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Today's Crimes and Trials: $430k settlement reached in Love Twitter lawsuit Federal jury in Utah convicts environmentalist Phoenix police chief reassigned amid stats review Ex-CIA official gets 65 months in prison for assault U.S. sees limited progress in Pakistan spy standoff Witness testifies for 2nd day in sweat lodge case Records detail deadly Border Patrol shooting in AZ Mistrial declared in Pa. senator's corruption case Husband of missing Calif woman charged with murder Rajaratnam trial jury jeopardized by SEC: defense NJ terror suspects plead guilty NY trial for ex-Soviet military officer is delayed Machete used in NJ schoolyard triple slaying shown Judge: States must continue with health overhaul US judge delays 'Merchant of Death' trial Texas man charged with illegal sports event streaming Libya live report Police search Florida canal after kids' bodies found New Jersey men guilty of conspiracy to murder outside U.S. Loughner wants to bar records release by prisons $430k settlement reached in Love Twitter lawsuit Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:54 pm PST AP - Courtney Love's 140 character Twitter rants against a fashion designer are costing her more than $430,000, an attorney says. Full Story Top Federal jury in Utah convicts environmentalist Thu, 3 Mar 2011 05:59 pm PST AP - An environmental activist was convicted Thursday of making $1.8 million in false oil and gas drilling bids at a federal auction in a case that became a cause celebre among avid supporters and Hollywood celebrities such as Robert Redford. Full Story Top Phoenix police chief reassigned amid stats review Thu, 3 Mar 2011 04:48 pm PST AP - Phoenix's police chief has been removed from day-to-day operations of the department amid scrutiny over kidnapping statistics that were used to win a federal grant, city officials announced Thursday. Full Story Top Ex-CIA official gets 65 months in prison for assault Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:09 pm PST Reuters - A former CIA station chief in Algeria was sentenced on Thursday to more than five years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman at the U.S. embassy in Algiers and for cocaine use, the U.S. Justice Department said. Full Story Top U.S. sees limited progress in Pakistan spy standoff Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:07 pm PST Reuters - National security officials say progress is being made to persuade Pakistan to free a CIA contractor held on murder charges but that Washington could take punitive diplomatic and financial action if the case is not resolved soon. Full Story Top Witness testifies for 2nd day in sweat lodge case Thu, 3 Mar 2011 03:03 pm PST AP - A defense attorney used waivers that participants of a sweat lodge ceremony signed to show an Arizona jury that they were aware of the event and the risks involved. Full Story Top Records detail deadly Border Patrol shooting in AZ Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:58 pm PST AP - Border Patrol agents shot beanbags at a group of suspected bandits in southern Arizona before the men returned fire and killed an agent late last year, according to court records documents obtained by The Associated Press on Thursday. Full Story Top Mistrial declared in Pa. senator's corruption case Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:57 pm PST AP - A judge ordered a mistrial in the public corruption case against a state senator Thursday after ruling documents used by the defense had the key prosecution witness' signature pasted onto them to undercut her credibility. Full Story Top Husband of missing Calif woman charged with murder Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:15 pm PST AP - Los Angeles County prosecutors have filed a murder charge against a man who jumped off a cliff after learning he was a suspect in the disappearance of his wife more than a year ago. Full Story Top Rajaratnam trial jury jeopardized by SEC: defense Thu, 3 Mar 2011 02:09 pm PST Reuters - Lawyers for Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam accused U.S. market regulators of polluting the jury pool for his insider trading trial by filing charges, a week before jury selection, against a friend who is also a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc director. Full Story Top NJ terror suspects plead guilty Thu, 3 Mar 2011 01:35 pm PST AP - Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty Thursday to charges that they conspired to join an al-Qaida-affiliated group overseas with the purpose of killing those who did not agree with their extremist ideology. Full Story Top NY trial for ex-Soviet military officer is delayed Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:54 pm PST AP - The conspiracy trial of a former Soviet military officer charged with trying to sell weapons to a terrorist group was delayed until October after his new lawyers asked Thursday for additional time to prepare their case. Full Story Top Machete used in NJ schoolyard triple slaying shown Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:53 pm PST AP - Jurors in a New Jersey triple murder trial have been shown a machete used in the schoolyard attack and have been told how it ended up in the hands of authorities. Full Story Top Judge: States must continue with health overhaul Thu, 3 Mar 2011 12:52 pm PST AP - A federal judge who declared President Barack Obama's health care overhaul unconstitutional ruled Thursday that states must continue implementing it while the case makes its way through the courts. Full Story Top US judge delays 'Merchant of Death' trial Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:57 am PST AFP - A US judge on Thursday postponed the trial of Russian Viktor Bout, popularly known as the "Merchant of Death" for his alleged career as a massive arms dealer. Full Story Top Texas man charged with illegal sports event streaming Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:45 am PST Reuters - A Texas man was charged on Thursday with illegally streaming live sporting events and other programs on one of the most popular websites for illegal television content, a federal prosecutor in New York said. Full Story Top Libya live report Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:32 am PST AFP - 1829 GMT: The United States should make the extradition of the convicted Lockerbie bomber a condition for recognizing any post-Kadhafi government, US senators said Thursday.Lawmakers led by Democratic Senator Robert Menendez told reporters on a conference call that Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, now free in Libya, should be sent to the United States to serve out his original prison term."All of us here feel that if we get to the point of dealing with a new Libyan government, then bringing al-Megrahi to justice is a condition of officially recognizing that government," said Menendez.Al-Megrahi was convicted in 2001 of the bombing of Pan AM Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie on December 21, 1988 that killed 270 people, most of them Americans. Full Story Top Police search Florida canal after kids' bodies found Thu, 3 Mar 2011 10:11 am PST Reuters - Police dive teams searched a South Florida canal on Thursday after two dead children were found stuffed in luggage in the water. Full Story Top New Jersey men guilty of conspiracy to murder outside U.S. Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:14 am PST Reuters - Two New Jersey men pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to commit murder outside the United States after they were arrested trying to travel to Somalia and accused of planning to meet Islamist militants. Full Story Top Loughner wants to bar records release by prisons Thu, 3 Mar 2011 09:10 am PST AP - Attorneys for the suspect in the Tucson, Ariz., shooting rampage have asked a judge to prohibit federal prison officials from passing along confidential medical or psychological records about their client to federal prosecutors. Full Story Top

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