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News: Fugitive baboon captured at New Jersey farm Former Guinea junta member arrested Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars Puerto Rico police chief quits amid crime concerns Tornado destruction exposes Joplin residents to crime Nigeria ex-minister 'arrested at Abuja airport' Greek authorities say they have arrested the captain of a boat part of Gaza-bound flotilla Jurors see scant evidence in Casey Anthony trial Long Island beachgoers unfazed by serial killer case Seattle man arrested in 1957 slaying of Ill. girl US man arrested in 1957 slaying of girl US man arrested in 1957 slaying of Ill. girl The DSK Rush to Judgment Judge who halted Calif. death penalty gets new job Danes restrict use of death penalty drug The Freedom of Cory Maye Calif. investors to plead guilty in bid-rigging 2 sentenced in oil and gas investment scheme Yemen officers arrested for betraying president Cross burning at black church may prompt hate crime charges 2 who stole Olympic medal sentenced for burglary Two Kabul Bank chiefs arrested over scandal Iconic Mexican bar is oasis in crime central Iconic Mexican bar is oasis in crime central Rhode Island governor relents in clash over death penalty Fugitive baboon captured at New Jersey farm Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:52 PM PDT Reuters - PHILADELPHIA - The fugitive baboon of central New Jersey was captured on Saturday after she was spotted sitting on a fence post on a farm in Howell Township. Full Story1 Top Former Guinea junta member arrested Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:32 PM PDT AFP - A high-ranking member of Captain Moussa Dadis Camara's military junta, which led Guinea for a year until December 2009, was arrested by the army, his family said Saturday. Full Story1 Top Puerto Rico's police chief resigns as crime soars Sat,2 Jul 2011 02:07 PM PDT Reuters - SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Puerto Rico's top police official resigned Saturday as the U.S. Caribbean territory battles a crime wave with killings on pace to set a record this year. Full Story1 Top Puerto Rico police chief quits amid crime concerns Sat,2 Jul 2011 10:14 AM PDT AP - Puerto Rico's police chief resigned Saturday amid sharp criticism over a rising homicide rate in the U.S. territory and allegations of police abuse. Full Story1 Top Tornado destruction exposes Joplin residents to crime Sat,2 Jul 2011 09:55 AM PDT Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - The historic May 22 tornado not only deprived thousands of Joplin, Missouri, residents of their homes and belongings but made them vulnerable to crimes like identity theft and contractor fraud. Full Story1 Top Nigeria ex-minister 'arrested at Abuja airport' Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:52 AM PDT AFP - Nigeria's secret police on Saturday arrested an outspoken former minister on his return from London, a spokesman for his party said. Full Story1 Top Greek authorities say they have arrested the captain of a boat part of Gaza-bound flotilla Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:39 AM PDT AP - Greek authorities say they have arrested the captain of a boat part of Gaza-bound flotilla. Full Story1 Top Jurors see scant evidence in Casey Anthony trial Sat,2 Jul 2011 08:36 AM PDT AP - After more than 33 days of testimony, 400 pieces of evidence and sweeping promises from attorneys to prove how 2-year-old Caylee Anthony died, neither prosecutors nor defense attorneys have provided concrete evidence showing whether the girl was killed by her mother. Full Story1 Top Long Island beachgoers unfazed by serial killer case Sat,2 Jul 2011 07:40 AM PDT Reuters - BABYLON, New York (Reuters) - At Gilgo Beach on a breezy summer day, Cheryl Mozetti kicks back on a beach chair as she watches her two children shovel piles of sand onto their makeshift castle. Full Story1 Top Seattle man arrested in 1957 slaying of Ill. girl Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:05 PM PDT AP - A Seattle man was charged Friday in the long-unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in 1957 near her home in the northern Illinois, prosecutors said. Full Story1 Top US man arrested in 1957 slaying of girl Fri,1 Jul 2011 05:36 PM PDT AP - A Seattle man was charged Friday in the long-unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in 1957 near her home in Illinois, prosecutors said. Full Story1 Top US man arrested in 1957 slaying of Ill. girl Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:49 PM PDT AP - A U.S. man was