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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon "Jon & Kate" editor arrested for child porn possession Dozens arrested at Occupy demonstrations in Austin, Portland 'Twenty protesters arrested' in Denver Police fire mace at Denver protesters, 20 arrested Saudi woman sentenced to 15 years for Qaida links Piggyback Bandit arrested at Mont. soccer tourney Protesters arrested in Nashville for second day Tenn. protesters arrested for 2nd straight night South Carolina man who shot at police arrested Protesters arrested in Tenn. after curfew defied Suspect that prompted SC schools lockdown arrested US fugitive cites poor health in extradition fight Anti-Wall Street protestors arrested in San Diego Hong Kong-bound passenger arrested over stun gun US fugitive said to have various health problems Virginia ex-teacher sentenced to 30 years for child porn Fugitive Gadhafi Son in Contact With ICC, Prosecutor Says Boat captain arrested for drunken driving Wall St. protesters arrested in Nashville released UK lawmaker's wife sentenced for kitten theft Kenyan jailed for life over twin grenade attacks Alaska boat captain arrested for drunken driving Fort Hood shooting suspect seeks jury consultant Reports: Prosecutions going up for war zone crime Sun,30 Oct 2011 04:32 PM PDT AP - A Marine in Iraq sent home $43,000 in stolen cash by hiding it in a footlocker among American flags. A soldier shipped thousands more concealed in a toy stuffed animal. An embassy employee tricked the State Department into wiring $240,000 into his foreign bank account. Full Story Top Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon Sun,30 Oct 2011 04:12 PM PDT AP - Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood. Full Story Top "Jon & Kate" editor arrested for child porn possession Sun,30 Oct 2011 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A 56-year-old TV editor who has worked on "Jon and Kate Plus 8" and other cable reality shows featuring kids has been charged with possession of child pornography. Full Story Top Dozens arrested at Occupy demonstrations in Austin, Portland Sun,30 Oct 2011 12:37 PM PDT Reuters - AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - Dozens of protesters at economic inequality demonstrations in Austin, Texas and Portland, Oregon were arrested peacefully early on Sunday over allegedly failing to comply with rules in each city. Full Story Top 'Twenty protesters arrested' in Denver Sun,30 Oct 2011 03:54 AM PDT AFP - Twenty anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested in the US city of Denver after they refused to comply with a police order to remove tents pitched without a permit, The Denver Post reported on Sunday. Full Story Top Police fire mace at Denver protesters, 20 arrested Sat,29 Oct 2011 07:13 PM PDT Reuters - DENVER (Reuters) - Police in riot gear fired pepper balls and mace into a crowd of economic protesters in Denver on Saturday and arrested 20 after some people entered the grounds of the State Capitol, police said. Full Story Top Saudi woman sentenced to 15 years for Qaida links Sat,29 Oct 2011 11:26 AM PDT AP - Saudi Arabia says that a special tribunal has sentenced a Saudi women to 15 years in prison on terrorism-linked charges including aiding al-Qaida cells and insurgents seeking to enter Iraq. Full Story Top Piggyback Bandit arrested at Mont. soccer tourney Sat,29 Oct 2011 10:38 AM PDT AP - Authorities say a man dubbed the "Piggyback Bandit" because of a history of jumping on the backs of high school athletes in Oregon and Washington state has been arrested in Montana. Full Story Top Protesters arrested in Nashville for second day Sat,29 Oct 2011 09:16 AM PDT Reuters - NASHVILLE, Tenn (Reuters) - Twenty-six protesters against U.S. economic conditions were taken into custody in Nashville early on Saturday, the second consecutive day that police swept through their campground to enforce a curfew. Full Story Top Tenn. protesters arrested for 2nd straight night Sat,29 Oct 2011 08:25 AM PDT AP - Tennessee state troopers for the second straight night arrested more than two dozen Wall Street protesters for defying a new nighttime curfew imposed by the state's Republican governor in an effort to disband an encampment near the Capitol. Full Story Top South Carolina man who shot at police