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Lawyer Morvillo, Martha Stewart defender, dies
Sun,25 Dec 2011 10:40 AM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - Lawyer Robert Morvillo, who led the courtroom battle of media celebrity Martha Stewart and other high-profile white-collar criminal defendants, has died at the age of 73, according to a notice on his firm's website on Sunday. Morvillo was regarded as one of New York's savviest criminal-defense attorneys, a master of establishing a kind of just us-folks rapport with jurors. The website statement did not specify the cause of death. Stewart may have been his best-known client. ... Full Story | Top |
Liberia opposition official 'arrested'
Sat,24 Dec 2011 07:46 AM PST
AFP -  Police arrested a top official of Liberia's main opposition Congress for Democratic Change overnight as the capital was under curfew after rioting by unpaid government workers, party sources said Saturday.
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Tyler, The Creator arrested for vandalism
Fri,23 Dec 2011 10:58 AM PST
Reuters -  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Tyler, The Creator was arrested on suspicion of felony vandalism on Thursday, following a show at a nightclub on the famed Sunset Strip, police said. The rapper, 20, whose real name is Tyler Gregory Okonma, was performing with his rap group Odd Future at the Roxy Theater Thursday night when an electric soundboard was destroyed, causing the venue's security team to call police. ...
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Eight arrested over Indonesian migrant boat
Thu,22 Dec 2011 08:45 AM PST
AFP -  Indonesian police arrested eight people Thursday in connection with an overloaded boat carrying 250 asylum seekers that capsized en route to Australia, as the confirmed death toll reached 90.
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Ind. family stunned; friend arrested in 2 killings
Wed,21 Dec 2011 05:15 PM PST
Associated Press - A woman grieving the shooting deaths of her son and granddaughter is now trying to come to grips with news that one of the accused is a longtime family friend whom the 7-year-old victim affectionately called "Uncle Mike." Full Story | Top |
Long-time U.S. fugitive jailed over child porn
Wed,21 Dec 2011 05:06 PM PST
Reuters - (Reuters) - A fugitive former teacher on a U.S. federal police "most wanted" list has been jailed for 10 years after being nabbed and convicted on child pornography offenses, authorities said on Wednesday. Yusef Alhakk, 67, of Buffalo, N.Y., was arrested in December last year, five years after fleeing the United States following an arrest on child porn charges, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said in a news release. Alhakk, also known as Joseph Daniels, was teaching at Bennett High School in Buffalo when he was arrested in 2005 on child pornography charges. ... Full Story | Top |
Ex-SIU student sentenced to 5 years in threat case
Wed,21 Dec 2011 03:09 PM PST
Associated Press -  An aspiring rapper was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison over a 2007 money-demanding note that threatened a Virginia Tech-like killing spree, failing to convince a judge the writing was innocent lyrics and other musings.
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Serial killer blamed for 1974 killing of Ga. girl
Wed,21 Dec 2011 02:45 PM PST
Associated Press - Georgia investigators used DNA and other evidence to link the slaying of a 13-year-old girl who went missing in 1974 with a serial killer who was blamed for murdering at least 18 people, authorities said Wednesday. Full Story | Top |
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