were shot in New Mexico after the escape of three prisoners from an Arizona prison. Full Story Top Fiancee stands by Yale lab killing suspect Wed, 2 Feb 2011 09:08 am PST AP - The fiancee of a Yale University lab tech continues to faithfully visit him in prison as he awaits trial on charges of murdering a graduate student and stuffing her body behind a wall in a lab building in 2009, records show. Full Story Top Motorist on drugs pleads guilty in bicyclist death Wed, 2 Feb 2011 06:19 am PST AP - A drug-addled Southern California motorist who struck and killed a bicyclist, then dragged the bike under her car for a mile while fleeing could spend up to three years in prison. Full Story Top Trial of ex-CIA operative shifts to yacht to Miami Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:46 am PST AP - The trial of a former CIA operative accused of lying about how he got into the United States is turning from verbal fireworks with the star witness to more subdued testimony about the yacht the government informant says carried the man from Mexico to Miami. Full Story Top Mosque plot suspect planted bomb in airport in '85 Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:05 am PST AP - A California man accused of threatening to blow up a popular Detroit-area mosque has had several violent, unpredictable run-ins with the law dating back to the 1970s, including one in which he kidnapped his son from a foster home and crashed a plane while trying to get away. Full Story Top 'Jihad Jane' terror suspect pleads guilty in Pa. Tue, 1 Feb 2011 08:03 pm PST AP - A suburban woman who was the live-in caretaker for her boyfriend's elderly father calmly told a U.S. judge Tuesday that she had worked feverishly online under the name "Jihad Jane" to support Islamic terrorists and moved overseas to further her plan to kill a Swedish artist who had offended Muslims. Full Story Top

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