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Belgian man arrested in LA for alleged stalking
Tue,28 Feb 2012 09:51 PM PST
Associated Press - Authorities say an alleged stalker traveled from Belgium to Los Angeles in the hopes of getting close to comedian Esther Povitsky, who has appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's late night television show. Full Story | Top |
Berlusconi Acquitted of Bribery: A Return to Politics?
Tue,28 Feb 2012 08:00 PM PST
Time.com - For those hoping to watch another nail driven into Silvio Berlusconi's coffin, the decision last weekend by a Milan court to cut short his corruption trial must have come as a disappointment. "Everybody was waiting for the verdict to knock him out," says Paolo Guzzanti, an independent member of Parliament and a onetime ally of the former Prime Minister. "But now, because the trial is finished, he's going to still feel very much in the game."Full Story | Top |
2 injured, 3 arrested in Calif. tribal standoff
Tue,28 Feb 2012 06:07 PM PST
Associated Press - A two-day standoff between factions of a California Indian tribe split on leadership and the expulsion of tribal members ended after the sheriff threatened to arrest anyone who did not leave the government compound where one person was wounded in a stabbing and another suffered a head injury Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
British fugitive "Fast Eddie" faces new Missouri charges
Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:30 PM PST
Reuters - KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - A British fugitive already in custody in Missouri wanted in a $1.6 million robbery of an armored van in 1993 was also charged on Tuesday with document fraud and identify theft. A federal grand jury indicted Edward "Fast Eddie" Maher in Springfield, Missouri, accusing him of using a fraudulent Social Security Card issued in Missouri in 2010 and holding a state driver's license in the name of his brother, Michael Maher, who lives in England. Edward Maher was arrested in Ozark, Missouri, on February 8 and indicted for possessing four guns. ... Full Story | Top |
Thai protest chief gets prison for financial crime
Tue,28 Feb 2012 05:15 PM PST
Associated Press - A Thai protest leader whose movement helped topple three prime ministers was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for falsifying financial documents aimed at securing a $32 million government bank loan for his media empire. Full Story | Top |
Boy, 13, sentenced in NYC shopping-cart shove
Tue,28 Feb 2012 03:53 PM PST
Associated Press - A 13-year-old boy who helped send a shopping cart flying onto a woman from a fourth-floor mall walkway was sentenced Tuesday to at least six months in a therapy-oriented boarding school after his mother and lawyer said he was yearning for help. Full Story | Top |
2 injured, 2 arrested in Calif. tribal standoff
Tue,28 Feb 2012 03:08 PM PST
Associated Press - The dispute between two factions of a Central California tribe has recently expelled dozens of members from its rolls turned violent on Tuesday when one person was stabbed and another suffered a head injury during a clash. Full Story | Top |
U.S.-raised captive set to plead guilty at Guantanamo
Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:26 PM PST
Reuters - GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A U.S.-raised prisoner is set to plead guilty at the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal on Wednesday, admitting he was an al Qaeda operative and agreeing to help prosecute other terrorism suspects in exchange for leniency. Lawyers for Pakistani defendant Majid Khan, who turned 32 on Tuesday, are asking for a 25- to 40-year sentence, but he is likely to serve far less under a plea deal that remains sealed. Appearing in a top-security courtroom at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Gun Traffickers Arrested in Stockton After Selling Guns to ATF Undercover Agents
Tue,28 Feb 2012 02:22 PM PST
PR Newswire - STOCKTON, Calif., Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), San Francisco Field Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Scot Thomasson announced Dennis William Estes and Kevin John Webber were arrested Friday morning in Stockton, CA after conspiring to manufacture and sell firearms without a license to ATF undercover agents Friday, Feb. 24. Full Story | Top |
Cuba Gooding Jr. Starring in Fox Drama Pilot, "Guilty"
Tue,28 Feb 2012 12:34 PM PST
Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Another big-screen star heads to primetime. "Jerry Maguire" Oscar winner Cuba Gooding Jr. is headlining the Fox drama pilot "Guilty." Reps for Fox and the actor confirm to TheWrap that he'll star in the drama, created by "Brothers & Sisters" producers Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. "Guilty" revolves around Gooding's character, an ethically ambiguous defense attorney who loses his legal license after being falsely accused of fraud. ... Full Story | Top |
Jurors being seated in Pa. priest child-rape case
Mon,27 Feb 2012 06:19 PM PST
Associated Press - A Roman Catholic monsignor charged with protecting predator-priests lost a last-minute bid to have criminal charges dismissed Monday, and the first jurors were seated in his landmark case in Philadelphia. Full Story | Top |
Tycoon Slim to helm rescue for crime-weary Acapulco
Mon,27 Feb 2012 04:39 PM PST
Reuters -  MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim will spearhead a project to rescue the Pacific port of Acapulco, a once glamorous haunt of Hollywood stars that has lately become mired in violent crime. Slim, the world's richest man and owner of Latin America's biggest cell phone company, will be the president of a council that will pool funding for new hotel developments, mostly in the oldest part of the resort famed for its daring cliff divers. ...
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