Daily News Alert | Thursday, August 26, 2010 12:01 AM PDT |
Today's Crimes and Trials:
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Closing arguments conclude in child support trial
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:45 pm PDT
AP - A high-stakes court battle over the birthright of a billionaire's children neared a conclusion Wednesday with closing arguments in which a lawyer for the two adult offspring asked jurors to award them more than $100 million, a payment befitting their status as the children of one of the nation's richest men. Full Story | Top |
Judge won't move DeLay trial from liberal Austin
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:15 pm PDT
AP - A judge denied former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's request Wednesday to have his money laundering trial moved from Austin, which DeLay calls a liberal bastion where he alleges a rogue prosecutor crusaded against him. Full Story | Top |
Reputed mobster linked to Fla. scam admits guilt
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:42 pm PDT
AP - A reputed Italian mobster linked to a massive Ponzi scheme pleaded guilty Wednesday to money laundering conspiracy charges brought after the FBI recorded him agreeing to destroy evidence and hide cash from the $1.2 billion fraud scam. Full Story | Top |
4 teens sentenced in NY hate crime stabbing
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:35 am PDT
AP - Three teenagers who admitted targeting Hispanics for violence were sentenced Wednesday to seven-year prison terms for their roles in the 2008 killing of an Ecuadorean immigrant, and a fourth teen who had met the others on the night of the killing received a six-year sentence. Full Story | Top |
Death row inmate Troy Davis: Judge upholds conviction
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:56 pm PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - A federal judge in Georgia on Tuesday upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Troy Davis after a special evidentiary hearing ordered by the US Supreme Court to determine whether he is innocent. Full Story | Top |
US sheriffs struggle with high extradition costs
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:55 pm PDT
 AP - Authorities in Michigan's Genesee County were jubilant when Atlanta police arrested a suspect in a spate of serial stabbings that left five people dead. They weren't so thrilled about picking up the tab to get him back. Full Story | Top |
FBI joins search for escaped Colorado inmate
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 04:39 pm PDT
 AP - A Colorado inmate who escaped from a maximum security prison and was believed to be still in the state Tuesday had three previous escapes that involved kidnappings and a shootout with police. Full Story | Top |
No parole for Ala dog torturer; victim wags tail
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:44 pm PDT
 AP - A scarred but friendly pit bull named "Louis Vuitton" was the star witness Tuesday as an Alabama state board denied parole for the man convicted of spraying him with lighter fluid, setting him on fire and beating him with a shovel. Full Story | Top |
Court hearing on Stanford defense fees begins
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:34 pm PDT
Reuters - Almost $2 billion in personal loans, cooked books and misrepresentations to investors are reasons Allen Stanford, accused of a $7 billion Ponzi scheme, should not be able to collect on an policy covering his defense fees, a lawyer for the insurer said on Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
Judge: Troy Davis failed to prove innocence
Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:29 pm PDT
AP - A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a Georgia death row inmate whose case attracted international support failed to prove his innocence after the U.S. Supreme Court gave him a rare chance to clear his name. Full Story | Top |
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