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News: Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack Indian police: Journalist arrested in connection with Delhi bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Calif. man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend California man arrested in killing of girlfriend with cannon US promises $107 million more to fight drug crime Cricket mogul found guilty of $7 bn Ponzi scheme Stanford found guilty of $7 bn Ponzi scheme CA man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest Boy, 9, sentenced in Wash. school shooting Hacker implicated in Anonymous Stratfor hack arrested, charged Human rights' group warns of crime wave in Ivory Coast More corporate crime charges coming: Attorney General Holder Iraqi police: 10 arrested in Haditha killing spree Jurors Can Come to a Verdict in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After All: Guilty Two arrested in Anglican child abuse investigation Law enforcement official: LulzSec hackers arrested Dozens arrested in day of Capitol protests Law enforcement official says top members of hacking collective LulzSec have been arrested Minority Students Get Arrested, Suspended More Than White Students LulzSec's Top Members Arrested Based on Informant's Reports NY sex offender to be sentenced in dancer's death Dozens arrested protesting education cuts at California Former Taliban defender appointed to third highest position at the Justice Department Md. teen plans guilty plea in terror case in Pa. Journalist arrested in New Delhi bomb attack Tue,6 Mar 2012 10:31 PM PST Associated Press - Police on Wednesday said they arrested an Indian journalist in connection with last month's bomb attack on an Israeli diplomatic vehicle in New Delhi, their first arrest in an attack that Israel accuses Iran of orchestrating. Full Story Top Indian police: Journalist arrested in connection with Delhi bomb attack on Israeli diplomat Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:44 PM PST Associated Press - NEW DELHI - Indian police say they have arrested a New Delhi journalist in connection with last month's bomb attack on an Israeli diplomat's wife in the capital. Full Story Top Calif. man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:26 PM PST Associated Press - A man was arrested Tuesday after a homemade cannon blasted through his mobile home, killing his girlfriend in a mountain community near San Diego, authorities said. Full Story Top California man arrested in killing of girlfriend with cannon Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:01 PM PST Reuters - POTRERO, California (Reuters) - Authorities arrested a 39-year-old man suspected of killing his girlfriend on Tuesday by shooting a homemade cannon into a room of their remote California trailer home. Richard Dale Fox, who was treated for wounds he suffered in the blast, was booked on suspicion of detonating an explosive device in a manner resulting in death, said San Diego Sheriff's Department homicide Sergeant David Martinez. ... Full Story Top US promises $107 million more to fight drug crime Tue,6 Mar 2012 06:12 PM PST AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday pledged $107 million more in aid to Central America under a security initiative to tackle organized crime amid soaring drug violence in the region. Full Story Top Cricket mogul found guilty of $7 bn Ponzi scheme Tue,6 Mar 2012 06:02 PM PST AFP - Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was found guilty by a US jury of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, closing the book on the flamboyant ex-tycoon's stunning fall from grace. Full Story Top Stanford found guilty of $7 bn Ponzi scheme Tue,6 Mar 2012 05:36 PM PST AFP - Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was found guilty by a US jury of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme Tuesday, closing the book on the flamboyant ex-tycoon's stunning fall from grace. Full Story Top CA man arrested after cannon kills girlfriend Tue,6 Mar 2012 05:12 PM PST Associated Press - A man was arrested Tuesday after a homemade cannon blasted his mobile home and killed his girlfriend in a remote mountain community east of San Diego, authorities said. Full Story Top CHP releases dozens arrested at Capitol protest Tue,6 Mar 2012 03:32 PM PST Associated Press - Nearly all of the 72 people arrested during this week's protests over funding for higher education at the state Capitol have been released, the California Highway Patrol said Tuesday. Full Story Top Boy, 9, sentenced in Wash. school shooting Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:17 PM PST Associated Press - A 9-year-old Washington boy who brought a gun that discharged and critically wounded a fellow third-grader at school has been sentenced to 12 months of probation and ordered to write a letter of apology to his victim. Full Story Top Hacker implicated in Anonymous Stratfor hack arrested, charged Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:08 PM PST The Daily Caller - A hacker purported to have been involved in the December 2011 cyberattacks on private intelligence firm Stratfor was arrested late Monday evening in Chicago. The hacker was one of six members of hacktivist group Anonymous charged with "computer hacking and other crimes," the FBI said Tuesday. Full Story Top Human rights' group