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| Zumba instructor to be sentenced for prostitution Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:44 PM PDT  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — Just two days before a police raid, a fitness instructor was feeling good about her prostitution business. With a steady stream of clients, she was making tens of thousands of dollars tax-free while continuing to collect public assistance and using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution. Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Rights demonstrators arrested ahead of FIFA Congress Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:38 PM PDT By Mike Collett PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, May 31 (Reuters) - Workers' rights demonstrators protesting against the 2022 World Cup finals being held in Qatar were arrested by police before the start of the FIFA Congress on Friday. The demonstration was taking place in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis about 24 km (15 miles) from the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre where the Congress of FIFA's 209 member nations, including Qatar, was taking place. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lebanese man sentenced for planting fake bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:08 PM PDT  By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Lebanese immigrant in Chicago on Thursday was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for plotting an attack and planting what he thought was a bomb near the city's Wrigley Field baseball park. Sami Samir Hassoun, 25, pleaded guilty last year to charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and an explosive device after he placed what he thought was a homemade bomb in a garbage can in the north-side neighborhood during a busy Saturday night, according to court records. ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan massacre: In US soldier plea deal, signs combat stress was considered Thursday, May 30, 2013 03:03 PM PDT With news that Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales will plead guilty to the 2012 massacre of 16 Afghan civilians near his base in Kandahar province in order to avoid being executed come questions, too, about the extent to which veterans' pleas of post-traumatic stress might impact the sentences they receive. Full Story | Top |
| Would-be Wrigley Field backpack bomber sentenced in Chicago to 23 years in prison Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:52 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Would-be Wrigley Field backpack bomber sentenced in Chicago to 23 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Senator wants entire Chicago gang arrested. Would that work? Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:46 PM PDT Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk (R) is recommending that the next US attorney in Chicago step up federal efforts to combat street gang violence through mass arrests of the Gangster Disciples, the prevailing criminal outfit operating on Chicago streets. Full Story | Top |
| La. inmates sentenced to life in 2011 kidnapping Thursday, May 30, 2013 01:44 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Louisiana inmates were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday in the kidnapping death of an Ohio businessman abducted from a hotel in Mississippi during a 2011 crime spree. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors begin deliberations in Illinois 5 dead case Thursday, May 30, 2013 01:21 PM PDT PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating the fate of an Illinois man charged with beating five members of his ex-wife's family to death. Full Story | Top |
| Census Bureau News -- "School Crime and Safety" Live on C-SPAN's "America by the Numbers" Segment of "Washington Journal" Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:38 PM PDT WASHINGTON, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following tip sheet was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau:(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO)Did you know that total school violence and theft have decreased over the last 20 years while school public safety and security measures continue to increase? Students ages 12 to 18 were victims of more than 1.2 million nonfatal crimes at school in 2011. Find out more on Friday, May 31 at approximately 9 a.m. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in kidnapping of Egyptian security men arrested Thursday, May 30, 2013 06:48 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian authorities have arrested a first suspect in connection with the kidnapping of seven security men two weeks ago by Islamist militants in Sinai, security sources said on Thursday. The desert along Egypt's border with Israel has slipped into anarchy since President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a popular uprising in 2011 and the state has struggled to restore order there since. The militants, who demanded the release of jailed Islamists, let the men go on May 22 after mediation by Bedouin tribal leaders. ... Full Story | Top |
| Would-be Chicago backpack bomber to be sentenced Thursday, May 30, 2013 06:35 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — The defense depicts Sami Samir Hassoun as a uniquely gullible youth sucked into a terrorist plot during an alcohol-addled stretch of his life by an informant eager to please his FBI handlers. Full Story | Top |
| Afghans claim 6 arrested in Kabul attack plot Thursday, May 30, 2013 05:03 AM PDT KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan intelligence agents captured six militants with suicide vests and heavy weaponry who were planning a major attack in Kabul, an official said Thursday. A seventh alleged plotter was killed in the raid on a hideout in the capital. Full Story | Top |
| Cricket-Arrested IPL player granted bail to attend his wedding Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:37 AM PDT NEW DELHI, May 30 (Reuters) - Indian cricketer Ankeet Chavan, arrested on suspicion of spot-fixing earlier this month, has been granted conditional bail so he can get married on Sunday, his lawyer said. A Delhi court on Thursday granted the 27-year-old bail until June 6, Kishore Gaekwad told Reuters. The court said there was no threat of the player tampering with evidence in the spot-fixing scandal. ... Full Story | Top |
| Woman arrested after calling police on her pimp Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:34 AM PDT WEST HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A woman has been charged with prostitution in Connecticut after calling police to complain about how she was being treated by a pimp. Full Story | Top |
| Disneyland worker arrested in park's dry-ice blast Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:30 AM PDT  Police arrested a Disneyland employee on suspicion of putting a so-called dry ice bomb in a theme park trash can where it exploded, authorities said Wednesday. No one was injured in the small blast, but ... Full Story | Top |
| DOJ report shows spike in reservation crime cases Thursday, May 30, 2013 04:24 AM PDT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian leaders who criticized the federal government for years over the way authorities handled major crimes on reservations will soon mark progress with the release of newly tracked statistics from the U.S. Justice Department. Full Story | Top |
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