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Today's Crimes and Trials: Man, 31, arrested in attempted Malibu sex assault 2nd American woman charged in 'Jihad Jane' case Feds oppose separate trials in insider trading case Abducted Army linguist returning to San Diego Magistrate orders militia suspects to stay jailed Prosecutors declined warrant before driveby spree Newark, NJ, marks 1st murder-free month since 1966 Widow: Penske warned of threats before shooting Jackson doctor pleads to keep his license Abortion doctor's killer gets forum, life sentence Jackson doctor fights to keep medical license Jamaican court to rule on U.S. extradition request Jackson doctor fights to retain Calif. license Lawyers for U.S. militia members seek their release Woman with 2 identities pleads guilty to fraud Cornell student from NZ on trial in wife's murder Mayor of SW Illinois village fatally shot Members of assisted suicide group plead not guilty Lives altered by mass shooting a year ago in NY 2 exonerated Conn. inmates ordered freed Man, 31, arrested in attempted Malibu sex assault Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:38 pm PDT AP - There has been an arrest in the attempted sexual assault of a Malibu jogger who escaped by jumping off a cliff and sliding about 100 feet down a steep hillside. Full Story Top 2nd American woman charged in 'Jihad Jane' case Fri, 2 Apr 2010 09:26 pm PDT AP - Federal prosecutors filed terrorism charges Friday against a pregnant American woman in the so-called Jihad Jane case. The two American women are accused of plotting online to attend a terror training camp. Full Story Top Feds oppose separate trials in insider trading case Fri, 2 Apr 2010 06:21 pm PDT Reuters - U.S. prosecutors on Friday opposed a request by accused Galleon fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his main co-defendant for separate trials in what prosecutors have described as the biggest hedge fund insider-trading case ever in the United States. Full Story Top Abducted Army linguist returning to San Diego Fri, 2 Apr 2010 05:46 pm PDT AP - An Iraqi-American who was kidnapped in Baghdad while working for American troops was overjoyed and fatigued as he prepared to return home to San Diego from an Army base in San Antonio, his family said Friday. Full Story Top Magistrate orders militia suspects to stay jailed Fri, 2 Apr 2010 12:14 pm PDT AP - Eight suspected members of a Christian militia that prosecutors say was bent on sparking a war against the U.S. government were ordered Friday by a magistrate to remain locked up until trial. Full Story Top Prosecutors declined warrant before driveby spree Fri, 2 Apr 2010 11:46 am PDT AP - Authorities say prosecutors initially declined to seek an arrest warrant for a man later charged in a driveby shooting that claimed four lives. Full Story Top Newark, NJ, marks 1st murder-free month since 1966 Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:46 am PDT AP - Law enforcement officials in Newark, N.J., say March was the city's first month without a killing in more than 40 years. Full Story Top Widow: Penske warned of threats before shooting Fri, 2 Apr 2010 10:29 am PDT AP - The widow of a victim of a shooting rampage at a suburban Atlanta truck rental company says the company received numerous warnings about a disgruntled ex-employee later accused of killing three people and injuring two others there. Full Story Top Jackson doctor pleads to keep his license Fri, 2 Apr 2010 08:36 am PDT AFP - Lawyers for Michael Jackson's doctor Thursday asked a California court not to revoke his medical license because he would be unable to defend himself from charges of involuntary manslaughter in the King of Pop's death. Full Story Top Abortion doctor's killer gets forum, life sentence Thu, 1 Apr 2010 09:59 pm PDT AP - Defiant in court, a man who murdered one of the few U.S. doctors who performed late-term abortions used his sentencing hearing to do what the judge wouldn't let him do during his trial — justify his crime by describing abortion in gritty detail. Full Story Top Jackson doctor fights to keep medical license Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:25 pm PDT AP - Michael Jackson's doctor is "hanging on by a thread" and must be allowed to continue practicing medicine in order to pay for his defense on a manslaughter charge in the pop star's death, the physician's lawyers said in court papers filed Thursday. Full Story Top Jamaican court to rule on U.S. extradition request Thu, 1 Apr 2010 04:51 pm PDT Reuters - Prime Minister Bruce Golding has asked Jamaica's courts to rule on a U.S. request for the extradition of an alleged leader of the Caribbean island's notorious Shower Posse drug gang. Full Story Top Jackson doctor fights to retain Calif. license Thu, 1 Apr 2010 03:55 pm PDT Reuters - Attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray, the physician charged with involuntary manslaughter in pop star Michael Jackson's death, filed court papers on Thursday seeking to keep his California medical license. Full Story Top Lawyers for U.S. militia members seek their release Thu, 1 Apr 2010 02:33 pm PDT Reuters - The extremist militia group members accused of plotting to kill police and wage war on the U.S. government should be freed pending trial because the case against them centers on political, not criminal issues, defense lawyers argued on Thursday. Full Story Top Woman with 2 identities pleads guilty to fraud Thu, 1 Apr 2010 02:19 pm PDT AP - Rachel Yould is a former Rhodes scholar who took on a new identity under a federal program that helps rape and domestic violence victims hide from their tormentors. Full Story Top Cornell student from NZ on trial in wife's murder Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:28 pm PDT AP - A Cornell University doctoral student from New Zealand who's charged with slashing his wife's throat on a nature trail in central New York plotted the killing and tried to destroy evidence by setting their home on fire, a prosecutor said at his murder trial Thursday. Full Story Top Mayor of SW Illinois village fatally shot Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:53 am PDT AP - The mayor of a decaying village near St. Louis known for its strip clubs and beset by financial troubles and embezzlements was shot and killed early Thursday. Full Story Top Members of assisted suicide group plead not guilty Thu, 1 Apr 2010 11:12 am PDT AP - Four members of an assisted suicide group pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they helped a man with cancer kill himself, and asked a judge to strike down the state law used to prosecute them. Full Story Top Lives altered by mass shooting a year ago in NY Thu, 1 Apr 2010 10:58 am PDT AP - Layla Khalil survived breast cancer, a bus hijacking and a suicide bombing in Iraq. Yet even in the chaos of war, the mother of three never tired of reciting her magic recipe for a fulfilling life: "Just focus on your studies!" Full Story Top 2 exonerated Conn. inmates ordered freed Thu, 1 Apr 2010 08:41 am PDT AP - Two Connecticut men imprisoned for 16 years in a murder that a judge says they did not commit were ordered freed on Thursday. Full Story Top

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