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| NY man pleads not guilty in Deen extortion plot Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 12:36 PM PDT SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A New York man has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to extort embattled celebrity cook Paula Deen. Full Story | Top |
| Stranded fugitive Snowden seeks temporary asylum in Russia Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 12:00 PM PDT  By Steve Gutterman MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applied for temporary asylum in Russia on Tuesday after three weeks holed up at a Moscow airport trying to avoid prosecution in the United States on espionage charges. The White House said Snowden is "not a dissident" and should be expelled and returned to the United States to face trial. Snowden is seeking refuge in Latin America after leaking details of U.S. government surveillance programs, but has not risked taking any flight that might be intercepted by the United States. ... Full Story | Top |
| Bachmann Aide, Arrested in Hidden Camera Theft Probe, Has Lost His Job Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 11:50 AM PDT  Javier Sanchez, the Michele Bachmann aide arrested last week in connection to a series of thefts at a congressional office building, was identified as the suspect in the theft investigation after the U.S. Capitol Police installed a hidden security camera and placed "bait" money in Bachmann's Rayburn House office. Full Story | Top |
| Indiana doctor arrested in 4 Nebraska killings Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 11:33 AM PDT  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Indiana doctor who was fired from a Nebraska medical school more than a decade ago has been arrested on suspicion of killing four people with ties to the school in two separate attacks five years apart. Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection begins for Army general in sex case Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:43 AM PDT FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — Jury selection has started at Fort Bragg for a U.S. Army general facing court-martial on sexual assault charges. Full Story | Top |
| Ind. doctor arrested, a suspect in 4 Neb. killings Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:38 AM PDT OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Indiana doctor has been arrested in Illinois on suspicion of involvement in the killings of three adults and an 11-year-old boy in Nebraska all with ties to an Omaha university medical school that fired him in 2001. Full Story | Top |
| 9 arrested in Zimmerman protests in Oakland Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:17 AM PDT  At least one person was injured and police made nine arrests when a protest over George Zimmerman's Florida acquittal turned violent in Oakland. Newspapers report that a waiter guarding windows at a restaurant ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer: Brooklyn Nets coach Kidd to plead guilty Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 07:07 AM PDT  HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (AP) — Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd intends to plead guilty to a drunken driving charge, his lawyer said Tuesday. Full Story | Top |
| Norwegian neo-Nazi arrested in France over attack fears Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 06:27 AM PDT By Gérard Bon and John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France on Tuesday after investigators decided he might stage a large "terrorist act", Interior Minister Manuel Valls said. Kristian Vikernes, who is also a convicted murderer from Norway, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, the far-right militant who killed 77 people in 2011. ... Full Story | Top |
| Jury selection to start in U.S. general's sexual assault trial Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 04:38 AM PDT By Marti Maguire RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday for a U.S. Army general charged with sexually assaulting a subordinate, the latest in a string of sexual misconduct allegations in the U.S. military. The charges against U.S. Army officer Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair got him sent home last year from his post in Afghanistan. ... Full Story | Top |
| Man linked to Norwegian mass killer Breivik arrested in France Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 03:59 AM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - A neo-Nazi linked to Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was arrested in southwestern France on Tuesday after his wife bought four rifles, raising suspicions he could turn to violence, the Paris prosecutor's office said. Kristian Vikernes, who is also a convicted murderer from Norway, had in the past received a copy of a manifesto from Breivik, the office and media reports said. Officers were searching his home for weapons and explosives, a police source told Reuters. ... Full Story | Top |
