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News: Ky. fans celebrate win; dozens arrested swiftly Google found guilty of false advertising in Australia Bin Laden's relatives sentenced to 45 days in prison, to be deported later this month Occupy SF protesters arrested in vacant building Ex-NFL QB Leaf arrested for 2nd time in Montana Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf arrested in Montana, again Obama, Mexico's Calderon vow more drug crime cooperation Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Jurors recommend life for nurse in bleach deaths Ex-NFL QB Ryan Leaf arrested 2nd time in Montana 2 jurors removed from Philly priest-abuse trial Mexican drug kingpin Benjamin Arrellano Felix sentenced to 25 years in US prison No escape from reality: Copyright claim on arrested Alberta man's Queen tribute Atalanta player arrested over match-fixing One guilty, one acquitted in murder of 13-year-old Mississauga girl Thai police say Italian banker can be extradited Men arrested after deputy finds calf in backseat Iraq wants Qatar to hand over fugitive VP Iraq calls on Qatar to hand over fugitive vice-president France's Jean Reno to star in crime series -- in English Jurors in Rafferty trial to visit scene where Tori Stafford's remains were found Iraq tells Qatar to return fugitive VP Hashemi Bin Laden Family Sentenced for Living in Pakistan Illegally Lawyer: Bin Laden's relatives sentenced to 45 days in prison for illegally living in Pakistan Mexican drug kingpin to be sentenced in San Diego Ky. fans celebrate win; dozens arrested swiftly Mon,2 Apr 2012 11:25 PM PDT Associated Press - Police reported numerous small fires and dozens of arrests near Kentucky's campus after the Wildcats defeated Kansas on Monday night to capture another NCAA title. Full Story Top Google found guilty of false advertising in Australia Mon,2 Apr 2012 11:09 PM PDT AFP - Internet giant Google was Tuesday found guilty of false and misleading advertising in Australia after a court upheld an appeal by the country's competition regulator. Full Story Top Bin Laden's relatives sentenced to 45 days in prison, to be deported later this month Mon,2 Apr 2012 10:40 PM PDT Associated Press - ISLAMABAD - A Pakistani court has sentenced Osama bin Laden's three widows and two of his daughters to 45 days in prison for illegally living in the country, ordering them deported when the sentence ends, their lawyer said. Full Story Top Occupy SF protesters arrested in vacant building Mon,2 Apr 2012 10:00 PM PDT Associated Press - San Francisco police have arrested nearly 80 Occupy protesters who had taken over an empty building and apparently planned to stay there long-term. Full Story Top Ex-NFL QB Leaf arrested for 2nd time in Montana Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:21 PM PDT Associated Press - Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf was arrested again on Monday and is accused of committing another burglary two days after he posted bail on charges that he broke into a friend's home and stole prescription painkillers, a drug task force commander said. Full Story Top Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf arrested in Montana, again Mon,2 Apr 2012 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - Former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, once a San Diego Chargers first-round draft pick, was arrested on Monday for the second time in three days in his hometown of Great Falls, Montana, on drug and theft charges, authorities said. Full Story Top Obama, Mexico's Calderon vow more drug crime cooperation Mon,2 Apr 2012 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Mexican President Felipe Calderon told President Barack Obama on Monday that drug violence would continue unabated in his country unless the flow of American guns is curbed, while Obama promised closer cooperation with Mexico in fighting the narcotics trade. Obama acknowledged a responsibility to quell the U.S. demand for illegal drugs that helps drive narcotics trafficking, and said coordination with Mexico in the fight is becoming better than ever. ... Full Story Top Iraq rows with Kurds over oil and fugitive VP Mon,2 Apr 2012 01:40 PM PDT AFP - Iraq was at loggerheads with Kurdistan Monday over the autonomous region's move to stop oil exports and allow Baghdad's fugitive vice president to visit Qatar despite terror charges against him. Full Story Top Jurors recommend life for nurse in bleach deaths Mon,2 Apr 2012 01:26 PM PDT Associated Press - Jurors who convicted an ex-Texas nurse of killing five dialysis patients by injecting them with bleach should spend the rest of her life in prison with no chance for parole. Full Story Top Ex-NFL QB Ryan Leaf arrested 2nd time in Montana Mon,2 Apr 2012 01:21 PM PDT Associated Press - Montana police say they are seeking a warrant for the GPS in Ryan Leaf's pickup truck to get information that will link the ex-quarterback to two break-ins and possibly lead them to a stash of stolen prescription painkillers. Full Story Top 2 jurors removed from Philly priest-abuse trial Mon,2 Apr 2012 12:45 PM PDT Associated Press - A landmark priest-abuse trial moved into its second week Monday, with the dismissal of two jurors and testimony about a