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News: FBI chief warns cyber crime on par with terrorism 'Black Madam' arrested in bad buttocks injections APNewsBreak: SD tribal VP arrested, jailed 1 student wounded, man arrested in Ariz. shooting Edwards campaign finance trial set for April Man sentenced to 2 years for semen-tainted yogurt Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested Student president of Calgary university arrested following bank heist NCPA Blasts Irresponsible Ad by PBM Lobby as an Affront to Fighting Drug Diversion, Pharmacy Crime Hague court wants Sudan defence minister arrested Ky. woman sentenced for killing expectant mother Sun defence editor arrested over bribery claims Burden of Proof: Prosecutor Presents First Bias Crime Evidence 10 jurors selected so far in Stafford slaying Butcher arrested at work in Pa. piggy bank heist Now Cops Can Search Cellphones Found at Crime Scenes Ky. woman to be sentenced for taking boy from womb Ore. man pleads guilty in theft scheme Three people arrested in UK insider dealing probe Three people arrested in UK insider dealing probe Man found guilty in Grand Canyon child abuse case Staffer with B.C.'s Liberals resigns after convict invited to legislature Prosecutors to seek death penalty for accused "Alphabet murders" Jury selection begins in San Francisco sheriff trial Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor FBI chief warns cyber crime on par with terrorism Thu,1 Mar 2012 10:21 PM PST AFP - FBI director Robert Mueller warned a gathering of Internet security specialists that the threat of cyber attacks rivals terrorism as a national security concern. Full Story Top 'Black Madam' arrested in bad buttocks injections Thu,1 Mar 2012 07:56 PM PST Associated Press - A woman who calls herself the "Black Madam" could face charges in the death of a London tourist who received illegal buttocks-enhancement injections last year in a Philadelphia hotel, police said Thursday. Full Story Top APNewsBreak: SD tribal VP arrested, jailed Thu,1 Mar 2012 06:51 PM PST Associated Press - The vice president of an American Indian tribe suing some of the world's largest beer makers was arrested and jailed for what police say was an alcohol-related incident on a dry reservation, but he insisted Thursday that the incident was racially motivated and that he wasn't drinking. Full Story Top 1 student wounded, man arrested in Ariz. shooting Thu,1 Mar 2012 06:13 PM PST Associated Press - Police in southeastern Arizona have arrested a man they say fired a rifle indiscriminately at a high school and wounded a student who was watching a baseball game. Full Story Top Edwards campaign finance trial set for April Thu,1 Mar 2012 03:59 PM PST Reuters - GREENSBORO, North Carolina (Reuters) - A federal campaign finance case against former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards will go to trial in April, U.S. District Judge Catherine Eagles said on Thursday. The trial previously was delayed due to a "serious" medical condition cited by Edwards. Jury selection is set to begin in Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 12, and the evidence presentation will start on April 23. Eagles said she expects the trial to last about six weeks. ... Full Story Top Man sentenced to 2 years for semen-tainted yogurt Thu,1 Mar 2012 02:40 PM PST Associated Press - A grocery store worker accused of handing out a semen-tainted yogurt sample has been sentenced to two years in prison. Full Story Top Hague court wants Sudan defense minister arrested Thu,1 Mar 2012 01:52 PM PST Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur. Hussein is the latest of several senior officials in Sudan to be indicted by the court at The Hague. Among others, it is seeking the arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of orchestrating genocide. All, however, remain at large. ... Full Story Top Student president of Calgary university arrested following bank heist Thu,1 Mar 2012 01:43 PM PST Associated Press - CALGARY - Calgary police have arrested the former student president of Mount Royal University following a bank heist. Full Story Top NCPA Blasts Irresponsible Ad by PBM Lobby as an Affront to Fighting Drug Diversion, Pharmacy Crime Thu,1 Mar 2012 12:52 PM PST PR Newswire - ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) criticized a new advertising campaign launched today by the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA), the trade group representing pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Full Story Top Hague court wants Sudan defence minister arrested Thu,1 Mar 2012 10:30 AM PST Reuters - AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant on Thursday for Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein as part of investigations into atrocities in Darfur. Hussein is the latest of several senior officials in Sudan to be indicted by the court at The Hague. Among others, it is seeking the arrest of President Omar Hassan al-Bashir on charges of orchestrating genocide. All, however, remain at large. ... Full Story Top Ky. woman sentenced for killing expectant mother Thu,1 Mar 2012 09:23 AM PST Associated Press - Eric Stice dropped his head into his hands and cried Thursday as the woman who killed his younger sister was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole. Full Story Top Sun defence editor arrested over bribery claims Thu,1 Mar 2012 08:37 AM PST AFP - Police investigating the bribing of public officials by journalists arrested the defence editor