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| Judge rejects guilty plea from ex-Ark. treasurer Friday, May 31, 2013 12:53 PM PDT LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Former Arkansas treasurer Martha Shoffner tried to plead guilty Friday to accepting more than $36,000 in cash payments, but a federal judge wouldn't accept her plea because Shoffner wouldn't admit that the money was in exchange for steering state business to a bond broker. Full Story | Top |
| Ill. man found guilty of beating 5 people to death Friday, May 31, 2013 12:29 PM PDT PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A 34-year-old man was found guilty on Friday of beating five members of his ex-wife's family to death with a tire iron at their home in a small town in central Illinois. Full Story | Top |
| Nigeria releases 58 arrested in extremist sweeps Friday, May 31, 2013 09:58 AM PDT MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military and security forces say they've released 58 women and children previously held as suspected fighters in the Islamic insurgency now challenging the nation's government. Full Story | Top |
| Sex Assault: A Crime Against the Young & Attractive? Friday, May 31, 2013 09:20 AM PDT The main factors driving sexual assaults may be the attractiveness and vulnerability of young people of both genders, rather than negative attitudes toward women, a new study suggests. Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in killing Lee Rigby arrested on release from hospital Friday, May 31, 2013 09:17 AM PDT  By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - One of two men accused of murdering a British soldier on a London street last week was arrested by detectives after being discharged from hospital on Friday. Michael Adebolajo, 28, had been undergoing treatment after being shot by police in the aftermath of the attack on Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London last Friday. He is now in custody at a south London police station where he is being quizzed by counter terrorism detectives on suspicion of murdering Rigby and the attempted murder of a police officer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Suspect in killing of UK soldier arrested on release from hospital Friday, May 31, 2013 09:15 AM PDT  By Li-mei Hoang LONDON (Reuters) - One of two men accused of murdering a British soldier on a London street last week was arrested by detectives after being discharged from hospital on Friday. Michael Adebolajo, 28, had been undergoing treatment after being shot by police in the aftermath of the attack on Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich, southeast London last Friday. He is now in custody at a south London police station where he is being quizzed by counter terrorism detectives on suspicion of murdering Rigby and the attempted murder of a police officer. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rights demonstrators arrested ahead of FIFA Congress Friday, May 31, 2013 07:40 AM PDT By Mike Collett PORT LOUIS, Mauritius (Reuters) - Workers' rights demonstrators protesting against the 2022 World Cup finals being held in Qatar were arrested and detained for seven hours by police while the FIFA Congress was being held on Friday. The demonstration was taking place in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis about 24 km (15 miles) from the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre where the Congress of FIFA's 209 member nations, including Qatar, was taking place. ... Full Story | Top |
| Soccer-Rights demonstrators arrested ahead of FIFA Congress Friday, May 31, 2013 07:39 AM PDT (Updates with demonstrators released) By Mike Collett PORT LOUIS, Mauritius, May 31 (Reuters) - Workers' rights demonstrators protesting against the 2022 World Cup finals being held in Qatar were arrested and detained for seven hours by police while the FIFA Congress was being held on Friday. The demonstration was taking place in the Mauritian capital of Port Louis about 24 km (15 miles) from the Swami Vivekananda Convention Centre where the Congress of FIFA's 209 member nations, including Qatar, was taking place. ... Full Story | Top |
| Zumba instructor to be sentenced for prostitution Thursday, May 30, 2013 11:44 PM PDT  ALFRED, Maine (AP) — Just two days before a police raid, a fitness instructor was feeling good about her prostitution business. With a steady stream of clients, she was making tens of thousands of dollars tax-free while continuing to collect public assistance and using her Zumba studio as a front for prostitution. Full Story | Top |
| Lebanese man sentenced for planting fake bomb near Chicago's Wrigley Field Thursday, May 30, 2013 09:08 PM PDT  By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) - A Lebanese immigrant in Chicago on Thursday was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for plotting an attack and planting what he thought was a bomb near the city's Wrigley Field baseball park. Sami Samir Hassoun, 25, pleaded guilty last year to charges of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and an explosive device after he placed what he thought was a homemade bomb in a garbage can in the north-side neighborhood during a busy Saturday night, according to court records. ... Full Story | Top |
| Afghan massacre: In US soldier plea deal, signs combat stress was considered Thursday, May 30, 2013 03:03 PM PDT With news that Staff. Sgt. Robert Bales will plead guilty to the 2012 massacre of 16 Afghan civilians near his base in Kandahar province in order to avoid being executed come questions, too, about the extent to which veterans' pleas of post-traumatic stress might impact the sentences they receive. Full Story | Top |
| Would-be Wrigley Field backpack bomber sentenced in Chicago to 23 years in prison Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:52 PM PDT CHICAGO (AP) — Would-be Wrigley Field backpack bomber sentenced in Chicago to 23 years in prison. Full Story | Top |
| Senator wants entire Chicago gang arrested. Would that work? Thursday, May 30, 2013 02:46 PM PDT Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk (R) is recommending that the next US attorney in Chicago step up federal efforts to combat street gang violence through mass arrests of the Gangster Disciples, the prevailing criminal outfit operating on Chicago streets. Full Story | Top |
| La. inmates sentenced to life in 2011 kidnapping Thursday, May 30, 2013 01:44 PM PDT JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Two Louisiana inmates were sentenced to life in prison on Thursday in the kidnapping death of an Ohio businessman abducted from a hotel in Mississippi during a 2011 crime spree. Full Story | Top |
| Jurors begin deliberations in Illinois 5 dead case Thursday, May 30, 2013 01:21 PM PDT PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — Jurors have started deliberating the fate of an Illinois man charged with beating five members of his ex-wife's family to death. Full Story | Top |
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