Tuesday, April 17, 2012

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Jury selection starts in Clemens perjury retrial
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:35 PM PDT
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Roger ClemensJury selection began on Monday in the perjury retrial of former Major League Baseball star pitcher Roger Clemens, who is charged with lying when he denied taking performance-enhancing drugs.


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Potential Clemens jurors question cost of hearing
Mon,16 Apr 2012 03:26 PM PDT
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens, and his attorney Rusty Hardin, arrive at federal court in Washington in Washington, Monday, April 16, 2012, for jury selection in the perjury trial on charges that he lied when he told Congress he never used steroids and human growth hormone. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Roger Clemens stood and uttered "Morning" to the 90 potential jurors who had gathered in the ornate, sixth-floor ceremonial courtroom, the one deemed big enough to hold them all. After he sat down, he swiveled his chair, as if trying to make eye contact with as many as possible.


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Cyber crime official optimistic on new legislation
Mon,16 Apr 2012 02:11 PM PDT
Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Obama administration's top cyber security official says companies would not be unduly burdened by a Senate bill that would phase in security standards for key parts of the country's privately held infrastructure. The administration has been pushing to enact such legislation, and in an interview with Reuters, White House cyber security policy coordinator Howard Schmidt said the law (http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/14/cybersecurity-congress-idUSL2E8DEA5M20120214) would apply only to the most vital companies, and that many of them would already be in compliance. ... Full Story
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NC judge dismisses potential jurors who say they've made up their minds about John Edwards
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:37 AM PDT
Associated Press - GREENSBORO, N.C. - A federal judge on Monday dismissed 47 potential jurors from the coming John Edwards trial, many because they said they couldn't fairly weigh evidence involving the former Democratic presidential candidate. Full Story
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Jury selection continues in John Edwards case
Mon,16 Apr 2012 10:31 AM PDT
Associated Press - A federal judge on Monday dismissed 47 potential jurors from the coming John Edwards trial, many because they said they couldn't fairly weigh evidence involving the former Democratic presidential candidate. Full Story
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Police called as Nigerian ex-politician sentenced
Mon,16 Apr 2012 07:51 AM PDT
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Supporters of James Ibori (left) became loud when excluded from a London courtroom, witnesses sayPolice were called to a London court on Monday where a former Nigerian state governor, James Ibori, was due to be sentenced over a fraud involving $250 million of state funds.


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Roger Clemens Steroid Trial Set to Begin
Mon,16 Apr 2012 04:13 AM PDT
National Journal - Pitching great Roger Clemens is back in court on Monday on perjury charges, 10 months after the federal prosecutors failed to get a conviction, reports the Associated Press. Clemens supposedly lied to Congress about taking performance-enhancing drugs. Full Story
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Afghan official says arrested insurgent claims Haqqani behind Kabul attacks; 45 dead in all
Sun,15 Apr 2012 11:20 PM PDT
Associated Press - KABUL - A top Afghan official says one of the militants arrested during the latest attacks on Kabul and three other cities has told authorities the al-Qaida-linked Haqqani network was behind the assaults. Full Story
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Arrested Gaddafi spy chief is sick: Mauritania
Sun,15 Apr 2012 12:28 PM PDT
Reuters - NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi, who was arrested in Mauritania last month and is sought by Libya, France and the International Criminal Court (ICC), is ill, Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz said on Sunday. Libyan authorities are seeking the extradition of Gaddafi's former right-hand man, vying with Paris and the Hague-based ICC which also have legal cases against him. ... Full Story
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Some jurors questioned Clemens case, judge says
Sat,14 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT
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FILE - In this July 6, 2011 file photo, the Capitol is seen in the background, as former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens arrives at federal court in Washington. On a baseball field, players back up teammates to limit the damage from errors. The Justice Department, embarrassed by an error that caused a mistrial of Roger Clemens last year, has added more prosecutors in hopes of containing any missteps as it seeks to convict the famed pitcher of lying to Congress when he said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)The judge presiding in the new Roger Clemens perjury case said some jurors in the first trial told him that retrying the famed pitcher was a waste of taxpayer money, a newly discovered transcript shows.


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Ala. student in shooting case arrested in Dallas
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:01 PM PDT
Associated Press - An Alabama teenager accused of killing his middle school classmate was arrested Friday in Texas after police tracked his mom's cellphone to find them, police said. Full Story
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Opening Day in Roger Clemens Retrial Slated for Monday
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT
ABC OTUS News - The retrial for seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens begins Monday with jury selection as new questions emerge  about key evidence prosecutors intend to introduce at trial. Clemens defense attorney Rusty Hardin said today at the final pretrial-motions hearing that he had serious questions... Full Story
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Murder, hate crime charges in Tulsa shootings
Fri,13 Apr 2012 04:03 PM PDT
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FILE - This April 8, 2012, file photo combo of images provided by the Tulsa Police Department via the Tulsa World shows Jacob England 19, left, and Alvin Watts, 32. On Friday, April 13, 2012, Oklahoma prosecutors charged each with first-degree murder, shooting with intent to kill and malicious harassment — the equivalent of a hate crime under state law. The two men were arrested in an Easter weekend shooting spree that left three people dead and terrorized the city's black community. (AP Photo/Tulsa Police Department via Tulsa World, File)Two men accused of going on a shooting spree that terrorized Tulsa's predominantly black north side face murder and hate crime charges, prosecutors said Friday in an announcement praised by community leaders who had called for swift action by authorities.