priest-turned-prowler who admitted years later he had molested campers in their sleep. Full Story Top Mexican drug kingpin Benjamin Arrellano Felix sentenced to 25 years in US prison Mon,2 Apr 2012 11:10 AM PDT Associated Press - SAN DIEGO - A U.S. judge in San Diego has sentenced former Mexican drug kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix to 25 years in prison. Full Story Top No escape from reality: Copyright claim on arrested Alberta man's Queen tribute Mon,2 Apr 2012 11:01 AM PDT Associated Press - EDSON, Alta. - YouTube has yanked a popular video of an Alberta man belting out "Bohemian Rhapsody" while riding in the back of an RCMP cruiser. Full Story Top Atalanta player arrested over match-fixing Mon,2 Apr 2012 10:45 AM PDT AFP - Atalanta's Andrea Masiello has been arrested in a new probe into match-fixing in Italian football. Full Story Top One guilty, one acquitted in murder of 13-year-old Mississauga girl Mon,2 Apr 2012 09:58 AM PDT Associated Press - TORONTO - A jury in Brampton, Ont., has convicted Rafal LaSota of killing a 13-year-old girl, who was stabbed repeatedly and found stuffed in a garbage bag. Full Story Top Thai police say Italian banker can be extradited Mon,2 Apr 2012 09:10 AM PDT Associated Press - Thai police said Monday that a fugitive Italian banker who was detained in Bangkok last week can legally be sent to Italy even though the two countries do not have an extradition treaty. Full Story Top Men arrested after deputy finds calf in backseat Mon,2 Apr 2012 08:04 AM PDT Associated Press - New Mexico authorities have arrested three men found with a 220-pound calf in the backseat of their car. Full Story Top Iraq wants Qatar to hand over fugitive VP Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:43 AM PDT Associated Press - Iraq's deputy prime minister called on Qatar Monday to hand over Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president to face terror charges, a move likely to further strain ties between Shiite-led Iraq and Gulf Arab states. Full Story Top Iraq calls on Qatar to hand over fugitive vice-president Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:43 AM PDT Associated Press - BAGHDAD - Iraq's deputy prime minister called on Qatar Monday to hand over Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice-president to face terror charges, a move likely to further strain ties between Shiite-led Iraq and Gulf Arab states. Full Story Top France's Jean Reno to star in crime series -- in English Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:39 AM PDT AFP Relax News - France is bidding for a spot in the television big league with a new crime series shot in English for the global market, starring "The Professional" actor Jean Reno in its lead role. Full Story Top Jurors in Rafferty trial to visit scene where Tori Stafford's remains were found Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:13 AM PDT Associated Press - LONDON, Ont. - Jurors in the case of a man accused of first-degree murder in the death of Victoria Stafford will visit the scene today where the eight-year-old was killed. Full Story Top Iraq tells Qatar to return fugitive VP Hashemi Mon,2 Apr 2012 06:09 AM PDT Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Baghdad told Qatar on Monday to return fugitive Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, whose case has fuelled political tensions that are threatening to upset Iraq's fragile sectarian balance. Hashemi, one of Iraq's top Sunni politicians, has been sheltering in the autonomous northern Kurdistan region after the Shi'ite-led central government issued an arrest warrant for him in December on charges he ran death squads. On Sunday, he left Iraqi Kurdistan to visit the predominantly Sunni Arab Gulf state of Qatar, which Iraq said was in breach of Iraqi law. ... Full Story Top Bin Laden Family Sentenced for Living in Pakistan Illegally Mon,2 Apr 2012 03:48 AM PDT The Atlantic Wire - Osama bin Laden's three widows and two daughters have all been sentenced to 45 days of house arrest for living in Pakistan illegally and will likely be deported. All five women were sentenced to serve time in jail, but their villa in Islamabad (pictured above) has been declared a "sub jail" where they will serve out the remainder of their sentence. (They've already been under arrest since March 3, so those days since will count toward their sentence. ... Full Story Top Lawyer: Bin Laden's relatives sentenced to 45 days in prison for illegally living in Pakistan Mon,2 Apr 2012 03:10 AM PDT Associated Press - ISLAMABAD - The lawyer for Osama bin Laden's family says a Pakistani court has convicted his three widows and two of his daughters on charges of illegally living in Pakistan and sentenced them to 45 days in prison. Full Story Top Mexican drug kingpin to be sentenced in San Diego Mon,2 Apr 2012 02:23 AM PDT Associated Press - Benjamin Arellano Felix seemed to get off easy considering he was one of the world's most powerful drug traffickers in the 1990s. He pleaded guilty in January to crimes that would give him no more than 25 years in prison — a lighter punishment than ordered for lower-ranking members of his once-mighty, Tijuana-based cartel. Full Story Top

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