warns of crime wave in Ivory Coast Tue,6 Mar 2012 12:37 PM PST AFP - Ivory Coast should take urgent steps to disarm former rebels involved in rising violent crime in and around the central town of Bouake, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Tuesday. Full Story Top More corporate crime charges coming: Attorney General Holder Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:55 AM PST Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Justice Department plans to take action in the coming months against individuals involved in corporate fraud, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Tuesday, adding that fines against companies are not enough of a deterrent. "We're gonna make some news with regard to holding individuals responsible for things we tend to think of as corporate crimes," Holder said at a meeting of state attorneys general in Washington. ... Full Story Top Iraqi police: 10 arrested in Haditha killing spree Tue,6 Mar 2012 11:02 AM PST Associated Press - Iraqi security forces on Tuesday arrested 10 suspects in a shooting spree that left 25 police dead a day before, the Iraqi government said. Full Story Top Jurors Can Come to a Verdict in $7 Billion Ponzi Scheme After All: Guilty Tue,6 Mar 2012 10:56 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - Jurors in the trial of Allen Stanford said on Monday they couldn't come to a decision on whether the financier had carried out a $7 billion ponzi scheme, but they changed their mind on Tuesday and convicted him on all but one of 14 criminal counts. Stanford's scheme was the biggest fraud since Bernie Madoff's, Reuters notes, but the trial almost resulted in a hung jury. When the eight men and four women of the jury told U.S. ... Full Story Top Two arrested in Anglican child abuse investigation Tue,6 Mar 2012 09:12 AM PST AFP - Two men in their 70s were arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of sexual abuse of young men and children as police investigate claims of abuses by Church of England vicars decades ago. Full Story Top Law enforcement official: LulzSec hackers arrested Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:59 AM PST Associated Press - Top members of the computer hacking group LulzSec have been arrested and will face charges in New York, a law enforcement official said Tuesday. Full Story Top Dozens arrested in day of Capitol protests Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:20 AM PST Associated Press - A day of boisterous protests over cuts to higher education that included thousands of students swarming the state Capitol ended with dozens of arrests after demonstrators refused to leave the building. Full Story Top Law enforcement official says top members of hacking collective LulzSec have been arrested Tue,6 Mar 2012 07:07 AM PST Associated Press - NEW YORK, N.Y. - A law enforcement official says that top members of the computer hacking collective LulzSec have been arrested and will face charges in New York. Full Story Top Minority Students Get Arrested, Suspended More Than White Students Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:56 AM PST The Atlantic Wire - A new study of large school systems shows that the racial gap in the punishment of students is similar to the disparities found in the criminal justice system for adults. Data from the Department of Education show that African-american students are suspended or "referred" to law enforcement by school officials far more often that white students, even with in the same school. (Referred does not always mean arrested or cited, but merely that outside authorities were called in to deal with an on-campus problem.) Full Story Top LulzSec's Top Members Arrested Based on Informant's Reports Tue,6 Mar 2012 02:06 AM PST Mashable - The FBI may be having the "last lulz" today after arresting five top LulzSec members based on reports from one of the group's own. Full Story Top NY sex offender to be sentenced in dancer's death Mon,5 Mar 2012 11:31 PM PST Associated Press - A New York sex offender is expecting a 23-year sentence after admitting that he suffocated an aspiring dancer from Texas and dumped her body 85 miles away. Full Story Top Dozens arrested protesting education cuts at California Mon,5 Mar 2012 09:38 PM PST Reuters - SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters angry over fee hikes and budget cuts at California's public universities were arrested on Monday night during a boisterous but peaceful demonstration inside the state Capitol building. The arrests capped a day in which hundreds of students and others marched on the statehouse and rallied outside the Capitol before many of the activists moved the demonstration inside the building, clogging hallways in and around the rotunda. One group chanted, "No cuts, no fees. ... Full Story Top Former Taliban defender appointed to third highest position at the Justice Department Mon,5 Mar 2012 08:33 PM PST The Daily Caller - One of the few Americans with the distinction of having been a terrorist's defense attorney has been named number three in command at the Justice Department. Full Story Top Md. teen plans guilty plea in terror case in Pa. Mon,5 Mar 2012 08:05 PM PST Associated Press - A Maryland teenager charged in a global terrorism plot plans to plead guilty in Pennsylvania. Full Story Top

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