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Today's Crimes and Trials: More SF cases may be dropped in crime lab scandal Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor Chicago police seek notes of Washington professor NY immigrants say tensions fade after bias attack Last defendant in Iraq killings ready for trial Chicago taxi driver accused of supporting al-Qaida Ex-Brocade CEO found guilty of securities fraud Charges reduced in phone caper at senator's office Court upholds Washington's assault weapons ban Leftist rebel and 2 collaborators plead guilty Families of contractors killed in Iraq sue feds NYC judge: Lawyers threatened by client's family Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws US mosque firebomber gets 15 years jail Fugitive found running chapel waives extradition Dennis Hopper's cancer is terminal: lawyer Ariz. teen's gang-rape case goes to juvenile court NY cops: Man, 90, hit, suffocated wife of 67 years Judge denies mistrial in rape case of RI officer Hacker gets 20 years for U.S. payment card theft More SF cases may be dropped in crime lab scandal Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:44 pm PDT AP - Prosecutors are considering dropping an additional 1,400 cases this week because of a scandal at the police crime lab, a spokesman for the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said. Full Story Top Family lauds release of Iraqi-American contractor Sun, 28 Mar 2010 07:48 am PDT AP - Issa Salomi's first call home was to his 27-year-old son Roger. He said memories of the birth of the oldest of his four boys and his son's childhood sustained him after he was kidnapped in Baghdad in January. Full Story Top Chicago police seek notes of Washington professor Sat, 27 Mar 2010 07:06 pm PDT AP - Lawyers for Chicago police officers being sued by an exonerated murder convict have subpoenaed the notes of a Western Washington University journalism professor who 16 years ago wrote stories questioning his guilt. Full Story Top NY immigrants say tensions fade after bias attack Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:06 pm PDT AP - Before an Ecuadorean immigrant was fatally stabbed in what prosecutors say was a hate crime by a swastika-tattooed teen, the illegal Latin American immigrants in this suburban middle-class village feared telling police about the young men on bikes who hurled stones and spit slurs at them. Full Story Top Last defendant in Iraq killings ready for trial Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:07 am PDT AP - Marine Staff Sgt. Frank Wuterich entered military court thinking charges against him in a case involving the deaths of 24 Iraqis — some children — would be dismissed. He left resigned to being court-martialed in the biggest criminal case against U.S. troops to arise from the Iraq war. Full Story Top Chicago taxi driver accused of supporting al-Qaida Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:24 am PDT AP - Federal prosecutors have charged a Chicago cab driver with trying to provide funds to al-Qaida, saying the man planned to send money to a terrorist leader in Pakistan who had said he needed cash to buy explosives. Full Story Top Ex-Brocade CEO found guilty of securities fraud Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:41 pm PDT Reuters - A U.S. court convicted the former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems Inc of securities fraud on Friday, a victory for the government in its high-profile crackdown on illegal options backdating. Full Story Top Charges reduced in phone caper at senator's office Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:13 pm PDT AP - Federal prosecutors filed reduced charges Friday against conservative activist James O'Keefe and three others who were accused of trying to tamper with the phones in Sen. Mary Landrieu's New Orleans office. Full Story Top Court upholds Washington's assault weapons ban Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:42 pm PDT AFP - A federal judge on Friday upheld the US capital's ban on assault weapons and large-capacity ammunition clips that was put in place last year after the US Supreme Court struck down an earlier ban on all handguns in the city. Full Story Top Leftist rebel and 2 collaborators plead guilty Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:45 pm PDT AP - A former high-ranking leftist rebel and two collaborators have pleaded guilty to providing support to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Full Story Top Families of contractors killed in Iraq sue feds Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:43 pm PDT AP - The families of three private security contractors who were kidnapped, held for ransom and beheaded in Iraq are suing U.S. State Department over their deaths. Full Story Top NYC judge: Lawyers threatened by client's family Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:56 pm PDT AP - A judge says relatives of a New York City personal assistant convicted of murdering a former punk-rock manager have threatened defense lawyers. Full Story Top Judge upholds DC's post-Supreme Court gun laws Fri, 26 Mar 2010 10:56 am PDT AP - A federal judge has upheld limitations on gun ownership that the District of Columbia put in place following the Supreme Court's 2008 decision overturning the city's outright ban on handguns. Full Story Top US mosque firebomber gets 15 years jail Fri, 26 Mar 2010 04:52 am PDT AFP - A US man who pleaded guilty to painting swastikas on a Tennessee mosque before firebombing it, has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison. Full Story Top Fugitive found running chapel waives extradition Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:32 pm PDT AP - A fugitive who evaded the hangman's noose after being convicted in the shooting death of a good Samaritan will be returned to Montana four decades after he fled the state while on parole. But first, a family member who just found out about his troubled past is looking for answers. Full Story Top Dennis Hopper's cancer is terminal: lawyer Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:22 pm PDT AFP - Famed US actor Dennis Hopper, who starred in such cinematic classics as "Easy Rider" and "Apocalypse Now," is dying of cancer, his lawyer said in court documents out Thursday. Full Story Top Ariz. teen's gang-rape case goes to juvenile court Thu, 25 Mar 2010 04:14 pm PDT AP - A teenage Liberian refugee charged in the gang-rape of an 8-year-old girl will be sent to the juvenile system for therapy and released in less than three years, rather than face more than 25 years in prison if convicted as an adult, a Phoenix judge ruled Thursday. Full Story Top NY cops: Man, 90, hit, suffocated wife of 67 years Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:36 pm PDT AP - A 90-year-old man accused of bludgeoning and suffocating his wife of nearly 68 years leaned on a walker as he made his way into court on a murder charge Thursday, both eyes blackened and his neck bruised. Full Story Top Judge denies mistrial in rape case of RI officer Thu, 25 Mar 2010 03:14 pm PDT AP - A judge has denied a bid for a mistrial in the case of a Providence police officer accused of raping a woman in a police substation. Full Story Top Hacker gets 20 years for U.S. payment card theft Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:46 pm PDT Reuters - One of the world's most notorious computer hackers was sentenced to 20 years in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to helping run a global ring that stole tens of millions of payment card numbers. Full Story Top

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