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Parents of Rutgers hate crime victim say being gay no sin
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:20 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The parents of a Rutgers University student who committed suicide after learning his roommate spied on his gay tryst said his death has caused them to rethink their views on homosexuality, which they no longer believe is a sin. Tyler Clementi's parents, in an interview to be aired on NBC on Thursday, spoke publicly for the first time since the roommate, Dharun Ravi, was sentenced for using a webcam to observe Clementi kiss another man and for encouraging others to watch too. ... Full Story
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Dykstra agrees to plead guilty to bankruptcy fraud
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:50 PM PDT
Associated Press - Former New York Mets outfielder Lenny Dykstra faces up to 20 years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to three counts stemming from a bankruptcy fraud case in Los Angeles. Full Story
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Al-Qaeda's north Africa chief sentenced to death in absentia
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:45 PM PDT
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Abdelmalek Droukdel, the head of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic MaghrebAn Algerian court sentenced the leader of Al-Qaeda's north African branch and seven other Islamists to death Thursday for a series of murders and bombings, though most were tried in absentia.


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Prison term of lawyer in terrorism case upheld
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:11 PM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Outspoken New York criminal defense attorney Lynne Stewart, now disbarred and incarcerated, lost a bid to reverse her 10-year prison sentence for helping a terrorism suspect smuggle messages to his followers from prison. In a written opinion on Thursday, three judges at the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York expressed little sympathy for 72-year-old Stewart, who has struggled with breast cancer and whose supporters had argued the prison term amounted to a death sentence. ... Full Story
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APNewsBreak: 2 terror suspects arrested in London
Thu,28 Jun 2012 10:52 AM PDT
Associated Press - London police have detained two British Muslim converts on suspicion of terror offenses Thursday, a U.K. security official told The Associated Press. Full Story
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Texas Woman Arrested for Warning Drivers About Speed Trap
Thu,28 Jun 2012 09:05 AM PDT
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Texas Woman Arrested for Warning Drivers About Speed TrapSign Warning Motorists of Speed Trap Lands Houston Woman in Jail


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Iraq parliament bomb planners sentenced to death
Thu,28 Jun 2012 08:02 AM PDT
Reuters - BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three men were sentenced to death in Iraq on Thursday for masterminding a suicide bomb attack on the parliament building last November, Iraq's Supreme Judicial Council said. The suicide bomber managed to drive into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on November 28 and blew himself up in the car park of parliament, killing one person and wounding six. The attack was claimed by al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate, the Islamic State of Iraq. ... Full Story
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US: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY in fraud
Thu,28 Jun 2012 05:58 AM PDT
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FILE- In this April 3, 2009 file photo, Peter Madoff exits State Supreme Court in Mineola, N.Y. The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday, June 29, 2012, to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)Plans for the brother of jailed financier Bernard Madoff to plead guilty and serve 10 years in prison raise fresh questions about the status of the investigation into the epic multibillion dollar fraud and whether other family members remain under criminal investigation.


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Karadzic acquitted of one count of genocide
Thu,28 Jun 2012 04:57 AM PDT
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Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic looks back during a trial in a courtroom of the International Criminal Tribunal (ICTY) for the former YugoslaviaAMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Judges in The Hague acquitted Radovan Karadzic of one count of genocide on Thursday, but left 10 other war crimes and genocide charges standing against the former Bosnian Serb leader. Judges ruled that there was not enough evidence to show that killings carried out by Bosnian Serb forces in the municipalities of Bosnia in 1992 were committed with genocidal intent. But they rejected defense motions to dismiss 10 other charges that included the 1995 killing of 8,000 Muslims in Srebrenica, Europe's worst massacre since World War II. ...


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Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty, U.S. says
Thu,28 Jun 2012 03:34 AM PDT
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Bernard Madoff is escorted from Federal Court in New York(Reuters) - Peter Madoff, the brother of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff, is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges on Friday, the first family member to do so since the Ponzi schemer's fraud was uncovered in December 2008. In a letter filed Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said Peter Madoff is expected to plead guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and other crimes, as well as falsifying records. He agreed not to seek a sentence other than 10 years in prison. Madoff, who had been chief compliance officer at Bernard L. ...


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Serb nationalist sentenced to 2 years for contempt
Thu,28 Jun 2012 01:49 AM PDT
Associated Press - The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal sentenced Serb ultranationalist Vojislav Seselj to two years imprisonment Thursday for refusing to remove information from his website that revealed the identities of witnesses who had been granted anonymity by the court. Full Story
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Texas man accused of starting to eat dog arrested
Wed,27 Jun 2012 06:21 PM PDT
Associated Press - Bond has been revoked for a Texas man who police say killed and starting eating his housemate's dog after chasing a neighbor on his hands and knees while growling. Full Story
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Prosecutors: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:31 PM PDT
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FILE - In this April 3, 2009 file photo, Peter Madoff, brother of Bernard Madoff, attends his court hearing before judge Stephen Bucaria at Mineola State Supreme Court, in Mineola, N.Y. Madoff will plead guilty on Friday, June 29, 2012, to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, Pool, File)The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday.