| Arias back in court for death penalty argument Tuesday, Jul 16, 2013 01:59 AM PDT  PHOENIX (AP) — As she awaits a decision by prosecutors on the future of her murder case, Jodi Arias and her attorneys are returning to court Tuesday to ask the judge to throw out the jury's finding that made her eligible for the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| LA mayor: 13 arrested in city's Zimmerman protests Monday, Jul 15, 2013 11:36 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says violence and vandalism in city streets has resulted in 13 arrests in protests over George Zimmerman's Florida acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Full Story | Top |
| Juror: Some wanted to convict Zimmerman initially Monday, Jul 15, 2013 11:16 PM PDT  MIAMI (AP) — Three jurors in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial initially favored convicting him of that offense or manslaughter, but the six-woman jury ultimately voted to acquit him after more closely examining the law, a juror in the case said Monday. Full Story | Top |
| Doctor held in four Omaha killings fits serial-killer profile: police Monday, Jul 15, 2013 09:10 PM PDT By Katie Schubert OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - An Indiana doctor was arrested in Illinois on Monday in connection with four murders in Omaha, including those of a pathology professor and his wife in May, and Omaha's police chief said his profile fitted that of a serial killer. Dr Anthony Joseph Garcia, 40, a former pathology resident at Creighton University, was arrested on four counts of first-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit the murders, Omaha Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said. ... Full Story | Top |
| U.S. Army general pleads not guilty to sexual assault charges Monday, Jul 15, 2013 06:01 PM PDT By Marti Maguire RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - A U.S. Army general pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he sexually assaulted a subordinate, the latest in a string of sexual misconduct allegations in the U.S. military. Jury selection in the court martial of U.S. Army officer Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair is due to begin on Tuesday, in a case that got him sent home last year from his post in Afghanistan. ... Full Story | Top |
| Former Bachmann Aide Arrested, Charged With Theft Monday, Jul 15, 2013 05:47 PM PDT  A former legislative aide to Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., was arrested July 11 and has been charged in connection to a rash of burglaries in a congressional office building on Capitol Hill. Javier Manuel Sanchez, who was the congresswoman's senior legislative assistant at the time... Full Story | Top |
| Boston bomb suspect seeks 2nd death penalty lawyer Monday, Jul 15, 2013 04:41 PM PDT BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing is asking to have a second prominent death penalty expert added to his defense team. Full Story | Top |
| Scripps heir sentenced to nine years for embezzling family funds Monday, Jul 15, 2013 04:19 PM PDT By Dave Warner PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - An heir to the Scripps newspaper fortune was sentenced to nine years in federal prison on Monday after being found guilty of embezzling $3.6 million from his mother and mentally disabled uncle to pay for a lavish lifestyle. Michael Scripps, whose family once owned newspapers such as the Detroit News, had been convicted of seven counts of wire fraud, defined as using interstate wire communications for the purposes of fraud. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lawyer sentenced to prison for role in $2.4 billion fraud at Refco Monday, Jul 15, 2013 03:05 PM PDT By Casey Sullivan NEW YORK (Reuters) - A former partner at the Mayer Brown law firm whose clients included Refco Inc was sentenced on Monday to one year and one day in federal prison for his role in a multibillion-dollar fraud at the now defunct commodities broker. Joseph Collins also must spend two years under supervised release following his prison term under the sentence imposed by U.S. District Court Chief Judge Loretta Preska. Collins was found guilty in November on seven counts in helping the owners and executives of Refco conceal a $2. ... Full Story | Top |
| Death penalty issue for potential Fort Hood jurors Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:56 PM PDT FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors asked Monday that three Army officers be dismissed as potential jurors in the murder trial of the Fort Hood shooting suspect because of their views on the death penalty. Full Story | Top |
| US Army general pleads not guilty to sex charges Monday, Jul 15, 2013 02:40 PM PDT FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — A U.S. Army general has pleaded not guilty to sexual assault charges that could send him to prison for life. Full Story | Top |
| Mont. man sentenced for investment scam Monday, Jul 15, 2013 01:02 PM PDT A 66-year-old Kalispell, Mont. accountant has been sentenced to five years of probation and ordered to repay $201,000 for an investment scam that defrauded a lumber company of $350,000. Jesse Shaderic ... Full Story | Top |
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