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Pair agree to plead guilty in TSA bribery scam
Tue,3 Jul 2012 03:57 PM PDT
Associated Press - Two suspected drug couriers have agreed to plead guilty in a case that involved former Transportation Security Administration screeners who were bribed to smuggle marijuana onto planes leaving Los Angeles International Airport, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Suspected al-Qaida financier arrested in France
Tue,3 Jul 2012 02:19 PM PDT
Associated Press - French authorities filed preliminary terrorism charges Tuesday against a Tunisian administrator of an extremist French website who is suspected of playing a key role in financing and recruiting for al-Qaida and other violent groups. Full Story | Top |
What will Twitter do in the case of the subpoenaed tweets?
Tue,3 Jul 2012 01:24 PM PDT
Christian Science Monitor - Prolific tweeter Malcom Harris was close enough to the front of the crowd that surged onto the Brooklyn Bridge during Occupy Wall Street's march on Oct. 1, 2011, that he was one of the more than 700 people whom the police encircled, arrested, and charged with disorderly conduct. Full Story | Top |
2nd person arrested in suspicious SF fire
Tue,3 Jul 2012 01:19 PM PDT
Associated Press - Police say a second person has been taken into custody in connection with a suspicious four-alarm fire that damaged four homes and displaced 10 people in San Francisco. Full Story | Top |
NY rabbi sentenced in NJ for laundering scheme
Tue,3 Jul 2012 12:44 PM PDT
Associated Press - A New York rabbi broke down and sobbed Tuesday as a federal judge sentenced him to nearly four years in prison for laundering close to a million dollars in what he thought were illicit funds through a religious charity. Full Story | Top |
GlaxoSmithKline settles healthcare fraud case for $3 billion
Mon,2 Jul 2012 09:10 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor criminal charges and pay $3 billion to settle what government officials on Monday described as the largest case of healthcare fraud in U.S. history. The agreement, which still needs court approval, would resolve allegations that the British drugmaker broke U.S. laws in the marketing and development of pharmaceuticals. ...
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Bucs cornerback Wright arrested in Los Angeles
Mon,2 Jul 2012 03:01 PM PDT
Associated Press - Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Eric Wright has been arrested in Los Angeles for investigation of driving under the influence after police say he was involved in a crash near Staples Center. Full Story | Top |
Sorry, Your Tweets Can Still Be Subpoenaed
Mon,2 Jul 2012 11:09 AM PDT
The Atlantic Wire -  If you tweet something, you can't consider it private speech even if you later delete it, a New York judge ruled on Monday, denying for the second time a motion to quash a subpoena against an Occupy Wall Street protester arrested last October. Twitter itself had filed the motion in response to a subpoena delivered first in January and then again on May 30, asking for the content and user information of the twitter account belonging to Malcolm Harris. Harris was one of the 732 arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge, and faces up to 15 days in jail for disorderly conduct.
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GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 billion for health fraud
Mon,2 Jul 2012 10:48 AM PDT
Associated Press -  GlaxoSmithKline LLC will pay $3 billion and plead guilty to promoting two popular drugs for unapproved uses and to failing to disclose important safety information on a third in the largest health care fraud settlement in U.S. history, the Justice Department said Monday.
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Marcus Jordan, son of NBA legend, arrested in Omaha
Mon,2 Jul 2012 08:27 AM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Marcus Jordan, a college basketball player and son of retired NBA legend Michael Jordan, was arrested early Sunday after what police described as a drunken altercation outside a hotel in Omaha, Nebraska. Jordan, 21, was "very animated, intoxicated and uncooperative" with police outside the Embassy Suites, Omaha police said in a statement. Officers were called to the scene at 2:11 a.m. after an off-duty officer asked for help subduing Jordan during an argument with two women in the hotel driveway, police said. ... Full Story | Top |
Accused Fort Hood gunman denied delay in trial
Fri,29 Jun 2012 03:02 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A military judge on Friday rejected a request by accused Fort Hood gunman Major Nidal Hasan to delay his court martial a third time and ordered him to stand trial August 20 for the 2009 shooting that left 13 people dead and 31 wounded. Hasan faces the death penalty if convicted. The Army psychiatrist is accused of opening fire on a group of soldiers at the Central Texas Army post who were preparing to deploy to Afghanistan. He was shot four times by Fort Hood civilian guards and now uses a wheelchair. His defense attorney, Lt. Col. ...
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U2 bassist's aide found guilty of stealing from him
Fri,29 Jun 2012 12:27 PM PDT
Reuters -  DUBLIN (Reuters) - A former personal assistant to U2 bassist Adam Clayton was found guilty on Friday of stealing 2.8 million euros ($3.5 million) from the musician to fund a lavish lifestyle. Carol Hawkins, 48, from Dublin, was convicted in a unanimous jury verdict after an 18-day trial at Circuit Criminal Court in the Irish capital. Prosecutors said she stole from two of Clayton's bank accounts between 2004 and 2008. ...
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NY stage set for a second Madoff to face prison
Fri,29 Jun 2012 12:03 AM PDT
Associated Press -  The younger brother of a man who became an icon for financial crime after the economy collapsed in 2008 is poised to plead guilty to criminal charges, taking his place in history alongside Bernard Madoff, the sibling he shared an office with for decades.
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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 | Top |
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 | Top |
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