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| Kenyan sentenced to death for murder, kidnap of Britons Tuesday, Jul 30, 2013 12:44 AM PDT  MOMBASA, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan judge has sentenced a man to death for the murder of British tourist David Tebbutt and handed him a separate jail term for abducting the victim's wife from a remote beach resort near the Somali border. The murder and kidnap in 2011 shook Kenya's tourism industry. The wife, Judith Tebbutt, was taken away by boat and held by Somali pirates for six months. Soon afterwards, Kenya's military launched an offensive against al Shabaab militants then controlling much of Somalia. ... Full Story | Top |
| Police: Woman arrested in DC cathedral vandalism Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:29 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman was arrested Monday after green paint was found splattered inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral, and police were investigating her in connection with two similar incidents on the National Mall, authorities said. Full Story | Top |
| Woman arrested for defacing Washington's National Cathedral Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:28 PM PDT By Tom Ramstack WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A woman was arrested for allegedly dumping green paint on portions of the National Cathedral on Monday, while police continued to investigate similar acts of vandalism at other monuments in Washington, D.C. The Episcopal Church cathedral was locked down after the paint was found on the entrance and in two chapels. The unidentified woman was arrested after a police sweep of the premises, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department said. "An adult female has been arrested for defacing property," police spokeswoman Gwendolyn Crump told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Britain losing battle against internet crime, MPs say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:21 PM PDT  By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of MPs said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinises the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ... Full Story | Top |
| Crime novelist Leighton Gage dies from cancer Monday, Jul 29, 2013 06:28 PM PDT NEW YORK (AP) — A crime novelist whose books were inspired by Brazilian law enforcement has died. Leighton Gage was 71. Full Story | Top |
| Britain losing battle against internet crime, lawmakers say Monday, Jul 29, 2013 04:03 PM PDT By William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain is losing the battle against cyber crime and needs a new crack crime unit to fight the growing problem in cooperation with its global partners, particularly the European Union, a panel of lawmakers said in a report on Tuesday. The Home Affairs Committee, which scrutinizes the government's domestic policy, said the "state-of-the-art espionage response team" would encourage companies, banks and institutions to report hacking attempts to uncover the full extent of online crime and halt its rise. ... Full Story | Top |
| DC Green Paint Vandalism Suspect Arrested Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:55 PM PDT WASHINGTON — A woman was arrested today and charged with defacing property for allegedly throwing green paint on the organ at the National Cathedral, and investigators are looking into whether she is the same person who splashed similar paint on the Lincoln Memorial and a... Full Story | Top |
| Labor Commissioner's Wage Theft Investigation of Public Works Contractor Leads to Two-Year Prison Term Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:01 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the result of a criminal referral by California Labor Commissioner Julie A. Su's office in January 2012, the owner of a Southern California construction company last Friday pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $350,000 in employee wages from two public works contracts and filing false tax returns to hide his theft. Reza Mohammedi, 58, of Tustin was sentenced to two years in state prison by Orange County Superior Court Judge R. Fitzgerald on July 26. He is the owner of Irvine-based Southland Construction. ... Full Story | Top |
| Wing-eating champ El Wingador faces NJ prison term Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:52 PM PDT WOODBURY, N.J. (AP) — A five-time Buffalo wing-eating champion known as El Wingador has pleaded guilty to a cocaine distribution charge in New Jersey. Full Story | Top |
| 'Real Housewives' star to plead not guilty in NJ Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:17 PM PDT  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — "Real Housewives of New Jersey' star Teresa Giudice (JOO'-dice) says she and her husband, Joe, hope to resolve federal fraud charges as quickly as possible. Full Story | Top |
| Mexican Ranch Owner Sentenced For Scheme To Defraud The U.S. Export-Import Bank Monday, Jul 29, 2013 12:11 PM PDT WASHINGTON, July 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) announced that on July 29, 2013, Judge Philip R. Martinez, U.S. District Court in the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division, sentenced Osvaldo Kuchle-Lopez for his role in a scheme to defraud Ex-Im Bank of approximately $3.21 million.Federal law enforcement agents arrested Kuchle, a ranch owner in Mexico, on February 17, 2010 as he crossed the border into the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Death penalty for Kenyan for killing UK man Monday, Jul 29, 2013 11:03 AM PDT LAMU, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan man was Monday sentenced to death for the September 2011 killing of a British man who was shot dead and his wife kidnapped by Somali gunmen at an island resort on the Kenya coast. Full Story | Top |
| The Swedish Serial Killer That Maybe Wasn't Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:57 AM PDT  If you read anything this morning, it should be Chris Heath's stirring profile in GQ of a Swedish serial killer who has been locked up in a mental hospital for the last 23 years for committing at least eight gruesome, sexually violent murders — but the catch is the killer may have cooperated with authorities too eager to solve the cases in order to fuel his own egomania and drug addiction. Full Story | Top |
| 8 arrested in Calif. city after US Open of Surfing Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:16 AM PDT  HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — An unruly crowd surged through a Southern California city's seaside downtown after the U.S. Open of Surfing, brawling, looting a bicycle shop, clashing with police and trashing property before authorities broke up the melee and made arrests, authorities and witnesses said. Full Story | Top |
| 4 arrested in Indonesia boat sinking, 20 dead Monday, Jul 29, 2013 08:05 AM PDT The death toll from the sinking last week of a boat carrying asylum seekers has reached 20, while four people have been arrested for people smuggling in connection with the incident off Indonesia, police ... Full Story | Top |
| Protesters arrested at Mass. coal-fired plant Monday, Jul 29, 2013 07:10 AM PDT Dozens of climate activists were arrested Sunday at a rally protesting a coal-fired power plant in Somerset. Forty-four protesters demanding cleaner, alternative fuel sources were arrested at the Brayton ... Full Story | Top |
| Egypt Islamists arrested as EU official visits Monday, Jul 29, 2013 03:40 AM PDT  CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian police have arrested two leaders of an Islamist party, the latest to be swept up in a crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies, while the European Union's foreign policy chief was to meet with officials in Cairo on Monday in an attempt to mediate an end to the political deadlock. Full Story | Top |
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