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Attorney: Tulsa suspect not motivated by race
Fri,13 Apr 2012 03:18 PM PDT
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FILE - This April 8, 2012, file photo combo of images provided by the Tulsa Police Department via the Tulsa World shows Jacob England 19, left, and Alvin Watts, 32. On Friday, April 13, 2012, Oklahoma prosecutors charged each with first-degree murder, shooting with intent to kill and malicious harassment — the equivalent of a hate crime under state law. The two men were arrested in an Easter weekend shooting spree that left three people dead and terrorized the city's black community. (AP Photo/Tulsa Police Department via Tulsa World, File)A defense attorney says a man facing murder and hate crime charges in a Tulsa shooting spree that killed three people and terrorized the city's black community wasn't motivated by race.


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Seven arrested in Texas crash that killed nine illegal immigrants
Fri,13 Apr 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Reuters - PALMVIEW, Texas (Reuters) - Authorities have arrested seven people, including a 15-year-old boy, in connection with a late-night wreck that killed nine illegal immigrants in southern Texas earlier this week, police said on Friday. The boy, believed to be the driver who tried to outrun U.S. Border Patrol agents in a minivan overcrowded with 19 illegal immigrants, was tracked down at his rural Hidalgo County home Thursday night, said Chris Barrera, the police chief in Palmview. ... Full Story
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2 Ky. women enter guilty plea in hate crime case
Fri,13 Apr 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two Kentucky women have pleaded guilty to helping kidnap and assault a gay man in the first convictions using a section of the federal hate crime law that protects against attacks motivated by sexual orientation. Full Story
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Brazil cult members arrested for cannibalism
Fri,13 Apr 2012 01:15 PM PDT
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A screen grab from Vanderlei Almeid TV shows Jorge da Silveira (L) and Isabel Pires in Garanhuns, Pernanbuco, BrazilBrazilian police announced Friday that they had arrested a man and two women on suspicion of having murdered and cannibalized at least two women in what was described as a purification ritual.


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Military: Guinea-Bissau prime minister arrested
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:32 PM PDT
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FILE - In this March 16, 2012 file photo, presidential candidate and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior speaks at a rally on the final day of electoral campaigning ahead of the first round of presidential voting, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau. Explosions blasted through the capital of the small, coup-prone nation of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday as the military sealed off the city's downtown area and lobbed grenades at the prime minister's home, according to a diplomat and witnesses. (AP Photo/Gabriela Barnuevo, File)Soldiers have arrested the prime minister of this tiny nation known for transiting cocaine to Europe, a military spokesman said Friday, the latest instability to roil a coup-prone West African country where no leader in nearly 40 years has finished his time in office.


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Seven arrested after vandals trash office of Quebec cabinet minister
Fri,13 Apr 2012 12:21 PM PDT
Associated Press - MONTREAL - Police say seven people are under arrest after the Montreal office of Quebec's education minister was trashed this morning. Full Story
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Pakistani sentenced in U.S. for aiding militant group
Fri,13 Apr 2012 11:48 AM PDT
Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Pakistani man living in Virginia was sentenced to 12 years in prison by a U.S. judge on Friday for providing support to a militant anti-India group, including making a propaganda video and posting it on YouTube in 2010. A federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, handed down the sentence for Jubair Ahmad, 24, who pleaded guilty in December. Ahmad, who had faced a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison, also was given five years of probation. ... Full Story
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Murder, hate crime charges in Tulsa shooting spree
Fri,13 Apr 2012 10:10 AM PDT
Associated Press - Oklahoma prosecutors filed murder and hate crime charges Friday against two men arrested in an Easter weekend shooting spree that left three people dead and terrorized Tulsa's black community. Full Story
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Burglar arrested in shower after champagne, meal
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:55 AM PDT
Associated Press - Police say a naked burglar has been arrested while taking a shower after he sipped champagne and ate a meal in a Southern California family's home. Full Story
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Former NFL Player Teams up with ATF Against Violent Crime
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:39 AM PDT
PR Newswire - Super Bowl Champ Antonio Freeman Tapes Anti-violence PSAs Full Story
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Actor Joins ATF in Fight Against Violent Crime
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:29 AM PDT
PR Newswire - Washington Native Clifton Powell Tapes Anti-violence PSAs Full Story
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Targeting Gun Crime
Fri,13 Apr 2012 09:07 AM PDT
PR Newswire - ATF Ad Campaign Encourages Citizens to Report Gun Crimes Full Story
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