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Today's Crime and Trials News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill After gun crime, weapon history takes time to find Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement Ex-financial adviser in Va. sentenced for fraud Attorney: Woman accused of NYC subway push not fit Protesters in New Delhi demand death penalty for 6 men accused of last month's fatal gang rape British man gets 6 years for receiving drugs from grandmother sentenced to death in Indonesia Defense to begin case in Ariz. boyfriend slaying Defense to make case in Ariz. boyfriend slaying Federal judge to rule on BP's plea deal in Justice Department criminal probe of Gulf oil spill Woman charged with hate crime in fatal shove from NYC subway platform is due in court Judge to rule on BP's plea deal over Gulf spill Alaska officials mum on serial killer's suicide Philly basement suspect gets death-penalty lawyer Jury selection still on hold in Zumba trial Arsonist sentenced to death for murdering 5 who died of heart attacks in 2003 California fire

Judge approves BP agreement for Gulf oil spill  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:41 AM PST (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has accepted an agreement by BP Plc to plead guilty for its role in the Deepwater Horizon disaster and pay $4.0 billion in penalties for the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a court official said on Tuesday. The company had said previously it would plead guilty to 11 felony counts related to the workers' deaths, a felony related to obstruction of Congress and two misdemeanors. It also faces five years' probation and the imposition of two monitors who will oversee its safety and ethics for the next four years. ... Full Story	Top
After gun crime, weapon history takes time to find  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:35 AM PST WASHINGTON (AP) â€" In the fictional world of television police dramas, a few quick clicks on a computer lead investigators to the owner of a gun recovered at a bloody crime scene. Before the first commercial, the TV detectives are on the trail of the suspect. Full Story	Top
Judge OKs $4B BP oil spill criminal settlement  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 11:26 AM PST A federal judge on Tuesday approved an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 rig explosion ... Full Story	Top
Ex-financial adviser in Va. sentenced for fraud  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 10:52 AM PST A former independent financial adviser will spend more than a year in prison for a fraud scheme that cost clients nearly $1 million.Michael D. Leamnson was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Roanoke, ... Full Story	Top
Attorney: Woman accused of NYC subway push not fit  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 09:18 AM PST NEW YORK (AP) â€" Defense attorneys for a woman accused of shoving a man to his death from a New York City subway platform are contesting a ruling that she is mentally fit for trial. Full Story	Top
Protesters in New Delhi demand death penalty for 6 men accused of last month's fatal gang rape  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 02:38 AM PST NEW DELHI - Scores of protesters are gathered near India's Parliament demanding the death penalty for six men accused of the fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi last month. Full Story	Top
British man gets 6 years for receiving drugs from grandmother sentenced to death in Indonesia  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:19 AM PST BALI, Indonesia - A British man was sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly receiving cocaine in Indonesia from a British grandmother who was sentenced to death last week. Full Story	Top
Defense to begin case in Ariz. boyfriend slaying  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:08 AM PST PHOENIX (AP) â€" Defense attorneys on Tuesday will begin making their case in the trial of a woman accused of killing her motivational speaker ex-boyfriend more than four years ago in a jealous rage. Full Story	Top
Defense to make case in Ariz. boyfriend slaying  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 01:04 AM PST PHOENIX (AP) â€" Defense attorneys will begin making their case in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her motivational speaker ex-boyfriend in Arizona more than four years ago in a jealous rage. Full Story	Top
Federal judge to rule on BP's plea deal in Justice Department criminal probe of Gulf oil spill  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:51 AM PST NEW ORLEANS - A federal judge will decide whether to approve an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Full Story	Top
Woman charged with hate crime in fatal shove from NYC subway platform is due in court  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:37 AM PST NEW YORK, N.Y. - A woman accused of shoving a man to his death from a New York City subway platform is expected in court. Full Story	Top
Judge to rule on BP's plea deal over Gulf spill  Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013 12:03 AM PST A federal judge will decide whether to approve an agreement for BP PLC to plead guilty to manslaughter and other charges and pay a record $4 billion in criminal penalties for the company's role in the ... Full Story	Top
Alaska officials mum on serial killer's suicide  Monday, Jan 28, 2013 06:22 PM PST ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) â€" Alaska prisons officials refuse to say how confessed serial killer Israel Keyes obtained a razor before his jail-cell suicide. Full Story	Top
Philly basement suspect gets death-penalty lawyer  Monday, Jan 28, 2013 01:45 PM PST PHILADELPHIA (AP) â€" A paroled killer charged with murdering two mentally disabled women in a Social Security scam was assigned a new lawyer Monday with death-penalty experience. Full Story	Top
Jury selection still on hold in Zumba trial  Monday, Jan 28, 2013 01:28 PM PST ALFRED, Maine (AP) â€" The defense and the judge aren't happy with delays in the trial of the business partner in a prostitution scandal at a Zumba studio. Prosecutors aren't happy, either, after the judge dismissed nearly four dozen charges. Full Story	Top
Arsonist sentenced to death for murdering 5 who died of heart attacks in 2003 California fire  Monday, Jan 28, 2013 12:08 PM PST SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) â€" Arsonist sentenced to death for murdering 5 who died of heart attacks in 2003 California fire. Full Story	Top

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