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Today's Crimes and Trials: Deputies: Fla. dad stabs 6-year-old son 20 times Attorneys want Somalis' piracy convictions tossed Chief justice urges progress naming judges Brazil-Italy row over fugitive's extradition Ohio judge drops newspaper website comments suit Berlusconi to 'fight on' for ex-militant's extradition Khodorkovsky defence files appeal O'Donnell blames foes for funds allegations OJ co-defendant gets date for plea deal in Vegas Jackson doctor defense may say singer killed self Woman in insider trading case stays in jail Four Danish terror plot suspects remanded in custody Judge halts New York's anti-smoking displays Haiti frees U.S. aid worker accused of kidnapping Danish terror plot suspects remanded Khodorkovsky sentenced to six more years Serbia police find Modigliani photo in search Khodorkovsky gets 14-year jail term Khodorkovsky faces new jail sentence Khodorkovsky faces new prison sentence Deputies: Fla. dad stabs 6-year-old son 20 times Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:01 pm PST AP - Deputies in Florida say a man accused of stabbing his 6-year-old son more than 20 times has been charged with attempted murder. Full Story Top Attorneys want Somalis' piracy convictions tossed Sat, 1 Jan 2011 08:43 am PST AP - Attorneys for five Somali men convicted of attacking a U.S. Navy ship off Africa are asking a judge to reconsider the piracy conviction. Full Story Top Chief justice urges progress naming judges Sat, 1 Jan 2011 01:03 am PST AP - Republicans and Democrats must find a long-term solution to selecting federal judges, Chief Justice John Roberts says, while blaming both sides for the political gridlock of judicial nominations in the Senate. Full Story Top Brazil-Italy row over fugitive's extradition Fri, 31 Dec 2010 12:50 pm PST AFP - On his final day in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparked a diplomatic row by refusing to extradite an Italian fugitive wanted by Rome for a string of murders in the 1970s. Full Story Top Ohio judge drops newspaper website comments suit Fri, 31 Dec 2010 10:10 am PST AP - An Ohio judge taken off a high-profile murder trial has dropped her $50 million lawsuit against a Cleveland newspaper and reached an undisclosed financial settlement with an affiliated company that runs the publication's website, an attorney said Friday. Full Story Top Berlusconi to 'fight on' for ex-militant's extradition Fri, 31 Dec 2010 08:09 am PST AFP - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Friday he would press on to seek the extradition of former extremist Cesare Battisti following Brazil's refusal to send him back to Italy. Full Story Top Khodorkovsky defence files appeal Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:43 am PST AFP - The defence of Mikhail Khodorkovsky filed an initial appeal Friday with a Moscow court following a judge's conviction and sentencing of the Kremlin critic, his lawyer said. Full Story Top O'Donnell blames foes for funds allegations Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:32 pm PST AP - Former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell went on the offensive Thursday following reports that federal prosecutors are looking into whether she illegally used campaign money for personal use, saying the accusations are politically motivated and stoked by disgruntled former campaign workers. Full Story Top OJ co-defendant gets date for plea deal in Vegas Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:10 pm PST AP - O.J. Simpson's co-defendant in a 2007 armed robbery and kidnapping case is scheduled to enter a plea Tuesday that would free him from jail and avoid the retrial he was granted by the Nevada Supreme Court. Full Story Top Jackson doctor defense may say singer killed self Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:38 pm PST Reuters - Lawyers for the doctor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson could claim the pop star killed himself when a hearing begins next week, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Woman in insider trading case stays in jail Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:20 pm PST Reuters - A California woman charged with leaking secrets about technology companies to two hedge funds in exchange for illegal payments will stay in jail over the weekend after a friend failed to guarantee her bail, her lawyer said. Full Story Top Four Danish terror plot suspects remanded in custody Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:21 pm PST AFP - Courts in Denmark and Sweden on Thursday remanded four men in custody over a foiled plot to carry out a Mumbai-style killing spree at a Danish newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. Full Story Top Judge halts New York's anti-smoking displays Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:27 am PST Reuters - New York City anti-smoking signs depicting a decaying tooth, diseased lungs and a damaged brain would violate cigarette vendors' free speech if displayed according to city rules, a U.S. judge said on Wednesday, handing a court victory to tobacco companies. Full Story Top Haiti frees U.S. aid worker accused of kidnapping Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:23 am PST Reuters - An American aid worker has been released from a prison in Haiti more than two weeks after being jailed on allegations he kidnapped a 15-month-old boy from a hospital, a Haitian prosecutor said on Thursday. Full Story Top Danish terror plot suspects remanded Thu, 30 Dec 2010 08:54 am PST AFP - A Swedish court on Thursday remanded in custody a fourth suspect in a plot to kill staff at a Danish newspaper after three others were earlier detained by a Danish court, the prosecution said. Full Story Top Khodorkovsky sentenced to six more years Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:37 am PST Reuters - A Russian judge ordered former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky jailed until 2017 on Thursday after being convicted of theft and money-laundering, in a court case seen by the West as a test of the rule of law in Russia. Full Story Top Serbia police find Modigliani photo in search Thu, 30 Dec 2010 06:30 am PST AP - Serbian police searching for a war-crimes fugitive on Thursday instead found photographs of a Modigliani painting they suspect is in his possession. Full Story Top Khodorkovsky gets 14-year jail term Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:31 am PST AFP - A Moscow judge handed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky a 14-year jail term Thursday in his second trial on money laundering and embezzlement charges, an AFP correspondent reported. Full Story Top Khodorkovsky faces new jail sentence Thu, 30 Dec 2010 05:19 am PST AFP - Russia's former richest man Mikhail Khodorkovsky will serve new jail time after being found guilty on fresh charges, the judge said Thursday, in a trial already condemned by the West. Full Story Top Khodorkovsky faces new prison sentence Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:47 am PST AFP - Russian ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky will receive a new jail sentence in his second trial, the judge said Thursday, adding his crimes required "isolation from society". Full Story Top

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