arrested Sat,29 Oct 2011 07:07 AM PDT Reuters - CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A 25-year-old man suspected of shooting at a police officer was arrested in Greenville, South Carolina late on Friday after a day-long manhunt, police said on Saturday. Full Story Top Protesters arrested in Tenn. after curfew defied Fri,28 Oct 2011 10:52 PM PDT AP - Police have begun arresting Wall Street protesters who defied a new curfew a day after they were forced off the Tennessee Capitol grounds because new restrictions had been set. Full Story Top Suspect that prompted SC schools lockdown arrested Fri,28 Oct 2011 07:32 PM PDT AP - A gunman who authorities said fired on a South Carolina police officer checking on a suspicious license plate and caused 10 schools to go on lockdown was arrested Friday. Full Story Top US fugitive cites poor health in extradition fight Fri,28 Oct 2011 02:48 PM PDT AP - The wife of captured American fugitive George Wright said Friday her husband has a litany of health problems requiring treatment and should not be extradited to the United States to serve the rest of his time on a murder conviction after 41 years on the lam. Full Story Top Anti-Wall Street protestors arrested in San Diego Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:08 PM PDT AFP - Riot police arrested more than 60 anti-Wall Street protestors in San Diego early Friday while clearing a camp there, a spokesman said, in the latest clampdown on such demonstrations. Full Story Top Hong Kong-bound passenger arrested over stun gun Fri,28 Oct 2011 12:02 PM PDT AP - A Brazilian man on a flight from New Jersey to Hong Kong has been arrested after Transportation Security Administration officers at Newark Liberty International Airport detected a stun gun in his carry-on bag. Full Story Top US fugitive said to have various health problems Fri,28 Oct 2011 10:41 AM PDT AP - The wife of captured American fugitive George Wright said Friday her husband has various health problems and should not be extradited to the United States. Full Story Top Virginia ex-teacher sentenced to 30 years for child porn Fri,28 Oct 2011 10:21 AM PDT Reuters - ALEXANDRIA, Va (Reuters) - A former Virginia elementary school teacher was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Friday for creating two pornographic videos with underage girls. Full Story Top Fugitive Gadhafi Son in Contact With ICC, Prosecutor Says Fri,28 Oct 2011 07:08 AM PDT ABC News - Saif al-Islam Gadhafi Intermediaries in 'Informal Conversations' About Possible Surrender Full Story Top Boat captain arrested for drunken driving Fri,28 Oct 2011 07:03 AM PDT Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The captain of a supply boat was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his vessel ran aground early on Thursday in Anchorage's small-craft harbor, police said. Full Story Top Wall St. protesters arrested in Nashville released Fri,28 Oct 2011 05:12 AM PDT AP - Nearly 30 Wall Street protesters who were arrested in Nashville are now being released. Full Story Top UK lawmaker's wife sentenced for kitten theft Fri,28 Oct 2011 04:03 AM PDT AP - The estranged wife of a British lawmaker has been given a suspended jail sentence for stealing a kitten from the house of her husband's lover. Full Story Top Kenyan jailed for life over twin grenade attacks Fri,28 Oct 2011 07:15 AM PDT AP - A Kenyan court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he plead guilty to taking part in twin grenade attacks and said he was a member of the al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group al-Shabab. Full Story Top Alaska boat captain arrested for drunken driving Thu,27 Oct 2011 06:37 PM PDT Reuters - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The captain of a supply boat was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving after his vessel ran aground early on Thursday in Anchorage's small-craft harbor, police said. Full Story Top Fort Hood shooting suspect seeks jury consultant Thu,27 Oct 2011 05:51 PM PDT AP - Because he's a Muslim and accused of having ties to a terrorist, the man charged in the deadly Fort Hood shooting rampage needs a jury consultant before he goes on trial for his life, his defense attorneys told a military judge Thursday. Full Story Top

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