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Suspects arrested in Utah killings, Nev. shooting
Tue,3 Jan 2012 11:32 PM PST
Associated Press -  A Nevada rancher who spotted a man and woman walking in a desolate area Tuesday while surveying his cattle from the air led police to arrest the suspects in the killing of an elderly Utah couple in a crime spree that spanned two states.
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Man arrested in NY Islamic center firebomb attack
Tue,3 Jan 2012 08:59 PM PST
Associated Press -  A man hurled crude firebombs at an Islamic cultural center in part because he wasn't allowed to use its bathrooms and targeted four other New York-area sites on New Year's Day because of personal grievances, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.
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Couple arrested after Utah and Nevada crime spree
Tue,3 Jan 2012 04:12 PM PST
Reuters -  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A couple wanted for a crime spree through Utah and Nevada that saw an elderly pair slain in their home and a woman shot in the head was arrested on Tuesday wandering in the desert, authorities said. Suspects Logan McFarland, 24, and Angela Marie Hill, 25, were spotted by the pilot of a sheriff's plane in a remote area of Elko County in northern Nevada, Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Jim Phelps told Reuters. The duo were walking in the desert after they evaded highway patrol officers on Saturday in a car chase and later crashed their stolen Volkswagen Jetta, he said. ...
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Suspects arrested in Utah murders, Nev. shooting
Tue,3 Jan 2012 03:40 PM PST
Associated Press - A Nevada rancher who spotted a man and woman walking in a desolate area while surveying his cattle from the air Tuesday led police to arrest the suspects in the killing an elderly Utah couple in a crime spree that spanned two states.
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Disappointment at Myanmar prison term cuts
Tue,3 Jan 2012 01:47 PM PST
AFP -  Activists and Myanmar's opposition expressed frustration on Tuesday after an order to cut jail terms for all inmates appeared to fall far short of hopes for an amnesty for political detainees.
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Occupy Wall Street's Livestream Operators Arrested
Tue,3 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - Occupy Wall Street is in the middle of one of its day-long marches in New York Tuesday, protesting the National Defense Authorization Act, but for those following along on the Global Revolution livestream, the real action is happening in the broadcast studio itself. That's because police have apparently just raided the Brooklyn studio of Globalrevolution.tv and taken some of the project's key volunteers into custody.Related: How Zuccotti Park Got Its Name Full Story | Top |
Mother of Los Angeles arson suspect arrested in German case
Tue,3 Jan 2012 12:13 PM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The mother of a man accused in a string of arson fires across Los Angeles has been arrested at the request of German authorities in an unrelated case, federal prosecutors said on Tuesday. Dorothee Burkhart was in custody on a provisional arrest warrant sought by German authorities and faces a detention hearing in federal court later in the day, U.S. Attorney's spokesman Thom Mrozek said. "Germany has not officially requested the extradition," Mrozek added, saying that a provisional warrant was typically the first step in an extradition. ...
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2 men found guilty in UK black teen's murder
Tue,3 Jan 2012 10:29 AM PST
Associated Press -  In a case that exposed racism and incompetence in Scotland Yard and took nearly two decades to bring anyone to justice, a jury found two men guilty Tuesday of brutally stabbing a black teenager to death.
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Why the Death Penalty Is Slowly Dying
Tue,3 Jan 2012 02:05 AM PST
Time.com - California is having problems with its death penalty. It hasn't executed anyone since 2006, when a federal court ruled that its method of lethal injection was improper and could cause excessive pain. The state spent five years coming up with a better method -- and last month, a judge threw that one out, too. One indication of just how bogged down California's capital punishment system is: the inmate who brought the latest lethal injection challenge has been on death row for 24 years. Full Story | Top |
24-year-old arrested in Los Angeles arson spree
Tue,3 Jan 2012 12:49 AM PST
Associated Press -  It was another night of firefighters scrambling across the nation's second largest city to snuff out a series of arson attacks when a tip came in about a German man who matched the description of someone with a shoulder-length ponytail captured on a surveillance video near where a car fire was reported.
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Man arrested in connection with LA arson spree
Mon,2 Jan 2012 04:44 PM PST
Associated Press -  Authorities arrested a man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched buildings and rattled much of the nation's second-largest city over the New Year's weekend.
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Man arrested with explosives at airport was Army expert
Mon,2 Jan 2012 02:32 PM PST
Reuters -  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A man arrested on New Years Eve at a Texas airport with explosives is an Army-trained demolitions expert and member of the elite Green Berets who served in Afghanistan and is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, military officials said on Monday. Trey Scott Atwater, 30, was being held in the Midland, Texas County Jail on a federal charge of attempting to board an aircraft with an explosive, the FBI said. ...
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Car Arsons Stop After LAPD Arrested a Suspect
Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:48 PM PST
The Atlantic Wire - The LAPD arrested a man they suspect helped set fire to at least 55 cars in the Los Angeles area in the past three days, and since then no new arsons have been reported, the police say. So they're confident they've got their man. The crazy arson spree has caused at least $2 million in damage to cars and surrounding property. A sheriff's deputy arrested someone who he thought looked like a photograph of a suspect, and though the department won't confirm his identity or whether they think he acted alone. ... Full Story | Top |
Three arrested for peddling miracle stem cell cure
Mon,2 Jan 2012 01:20 PM PST
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three men were arrested and a fourth is being sought by the FBI in what investigators said was a scheme to market stem cells as miracle cures to desperate people suffering from terminal diseases. The arrests began in the past 10 days after two indictments were issued in November charging the four with 39 counts of mail fraud and unlawfully manufacturing, distributing and selling stem cells and stem cell procedures not approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The FBI said the men received more than $1.5 million from patients suffering from incurable diseases. ... Full Story | Top |
Three arrested for peddling miracle cure from stem cells
Mon,2 Jan 2012 09:48 AM PST
Reuters - SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - Three men were arrested and a fourth is being sought by the FBI in connection with what investigators said was a scheme to market stem cells as miracle cures to desperate people suffering from terminal diseases. "Protecting the public from unproven and potentially dangerous drug and medical procedures is very important," said U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson. "This office will continue to prosecute violations involving threats to the public health. ... Full Story | Top |
Critics assail crime laws aimed at people with HIV
Mon,2 Jan 2012 09:25 AM PST
Associated Press - A man in Texas is serving a 35-year prison sentence for spitting at a police officer — because he has the virus that causes AIDS and his saliva was deemed a deadly weapon. In Michigan, an HIV-positive man who allegedly bit a neighbor during an argument faced a bioterrorism charge. Full Story | Top |
68 Occupy protesters arrested in NYC on New Year's
Sun,1 Jan 2012 02:36 PM PST
Associated Press - Dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on New Year's Eve as they tore down barricades surrounding New York City's Zuccotti Park, the former home of their encampment that was dismantled several weeks ago. Full Story | Top |
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