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Monday, May 30, 2011 12:04 AM PDT

Today's Crimes and Trials: Nearly 200 gather to dedicate Jonestown memorial EU, IMF to judge Greece as protests swell Former TV skipper pleads guilty in fatal crash Strauss-Kahn likely headed for trial: experts Casey Anthony texts: "guess who spends eternity in jail" Casey Anthony's mother, ex-boyfriend testify 2 diamond dealers get prison in fake NYC heist Rod Blagojevich, Ex-Governor, Testifies in Corruption Trial What Does Jared Loughner's Competency Hearing Mean? Three Experts Weigh In Judge rules Serbian Mladic fit to face justice Accused Tucson shooter returned to Missouri hospital Wis. DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law AP: NJ man sues over double murder conviction Utah mom not competent for trial in kids' deaths US judge rules against corporate contribution ban Tucson shooting suspect departs Ariz. for Missouri Courtney Love sued again for defamation on Twitter NY hedge fund owner admits insider trading role Police say patient killed doctor in murder-suicide Ex-Nvidia analyst admits insider trading charge Nearly 200 gather to dedicate Jonestown memorial Sun, 29 May 2011 06:46 pm PDT AP - Nearly 200 people gathered at Oakland's Evergreen Cemetery on Sunday to dedicate a newly completed memorial to the victims of the 1978 mass murder and suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, organizers said. Full Story Top EU, IMF to judge Greece as protests swell Sun, 29 May 2011 06:33 pm PDT Reuters - European Union and IMF officials are expected to deliver their verdict this week on Greece's faltering drive to bring its budget deficit under control, but ordinary Greeks have warned that their patience is running thin. Full Story Top Former TV skipper pleads guilty in fatal crash Sun, 29 May 2011 02:51 pm PDT AP - An Alaska fishing captain who led a crew on the program that spawned the cable TV show "Deadliest Catch" has pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide and driving under the influence in a fatal crash. Full Story Top Strauss-Kahn likely headed for trial: experts Sun, 29 May 2011 02:34 pm PDT AFP - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexually assaulting a New York hotel maid, is expected to take his chances with a US jury in hopes of an acquittal, rather than plead guilty and seek a lighter sentence, legal experts say. Full Story Top Casey Anthony texts: "guess who spends eternity in jail" Sat, 28 May 2011 12:17 pm PDT Reuters - Accused child-killer Casey Anthony called herself "the worst f***ing person" and predicted she would spend eternity in jail in text messages she sent a month after the murder of her daughter Caylee, according to evidence introduced at trial on Saturday. Full Story Top Casey Anthony's mother, ex-boyfriend testify Sat, 28 May 2011 11:08 am PDT AP - The murder trial of a Florida woman accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter has ended for the day after the woman's mother and former boyfriend took the stand. Full Story Top 2 diamond dealers get prison in fake NYC heist Fri, 27 May 2011 11:48 pm PDT AP - Two diamond dealers were sent to prison Friday for more than a year for staging an elaborate heist in hopes of snaring insurance money to save their failing business, a crime their attorneys said was driven by desperation. Full Story Top Rod Blagojevich, Ex-Governor, Testifies in Corruption Trial Fri, 27 May 2011 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - In his retrial on corruption charges, the former governor of Illinois testifies in his own defense -- a tactic his lawyers avoided the first time around Full Story Top What Does Jared Loughner's Competency Hearing Mean? Three Experts Weigh In Fri, 27 May 2011 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - At a competency hearing Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge ruled Jared Loughner, the suspect in a January 8 shooting massacre in Tuscon that left six dead and 14 wounded, incompetent to stand trial Full Story Top Judge rules Serbian Mladic fit to face justice Fri, 27 May 2011 07:47 pm PDT AFP - Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic is fit to face trial at a UN war crimes court, a judge has ruled, as Serbia promised to investigate who helped him stay at large for so long. Full Story Top Accused Tucson shooter returned to Missouri hospital Fri, 27 May 2011 07:19 pm PDT Reuters - Shooting rampage suspect Jared Loughner, who was found mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges he killed six people and wounded Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, was returned to a hospital in Missouri on Friday, authorities said. Full Story Top Wis. DOJ asks court to lift ban on union law Fri, 27 May 2011 04:03 pm PDT AP - State attorneys asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday to immediately vacate a Madison judge's decision striking down Republican Gov. Scott Walker's contentious collective bargaining law. Full Story Top AP: NJ man sues over double murder conviction Fri, 27 May 2011 03:28 pm PDT AP - A man whose double murder conviction was overturned after he served more than 20 years in prison has sued New Jersey's attorney general and county prosecutors. Full Story Top Utah mom not competent for trial in kids' deaths Fri, 27 May 2011 03:20 pm PDT AP - A judge has ruled a Utah woman not mentally competent to stand trial on charges in the strangulation deaths of her children. Full Story Top US judge rules against corporate contribution ban Fri, 27 May 2011 03:16 pm PDT AP - A U.S. judge has ruled that the campaign finance law banning corporations from making contributions to federal candidates is unconstitutional, saying that a recent Supreme Court decision gives companies the same right to donate as individual citizens enjoy. Full Story Top Tucson shooting suspect departs Ariz. for Missouri Fri, 27 May 2011 03:07 pm PDT AP - The suspect in a deadly Tucson shooting rampage was flown from Arizona to a Missouri prison facility where mental health experts will try to make him psychologically fit to stand trial. Full Story Top Courtney Love sued again for defamation on Twitter Fri, 27 May 2011 02:26 pm PDT Reuters - It's been only a few months since Courtney Love paid to settle that unique lawsuit claiming she defamed a fashion designer via Twitter. Now the rocker has been sued again for comments made online, this time by lawyers who represented her in an effort to pursue money allegedly stolen from the estate of her late husband, Kurt Cobain. Full Story Top NY hedge fund owner admits insider trading role Fri, 27 May 2011 01:25 pm PDT AP - The owner of a New York-based hedge fund company that bears his name has pleaded guilty to insider trading charges. Full Story Top Police say patient killed doctor in murder-suicide Fri, 27 May 2011 01:15 pm PDT Reuters - Police in Florida were trying to determine a motive on Friday for a patient who fatally shot a transplant doctor before killing himself. Full Story Top Ex-Nvidia analyst admits insider trading charge Fri, 27 May 2011 01:09 pm PDT Reuters - A former Nvidia Corp financial analyst pleaded guilty on Friday to a criminal charge in the U.S. probe of insider trading at expert networking firms and hedge funds. Full Story Top

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