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News: Death penalty confirmed for Mumbai attacks gunman Man at RNC protest camp arrested for battery Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime Belgium frees serial killer Dutroux accomplice into convent Facebook and Twitter: A No-No for Federal Jurors Religious beliefs at center of Amish attacks trial Police say attack on Mich. student not hate crime "The Walking Dead" star arrested for DUI Wells Fargo fires Iowa worker for minor 1963 crime US expects another guilty plea in car-parts probe Chicago Crime Commission Applauds Quinn's Gambling Bill Veto Former Nevada energy drink CEO sentenced Romanian businessman acquitted of corruption West Bank cars torched in suspected hate crime U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 Jurors seated in Ohio Amish beard-cutting attacks San Francisco archbishop-elect arrested for drunk driving Occupy Protester Arrested Outside Republican National Convention Amish Beard-Cutting Trial: Jury Selection Underway in Cleveland U.N. chief Ban shocked by Syria massacre, condemns crime US resumes consular services in Libya but warns of crime, political violence Man Arrested for Racist Tweets to Soccer Star US warns of crime, political violence in Libya Police: arrested miners say beaten in custody Death penalty confirmed for Mumbai attacks gunman Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:27 PM PDT AFP - India's Supreme Court on Wednesday confirmed the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Kasab, the lone surviving gunman from the 2008 Mumbai attacks in which 166 people were killed. Full Story Top Man at RNC protest camp arrested for battery Tue,28 Aug 2012 06:39 PM PDT Associated Press - A man staying at a makeshift protest camp near the Republican National Convention has been arrested and charged with armed battery on a fellow camper. Full Story Top Police: Mich. student attack not likely hate crime Tue,28 Aug 2012 05:33 PM PDT Associated Press - A Michigan State University student said he was attacked at an off-campus party by two men who asked if he was Jewish, and when he said he was, punched him and then stapled his mouth. Full Story Top Belgium frees serial killer Dutroux accomplice into convent Tue,28 Aug 2012 04:28 PM PDT AFP - The notorious accomplice and ex-wife of paedophile serial killer Marc Dutroux won parole on Tuesday midway through her 30-year jail sentence -- on condition she moved into a convent. Full Story Top Facebook and Twitter: A No-No for Federal Jurors Tue,28 Aug 2012 03:00 PM PDT Mashable - Were you hoping to waste away your hours of jury duty on Facebook or Twitter? Full Story Top Religious beliefs at center of Amish attacks trial Tue,28 Aug 2012 01:44 PM PDT Associated Press - A group of Amish men and women accused of hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks took action out of concern that members of their religion were straying from their beliefs, defense attorneys said Tuesday. Full Story Top Police say attack on Mich. student not hate crime Tue,28 Aug 2012 12:51 PM PDT Associated Press - Police say an attack on a Michigan State University student at an off-campus party is not being investigated as a hate crime. Full Story Top "The Walking Dead" star arrested for DUI Tue,28 Aug 2012 11:26 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Forget "The Walking Dead" - the Driving Bombed might be the bigger danger. "Walking Dead" actor Scott Wilson, who plays alcoholic farmer Hershel Greene on AMC's hit zombie drama, is facing DUI charges after being arrested last week, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Wilson, 70, was pulled over at 2 a.m. on August 18 by Peachtree City, Ga., police after they observed his black PT Cruiser traveling at about 70 miles per hour - "well above the posted speed limit" for the area, according to officials. ... Full Story Top Wells Fargo fires Iowa worker for minor 1963 crime Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:33 AM PDT Associated Press - Wells Fargo Home Mortgage has fired a Des Moines worker over a 1963 incident at a Laundromat involving a fake dime in the wake of new employment guidelines. Full Story Top US expects another guilty plea in car-parts probe Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:20 AM PDT Associated Press - The federal government says a Japanese company has agreed to plead guilty in Detroit and pay a $1 million fine in a price-fixing investigation involving auto parts. Full Story Top Chicago Crime Commission Applauds Quinn's Gambling Bill Veto Tue,28 Aug 2012 10:02 AM PDT PR Newswire - CHICAGO, Aug. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Chicago Crime Commission applauds Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's veto of a major gambling expansion bill that would have been detrimental to the citizens of Illinois. "We applaud Governor Quinn's strong stand and conclusion that the gambling expansion bill was critically flawed due to a lack of regulatory safeguards," according to J.R. Davis, President of the Chicago Crime Commission. ... Full Story Top Former Nevada energy drink CEO sentenced Tue,28 Aug 2012 08:02 AM PDT Associated Press - A federal judge has sentenced the former chief executive officer of a Nevada energy drink company to more than four years in prison for tax evasion. Full Story Top Romanian businessman acquitted of corruption Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:58 AM PDT Associated Press - A Romanian court has acquitted a businessman and 11 other people of defrauding the state of $85 million (€68 million) by money laundering and illegally manipulating markets to financially benefit a major oil company. Full Story Top West Bank cars torched in suspected hate crime Tue,28 Aug 2012 07:52 AM PDT AFP - Vandals believed to be Jewish extremists set light to three cars in a village in the southern West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian witnesses said. Full Story Top U.N. seeks details on employees sentenced in Myanmar Mon,27 Aug 2012 05:29 PM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is seeking information on three people working for the world body who were sentenced by a Myanmar court in connection with sectarian violence there earlier this year, a U.N. spokesman said on Monday. "The country team in Yangon has received information that a court in Maungdaw has sentenced three people - one from the U.N. refugee agency, one from the World Food Program and a third person who works for a partner organization of the refugee agency," spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters. ... Full Story Top New York "stop and frisk" trial set for March 2013 Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:32 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The broadest legal challenge to the New York Police Department's controversial crime-fighting tactic known as "stop and frisk" will head to trial in March, a U.S. judge ruled on Monday. The case stems from a class action lawsuit filed in 2008 by four black men claiming they were improperly targeted by police because of their race. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin in Manhattan granted class action status to the lawsuit in March, saying the plaintiffs had established their cases were emblematic of a city-wide problem. ... Full Story Top Jurors seated in Ohio Amish beard-cutting attacks Mon,27 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT Associated Press - Prosecutors will begin laying out their case Tuesday against 16 people charged with federal hate crimes in hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio. Full Story Top San Francisco archbishop-elect arrested for drunk driving Mon,27 Aug 2012 02:42 PM PDT Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Archbishop-elect Salvatore Cordileone, known for a conservative stance on same-sex marriage, has been arrested in his native San Diego for drunk driving, police said on Monday. Cordileone, 56, was stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence on Saturday near the San Diego State University campus, the San Diego Police Department said. Further details of his arrest were not immediately available. ... Full Story Top Occupy Protester Arrested Outside Republican National Convention Mon,27 Aug 2012 12:15 PM PDT ABC OTUS News - Tropical Storm Isaac Leads to Truncated First Day at GOP Convention Full Story Top Amish Beard-Cutting Trial: Jury Selection Underway in Cleveland Mon,27 Aug 2012 10:32 AM PDT ABC News - Breakaway Amish Sect Faces Hate Crime Charges in Ohio Full Story Top U.N. chief Ban shocked by Syria massacre, condemns crime Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:55 AM PDT Reuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was shocked by reports of a massacre in a town close to Syria's capital and condemned it as "an appalling and brutal crime" that should be independently investigated immediately, his spokesman said on Monday. Syrian opposition activists accused President Bashar al-Assad's army on Sunday of massacring hundreds of people in the town of Daraya, which government forces recaptured from rebels. ... Full Story Top US resumes consular services in Libya but warns of crime, political violence Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:13 AM PDT Associated Press - WASHINGTON - The United States has resumed consular services at its embassy in Libya but continues to warn against all but essential travel to the country. Full Story Top Man Arrested for Racist Tweets to Soccer Star Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:11 AM PDT Mashable - A British man arrested this weekend for sending racist tweets to a English Premier League soccer player has been released on bail, according to reports. Full Story Top US warns of crime, political violence in Libya Mon,27 Aug 2012 09:06 AM PDT Associated Press - The United States has resumed consular services at its embassy in Libya but continues to warn against all but essential travel to the country. Full Story Top Police: arrested miners say beaten in custody Mon,27 Aug 2012 07:54 AM PDT Associated Press - South Africa's police directorate of complaints says it is investigating charges that more than 150 arrested striking miners have been beaten in police custody. Full Story Top

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