of Rupert Murdoch's British tabloid The Sun on Thursday, police and a media source said. Full Story Top Burden of Proof: Prosecutor Presents First Bias Crime Evidence Thu,1 Mar 2012 08:12 AM PST ABC News - Jury Sees Line From Clementi Email to Rutgers Official Full Story Top 10 jurors selected so far in Stafford slaying Thu,1 Mar 2012 08:02 AM PST Associated Press - LONDON, Ont. - Ten jurors have been selected so far in London, Ont., in the trial of a man accused of killing an eight-year-old girl. Full Story Top Butcher arrested at work in Pa. piggy bank heist Thu,1 Mar 2012 07:19 AM PST Associated Press - A butcher has been arrested at the supermarket where he worked because police say he skipped a court hearing on charges that he stole $400 from a 2-year-old's piggy bank. Full Story Top Now Cops Can Search Cellphones Found at Crime Scenes Thu,1 Mar 2012 07:02 AM PST Mashable - Police in the U.S. can legally search mobile phones discovered at the scene of a crime, a federal appeals court has ruled. Full Story Top Ky. woman to be sentenced for taking boy from womb Thu,1 Mar 2012 06:29 AM PST Associated Press - A southern Kentucky woman who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to cutting a baby boy from his mother's womb then leaving the woman to die is scheduled for sentencing in Bowling Green. Full Story Top Ore. man pleads guilty in theft scheme Thu,1 Mar 2012 06:17 AM PST Associated Press - A Portland man has done more than just plead guilty to conspiracy in thefts that netted millions — he has led investigators to a safe deposit stash of nearly $2 million. Full Story Top Three people arrested in UK insider dealing probe Thu,1 Mar 2012 04:51 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Three people have been arrested and are being held in custody in relation to an insider-dealing investigation, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulator said on Thursday. "The Financial Services Authority, with the assistance of Cheshire and Lancashire Constabularies, has this morning executed three search warrants at premises in Northwich and Rossendale," the FSA said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Three people arrested in UK insider dealing probe Thu,1 Mar 2012 02:11 AM PST Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Three people have been arrested and are being held in custody in Britain in relation to an insider-dealing investigation, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulator said on Thursday. "The Financial Services Authority, with the assistance of Cheshire and Lancashire Constabularies, has this morning executed three search warrants at premises in Northwich and Rossendale," the FSA said in a statement. ... Full Story Top Man found guilty in Grand Canyon child abuse case Thu,1 Mar 2012 12:42 AM PST Associated Press - A grandfather who forced his grandsons on two grueling hikes in the Grand Canyon in searing August heat was found guilty of child abuse after a trial in which the three boys described going without food and water and being choked and kicked during the long treks. Full Story Top Staffer with B.C.'s Liberals resigns after convict invited to legislature Wed,29 Feb 2012 10:11 PM PST Associated Press - VANCOUVER - A regional director with B.C.'s governing Liberal party has resigned after a convicted criminal was invited to the provincial legislature to watch the budget speech. Full Story Top Prosecutors to seek death penalty for accused "Alphabet murders" Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:53 PM PST Reuters - SAN RAFAEL, California (Reuters) - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty against "Alphabet Murders" suspect Joseph Naso, a judge said on Wednesday, but the 78-year-old accused serial killer insisted on continuing to act as his own attorney. Naso, who has admitted a penchant for photographing women in nylons and high heels but denies killing anyone, is charged with first-degree murder in the slayings of four northern California prostitutes, two in the 1970s and two more in the 1990s. ... Full Story Top Jury selection begins in San Francisco sheriff trial Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:41 PM PST Reuters - SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jury selection got underway on Wednesday in the spousal-abuse trial of San Francisco's newly elected sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, despite failed efforts by the controversial lawman's wife to vindicate him and have charges dropped. San Francisco Superior Court Judge Garrett Wong, in a sometimes heated hearing, rejected a request by an attorney for Mirkarimi's wife, Eliana Lopez, to exclude a video in which she bared a bruise on her arm and said her husband inflicted it. ... Full Story Top Stanford swindle among history's worst: prosecutor Wed,29 Feb 2012 04:12 PM PST Reuters - HOUSTON (Reuters) - Allen Stanford perpetrated one of the biggest thefts in history, a U.S. prosecutor said on Wednesday as the former financier's trial neared its end. Stanford, 61, is on trial in federal court in Houston, accused of running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme. Jurors began deliberations after hearing final arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys. "It was one of the greatest thefts in history. Billions of dollars," prosecutor Gregg Costa said as he summed up the government's case. "Fraud is just theft wearing a business suit," he said. ... Full Story Top

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