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Ex-death row inmate in SC walks out a free man
Fri,2 Mar 2012 12:42 PM PST
Associated Press -  Edward Lee Elmore glanced at the ceiling when a judge asked him if he was sure he wanted to plead guilty to the murder he has spent decades denying. He whispered to his lawyer, who had told him "freedom is justice," and then looked toward the heavens again.
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Over two dozen arrested in $325 million counterfeit
Fri,2 Mar 2012 12:03 PM PST
Reuters - NEWARK, New Jersey (Reuters) - More than two dozen people from the United States and China were charged on Friday with running a $325 million counterfeit goods ring through a New Jersey port, one of the largest knock-off smuggling busts in history, authorities said. Simultaneous stings by two federal agencies at Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal in Elizabeth, New Jersey, also uncovered a related scheme to smuggle crystal methamphetamine into the U.S. from Taiwan. "It's huge," said New Jersey U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
Morgan Stanley banker charged with hate crime
Fri,2 Mar 2012 11:58 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - A senior Morgan Stanley investment banker was placed on leave after police accused him of hurling racial slurs at a taxi driver of Middle Eastern descent and stabbing him in the hand with a pen knife over a fare dispute. William Bryan Jennings, co-head of North American fixed-income capital markets at the Wall Street bank, was arrested near his home in Darien, Connecticut, on Wednesday and charged with second-degree assault, sixth-degree larceny for not paying the fare and intimidation by bias or bigotry, Detective Mark Cappelli told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
Philadelphia man acquitted in 41-year-old murder
Fri,2 Mar 2012 11:14 AM PST
Reuters - PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An elderly Pennsylvania inmate convicted of shooting a police officer in 1966 but cleared of his murder when the officer died 41 years later was released on Friday on parole, state authorities said. William Barnes served 16 years in prison for attempted murder in the shooting of Officer Walter Barclay. He was tried again but acquitted of murder after Barclay died from a urinary tract infection in 2007. But Barnes, 75, had remained in prison on probation violations. ... Full Story | Top |
'Black Madam' arrested in bad buttocks injections
Thu,1 Mar 2012 07:56 PM PST
Associated Press -  A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" could face charges in the death of a London tourist who received illegal buttocks-enhancement injections last year in a Philadelphia hotel, police said Thursday.
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APNewsBreak: SD tribal VP arrested, jailed
Thu,1 Mar 2012 06:51 PM PST
Associated Press - The vice president of an American Indian tribe suing some of the world's largest beer makers was arrested and jailed for what police say was an alcohol-related incident on a dry reservation, but he insisted Thursday that the incident was racially motivated and that he wasn't drinking. Full Story | Top |
Edwards campaign finance trial set for April
Thu,1 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PST
Reuters - GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal campaign finance case against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will go to trial in April, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles said on Thursday. The trial previously was delayed due to a "serious" medical condition cited by Edwards. Jury selection is set to begin in Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 12, and the evidence presentation will start on April 23. Eagles said she expects the trial to last about six weeks. ... Full Story | Top |
Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested
Thu,1 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PST
Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur. Hussein is the latest of several senior officials in Sudan to be indicted by the court at The Hague. Among others, it is seeking the arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of orchestrating genocide. All, however, remain at large. ... Full Story | Top |
Hague court wants Sudan defence minister arrested
Thu,1 Mar 2012 10:30 AM PST
Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur. Hussein is the latest of several senior officials in Sudan to be indicted by the court at The Hague. Among others, it is seeking the arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of orchestrating genocide. All, however, remain at large. ... Full Story | Top |
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