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| Woman arrested for transferring gun to suspected killer of Colorado prison chief Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 11:43 PM PDT By Keith Coffman (Reuters) - A 22-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday night for illegally transferring a handgun used by a white supremacist parolee linked to the shooting death of Colorado's prison chief, authorities said. Stevie Marie Vigil of Commerce City, Colorado, was arrested by the Colorado Bureau of Investigation on suspicion that she legally bought the gun and transferred the handgun to Evan Ebel, a convicted felon who was not allowed to legally own firearms, bureau spokeswoman Susan Medina said in a statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Texas man found guilty in wrongful conviction case Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:41 PM PDT  SAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A West Texas jury on Wednesday convicted a man for the murder of an Austin woman whose husband was wrongfully convicted of her slaying and spent nearly 25 years in prison before being exonerated. Full Story | Top |
| African linked to extremist group sentenced in NYC Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:54 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — An East African man has been sentenced in New York to just over nine years in prison for conspiring to support terrorism by associating with a violent extremist group in Somalia. Full Story | Top |
| Lawyers for accused Colorado theater gunman offer guilty plea Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 05:06 PM PDT  By Keith Coffman Chris Frantz DENVER (Reuters) - Defense attorneys for the former graduate student accused of killing 12 people at a Denver area movie theater last July have offered to have him plead guilty in exchange for a life prison term, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. Public defenders for James Holmes, 25, said in the Arapahoe County District Court filing that prosecutors have so far not accepted the offer, which would spare their client the death penalty in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history. ... Full Story | Top |
| Head found in New Jersey believed to be Long Island serial killer's first victim Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:35 PM PDT  By Ellen Wulfhorst (Reuters) - A human head discovered on a New Jersey golf course 24 years ago has been identified and is believed to be the first victim of serial killer Joel Rifkin, according to police. The head belonged to Heidi Balch, who was murdered and dismembered at age 25 in New York, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Hopewell Township, New Jersey police. Detectives had long suspected a link between the head and Rifkin after he was arrested in 1993 and questioned but they had been unable to identify the head until now, police said in the statement. ... Full Story | Top |
| Colo. theater shooting suspect offers guilty plea Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:22 PM PDT DENVER (AP) — Colorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes has offered to plead guilty and serve the rest of his life in prison to avoid the death penalty — a deal that would bring a swift end to the sometimes wrenching courtroom battle and circumvent a prolonged debate over his sanity. Full Story | Top |
| Head found in '89 IDed, linked to serial killer Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:13 PM PDT  Almost 25 years after her severed head was found on a golf course, the woman New Jersey police believe was the first victim of a notorious serial killer has finally been identified. Full Story | Top |
| James Holmes Offers to Plead Guilty to Colorado Movie Theater Massacre Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:02 PM PDT  Holmes Willing to Plead Guilty to Avoid Death Penalty Full Story | Top |
| Ill. man arrested in NJ with stolen Wis. cheese Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 01:44 PM PDT CASHTON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois man accused of stealing 21 tons of Wisconsin cheese has been arrested in New Jersey. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors take photos as marathon NH trial nears end Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 01:06 PM PDT Testimony has ended in the longest trial in New Hampshire's history, and the jurors who've been together since Jan. 14 bolted not for the doors but for their cameras. They wanted to mark the occasion with ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Florida Republican Party chief gets 18-month prison term Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 12:23 PM PDT  By Barbara Liston ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The former chairman of the Florida Republican Party was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 months in prison for money laundering and stealing party funds. Jim Greer, who resigned as state party chief shortly before his 2010 indictment, also was ordered to serve a year of probation. Greer, 50, pleaded guilty last month to five charges, averting a trial that threatened to reveal potentially embarrassing details about the state party organization. As part of his plea deal, an organized fraud charge against him was dropped. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer: Murtha-linked Pa. brothers to plead guilty Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:57 AM PDT Two brothers who owned defense contracting businesses that benefited from earmarks obtained by the late U.S. Rep. John Murtha will plead guilty to charging the military $650,000 for parts that were never ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Slain baby, mom victims of random crime Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 10:44 AM PDT SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Almost a week after a baby was fatally shot in his stroller, police in coastal Georgia are saying for the first time they believe the child and his mother were victims of a random crime. Full Story | Top |
| Former Kyrgyz leader's son sentenced in absentia for graft Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 09:42 AM PDT  BISHKEK (Reuters) - A court in Kyrgyzstan has sentenced the son of fugitive former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev to 25 years in absentia for corruption, the prosecutor general's office said on Wednesday. Maksim Bakiyev, who, like his father, fled the central Asian country after a popular uprising in April 2010, now lives in Britain, where he is already awaiting possible extradition to the United States on fraud charges. ... Full Story | Top |
| Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation Announces Inaugural Exhibition, Names 2013 Grant Jurors, Extends Entry Deadline to April 30 Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 07:24 AM PDT NEW YORK, March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the launch of a new grant in documentary film, The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography & Film announced today their first photography exhibition to take place during the world's biggest festival — Les Rencontres d'Arles — at Galerie Huit in Arles, France, and later in the year at Ikono gallery in Brussels, Belgium. ... Full Story | Top |
| Saudi prosecutor demands death penalty for Shi'ite cleric Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 04:24 AM PDT  RIYADH (Reuters) - A Saudi Arabian prosecutor has demanded the death penalty for a Shi'ite Muslim cleric whose arrest last summer led to deadly protests in the Sunni-ruled kingdom, local media reported on Wednesday. Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, long seen as a radical leader in the Shi'ite minority, appeared in court on Monday for the first time since his arrest in July, the Saudi Gazette reported. ... Full Story | Top |
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