charged Friday in the long-unsolved slaying of a 7-year-old girl who was abducted in 1957 near her home in the northern Illinois, prosecutors said. Full Story1 Top The DSK Rush to Judgment Fri,1 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT The Daily Beast - Sex-crimes cases are tough to prove. Defense attorney Gerald L. Shargel on how the charges against DSK unraveledâ€"and the terrible toll they took. Full Story1 Top Judge who halted Calif. death penalty gets new job Fri,1 Jul 2011 11:56 AM PDT AP - The San Jose federal judge who halted California executions five years ago is leaving the bench to lead the Federal Judicial Center in Washington. Full Story1 Top Danes restrict use of death penalty drug Fri,1 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT AP - A Danish pharmaceutical company is changing its distribution system to stop one of its drugs from being used in U.S. executions, adding a significant obstacle for states that have scrambled recently to find a suitable lethal injection drug. Full Story1 Top The Freedom of Cory Maye Fri,1 Jul 2011 09:06 AM PDT Forbes - Tremendously good news out of Mississippi, where Radley Balko is reporting on the coming freedom of Cory Maye:I’m in Monticello, Mississippi, this morning, where Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Harrell has just signed a plea agreement between Cory Maye and the state. Maye has plead guilty to a reduced charged of manslaughter, and has been resentenced to 10 years in prison, time he has already served. He’ll be sent to Rankin County for processing. He should be released and home with his family in a matter of days. ... Full Story1 Top Calif. investors to plead guilty in bid-rigging Fri,1 Jul 2011 08:08 AM PDT AP - Eight California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty in a bid-rigging scheme to buy foreclosed real estate at public auctions in two San Francisco Bay area counties, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. Full Story1 Top 2 sentenced in oil and gas investment scheme Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:56 AM PDT AP - The former vice president of a Kentucky oil and gas company and a former West Virginia geologist have been sentenced in a scheme to defraud hundreds of investors of millions of dollars. Full Story1 Top Yemen officers arrested for betraying president Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:50 AM PDT AP - The son of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh has led a crackdown arresting dozens of military officers suspected of turning against his wounded father, including many one of the country's most elite forces, the Republican Guards, military officials said Friday. Full Story1 Top Cross burning at black church may prompt hate crime charges Fri,1 Jul 2011 07:29 AM PDT Reuters - OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Authorities recommended on Thursday that felony hate crime and arson charges be pursued against an 18-year-old man and two juvenile boys who admitted burning a cross outside a predominantly black church in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. Full Story1 Top 2 who stole Olympic medal sentenced for burglary Fri,1 Jul 2011 06:56 AM PDT AP - Two men who stole an Olympic gold medal during a series of burglaries in northern San Diego County have been sentenced to state prison. Full Story1 Top Two Kabul Bank chiefs arrested over scandal Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:53 AM PDT AFP - Afghan authorities have arrested two former executives of Kabul Bank in connection with a scandal at the troubled country's biggest private lender. Full Story1 Top Iconic Mexican bar is oasis in crime central Fri,1 Jul 2011 03:02 AM PDT AFP Relax News - Al Capone came across the border to Mexico during Prohibition for a tipple here as he stocked up on booze. Full Story1 Top Iconic Mexican bar is oasis in crime central Thu,30 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT AFP - Al Capone came across the border to Mexico during Prohibition for a tipple here as he stocked up on booze. Stars like Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra and a young Ronald Reagan have also sat at the bar for a drink. Full Story1 Top Rhode Island governor relents in clash over death penalty Thu,30 Jun 2011 07:21 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee, who had refused to turn over to federal authorities a prisoner facing the death penalty, said on Thursday he would comply with a court order compelling him to do so. Full Story1 Top

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