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Today's Crimes and Trials: Officer shoots man in Alabama courtroom Las Vegas judge's son nabbed over $1.5 million casino heist Woman: No attempt to stop before hitting daughter Guilty plea in Ponzi scheme said to target Orthodox Jews Officer shoots defendant in rural Ala. courtroom Judge: Ex-con competent for trial in Dugard kidnap Feds to Oakland: Pot farms would break US law Killer of Ark. TV anchor won't be retried for rape Video appears to show Houston police beating teen North Carolina man indicted for smuggling handguns to Britain Ohio killer facing new execution drug wants mercy Pittsburgh police shooting trial delayed again Court asked to stop Yellowstone bison slaughter Lawyer files suit against Boy Scouts in Alaska Lawsuit on Hamas slayings lingers in court in RI Va. wants health care suit before US Supreme Court Somali convicted of attacking Danish cartoonist Embassy worker in Baghdad convicted of $250K theft Daytona Beach hotel operator in pedophilia arrest Charles Manson found with cell phone again Officer shoots man in Alabama courtroom Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:18 pm PST Reuters - An Alabama police officer shot and wounded a defendant in a small town courtroom after he tried to grab a gun and attack a judge, authorities said on Thursday. Full Story Top Las Vegas judge's son nabbed over $1.5 million casino heist Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:47 pm PST Reuters - Police in Las Vegas arrested the son of a judge for riding a motorcycle up to the upscale Bellagio casino and stealing about $1.5 million in gambling chips, authorities said on Thursday. Full Story Top Woman: No attempt to stop before hitting daughter Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:35 pm PST AP - A woman who survived being run over by a Jeep driven by an Iraqi immigrant testified in his murder trial Thursday that he ignored her screams for him to stop as he sped across a parking lot toward her and the man's daughter. Full Story Top Guilty plea in Ponzi scheme said to target Orthodox Jews Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:28 pm PST Reuters - A former private equity executive has pleaded guilty to fraud charges in connection with what federal investigators called a $255 million Ponzi scheme that targeted Orthodox Jews. Full Story Top Officer shoots defendant in rural Ala. courtroom Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:26 pm PST AP - A judge pulled a gun on a crutch-swinging defendant who went wild in a crowded rural courtroom after being found guilty of harassment Thursday, a witness said. Full Story Top Judge: Ex-con competent for trial in Dugard kidnap Thu, 3 Feb 2011 04:06 pm PST AP - A California judge ruled Thursday that a man charged with kidnapping Jaycee Dugard and holding her captive for 18 years is competent to stand trial. Full Story Top Feds to Oakland: Pot farms would break US law Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:37 pm PST AP - The top federal prosecutor in Northern California has warned Oakland officials that large-scale marijuana farms licensed by the city would violate U.S. law and could lead to a crackdown on growers and their backers. Full Story Top Killer of Ark. TV anchor won't be retried for rape Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:58 pm PST AP - A man already incarcerated for killing an Arkansas television anchorwoman won't be tried again on a separate rape charge after jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict in the case, a prosecutor said Thursday. Full Story Top Video appears to show Houston police beating teen Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:24 pm PST AP - Prosecutors said Thursday they remain confident four former Houston police officers can get a fair trial despite the release of a surveillance video that appears to show them kicking and stomping a teenage burglary suspect last year. Full Story Top North Carolina man indicted for smuggling handguns to Britain Thu, 3 Feb 2011 02:24 pm PST Reuters - A grand jury has charged a North Carolina man with illegally smuggling dozens of firearms out of the United States and selling them in Britain, the Justice Department said on Thursday. Full Story Top Ohio killer facing new execution drug wants mercy Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:03 pm PST AP - A death row inmate who could become the first U.S. prisoner to die from a single dose of a newly adopted barbiturate should be spared execution because his victim's family never wanted a death sentence, his attorneys told the Ohio Parole Board on Thursday. Full Story Top Pittsburgh police shooting trial delayed again Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:58 am PST AP - The trial of a Pittsburgh man charged with shooting three city police officers to death during a standoff has been postponed until June because a defense expert witness was injured. Full Story Top Court asked to stop Yellowstone bison slaughter Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:42 am PST AP - Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal judge in Montana to stop the impending slaughter of many of the hundreds of bison captured this week as they attempted to migrate out of Yellowstone National Park. Full Story Top Lawyer files suit against Boy Scouts in Alaska Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:42 am PST AP - A lawyer who won a $19 million jury verdict against the Boy Scouts of America in Oregon is representing a man who claims he was molested as a youth by a Boy Scout leader in Alaska. Full Story Top Lawsuit on Hamas slayings lingers in court in RI Thu, 3 Feb 2011 09:07 am 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 Va. wants health care suit before US Supreme Court Thu, 3 Feb 2011 08:06 am PST AP - Virginia's attorney general wants his lawsuit against the federal health care law to go straight to the U.S. Supreme Court. Full Story Top Somali convicted of attacking Danish cartoonist Thu, 3 Feb 2011 03:56 am PST AFP - A court on Thursday convicted a 29-year-old Somali man of attempted terrorism and attempted murder for attacking a Danish cartoonist who caricatured the Prophet Mohammed. Full Story Top Embassy worker in Baghdad convicted of $250K theft Thu, 3 Feb 2011 12:25 am PST AP - A Jordanian citizen hired by the State Department to work at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has been convicted of stealing nearly $250,000 in U.S. government funds. 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

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