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Court papers: Madoff brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 04:13 PM PDT
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FILE - In this April 3, 2009 file photo, Peter Madoff, brother of Bernard Madoff, attends his court hearing before judge Stephen Bucaria at Mineola State Supreme Court, in Mineola, N.Y. Madoff will plead guilty on Friday, June 29, 2012, to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Louis Lanzano, Pool, File)The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday.


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Saudi man found guilty in Texas bomb plot trial
Wed,27 Jun 2012 03:44 PM PDT
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This undated photo provided by the Randall County, Texas, Sheriff's Department shows Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari. A jury was selected Thursday, June 21, 2012, for the trial of the Saudi man who is accused of gathering bomb components with the intention of targeting sites across the United States, including the home of former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Randall County Sheriff)In the months before his arrest, authorities said, Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari collected bomb-making supplies and instructional videos and made a list of targets, from nuclear power plants to the home of a former president. His goal, they said, was to carry out jihad.


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Court: Madoff's brother to plead guilty in NY
Wed,27 Jun 2012 02:51 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff will plead guilty on Friday to conspiracy and falsifying records, admitting his role in the multibillion-dollar fraud that destroyed the savings of thousands of investors, prosecutors told a judge on Wednesday. Full Story
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Court: Bernard Madoff's brother to plead guilty
Wed,27 Jun 2012 01:52 PM PDT
Associated Press - The brother of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff is scheduled to plead guilty in New York in the criminal case resulting from the multibillion-dollar fraud, court papers say. Full Story
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NY man to be sentenced for rare document thefts
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:52 AM PDT
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Presidential memorabilia collector Barry Landau, center, arrives at federal court for his sentencing hearing in Baltimore Wednesday, June 27, 2012. He pleaded guilty in February to stealing thousands of documents from historical societies and libraries nationwide. (AP Photo/Steve Ruark)A presidential memorabilia collector who has acknowledged stealing thousands of rare and valuable documents from historical societies and archives nationwide was set to be sentenced Wednesday in federal court.


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Jury deliberates in Texas stand-your-ground case
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:29 AM PDT
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Raul Rodriguez weeps in the beginning of his trial at Harris County Criminal Courthouse on Monday, June 25, 2012, in Houston. Relatives of Rodriguez, who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a noisy party, told jurors Monday he was not an abusive person and always stressed the importance of gun safety. He faces up to life in prison for the 2010 killing of Kelly Danaher. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)Prosecutors told jurors Wednesday that a man convicted of murder after claiming Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor he had confronted about a loud party is dangerous and unpredictable and deserves a life sentence.


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Dutch murder suspect arrested 13 years after crime
Wed,27 Jun 2012 11:07 AM PDT
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Morgan Schreurs, 39, is accused of killing a woman he met in a bar in 1999, and had been on the run sinceA Dutch man suspected of murdering a woman in Belgium 13 years ago has been arrested in Croatia after being put on Interpol's most-wanted list, the international police group said Wednesday.


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U.S. court: OK for jurors to take indictment home
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:26 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - You can take it with you. A federal appeals court in New York refused to overturn the conviction of a man who claimed he was denied a fair trial because jurors were allowed to take his indictment home to read after deliberations had begun. In what it called the first case of its kind, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday acknowledged a "marginal" extra risk of taking indictments home, noting that human nature and the Internet already leave jurors exposed to outside influences. ... Full Story
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Jury deliberates in Texan stand-your-ground case
Wed,27 Jun 2012 09:11 AM PDT
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Raul Rodriguez weeps in the beginning of his trial at Harris County Criminal Courthouse on Monday, June 25, 2012, in Houston. Relatives of Rodriguez, who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor after an argument about a noisy party, told jurors Monday he was not an abusive person and always stressed the importance of gun safety. He faces up to life in prison for the 2010 killing of Kelly Danaher. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran)A jury is deliberating the sentence of a man convicted of murder who claimed Texas' version of a stand-your-ground law allowed him to fatally shoot a neighbor in a confrontation about a noisy party.


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Businessman linked to Nagin to plead guilty
Wed,27 Jun 2012 07:05 AM PDT
Associated Press - A Louisiana businessman linked to a corruption probe of former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is expected to plead guilty Wednesday to conspiring to bribe a former city official. Full Story
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APNewsBreak: Ex-Peace Corps worker to plead guilty
Wed,27 Jun 2012 06:47 AM PDT
Associated Press - Authorities say a former Peace Corps volunteer charged last year with sexually abusing young girls while serving in South Africa plans to plead guilty in Connecticut. Full Story
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Texas bomb plot defense presents no evidence
Wed,27 Jun 2012 05:35 AM PDT
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This undated photo provided by the Randall County, Texas, Sheriff's Department shows Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari. A jury was selected Thursday, June 21, 2012, for the trial of the Saudi man who is accused of gathering bomb components with the intention of targeting sites across the United States, including the home of former President George W. Bush. (AP Photo/Randall County Sheriff)Defense attorneys for a Saudi man accused in a plot to bomb Americans made quick work of their case: They rested without calling any witnesses or presenting any evidence.


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